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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on World War Z

  GAMES:

  • Fill-in-the-blank
  • Matching
  • Hangman
  • Flash cards
  • Sentence jumble
  • Missing words
  • No letters
  • Crossword puzzle

World War Z is a zombie horror film about zombies taking over the world. It is loosely based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Max Brooks. The movie stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a worker at the United Nations who searches the world for information that can stop the zombie outbreak that is threatening the survival of the human race. The official website says: "United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate humanity itself." Brad Pitt's film production company Plan B Entertainment bought the movie rights to make the film in 2007. Filming began in 2011 in Malta, Glasgow and Budapest.

Writer of the original book, Max Brooks, said his work has been re-written so much that the movie and novel are now the same in name only. Brooks said: "I knew they were going to rewrite it. I grew up in Hollywood. I knew it was going to go through a million changes." He told moviegoers: "I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love." Many critics questioned why the movie was advertised as a horror film, when it was given a 13-PG (parental guidance) rating. There was also much talk about the movie being unable to recover its $400 million production costs. Britain's 'Guardian' newspaper examined whether Pitt was "making the most expensive disaster of all time" while the film was being made.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z_%28film%29
http://www.worldwarzmovie.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-miller/world-war-z-author-says-m_b_3244960.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/may/03/world-war-z-brad-pitt-time

WORLD WAR Z POSTER (Find a nice one from the Internet Movie Database (imbd.com).

1. SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it. Share the words with your partner(s). Why did you choose them?       

2. STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc. Change partners and share stories.

3. CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4. MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie.

5. STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie. Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s).

WORLD WAR Z TRAILER

1. RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).

2. CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).

3. QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s). Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions.

4. VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear. Talk about them with your partner(s).

5. GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film might be good or bad. Share your ideas with your partner(s).

  MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	loosely	a.	promise
2	stars	b.	crosses
3.	outbreak	c.	features
4.	traverses	d.	revised
5.	decimate	e.	classification
6.	re-written	f.	roughly
7.	guarantee	g.	flop
8.	rating	h.	pandemic
9.	recover	i.	destroy
10.	disaster	j.	get back

PHRASE MATCH

1.	It is loosely based on	a.	humanity
2	threatening the survival	b.	re-written so much
3.	traverses the world in a race	c.	rights
4.	threatening to decimate	d.	as a horror film
5.	bought the movie	e.	of the human race
6.	his work has been	f.	a million changes
7.	it was going to go through	g.	$400 million production costs
8.	the movie was advertised	h.	the best-selling novel
9.	unable to recover its	i.	disaster of all time
10.	the most expensive	j.	against time

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

World War Z is a zombie horror film about (1) ___________________ world. It is loosely based on the best-selling                                   (2) ___________________ written by Max Brooks. The movie stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a worker at the United Nations who searches the world for information that can stop the zombie outbreak that is threatening the (3) ___________________ race. The official website says: "United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a (4) ___________________ stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate humanity itself." Brad Pitt's (5) ___________________ Plan B Entertainment bought the movie (6) ___________________ in 2007. Filming began in 2011 in Malta, Glasgow and Budapest.

Writer of the original book, Max Brooks, said his work has been re-written so much that the movie and (7) ___________________ in name only. Brooks said: "I knew they were going to rewrite it. I grew up in Hollywood. I knew it was going to (8) ___________________ changes." He told moviegoers: "I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love." Many (9) ___________________ the movie was advertised as a horror film, (10) _____________________ (parental guidance) rating. There was also much talk about the movie being (11) ___________________ $400 million production costs. Britain's 'Guardian' newspaper examined whether Pitt was "making the most (12) _____________________" while the film was being made.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	loleosy based on the best-selling novel
2.	stop the zombie oebutkar
3.	the vaulrvsi of the human race
4.	Gerry Lane esartvsre the world
5.	decimate tuhyainm itself
6.	bought the movie grtish
Paragraph 2
7.	Writer of the ionlriga book
8.	go orhhugt a million changes
9.	I cannot nagtureae that
10.	given a 13-PG (parental cneugiad)
11.	$400 million uontropcdi costs
12.	the most expensive isdteras

  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

world war z is a zombie horror film about zombies taking over the world it is loosely based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by max brooks the movie stars brad pitt as gerry lane a worker at the united nations who searches the world for information that can stop the zombie outbreak that is threatening the survival of the human race the official website says "united nations employee gerry lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself" brad pitt's film production company plan b entertainment bought the movie rights to make the film in 2007 filming began in 2011 in malta glasgow and budapest

writer of the original book max brooks said his work has been re-written so much that the movie and novel are now the same in name only brooks said "i knew they were going to rewrite it i grew up in hollywood i knew it was going to go through a million changes" he told moviegoers "i cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love" many critics questioned why the movie was advertised as a horror film when it was given a 13-pg (parental guidance) rating there was also much talk about the movie being unable to recover its $400 million production costs britain's 'guardian' newspaper examined whether pitt was "making the most expensive disaster of all time" while the film was being made

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

WorldWarZisazombiehorrorfilmaboutzombiestakingovertheworld.Itis
looselybasedonthebest-sellingnovelofthesamenamewrittenbyMax
Brooks.ThemoviestarsBradPittasGerryLane,aworkerattheUnited
Nationswhosearchestheworldforinformationthatcanstopthezombie
outbreakthatisthreateningthesurvivalofthehumanrace.Theofficial
websitesays:"UnitedNationsemployeeGerryLanetraversestheworldina
raceagainsttimetostoptheZombiepandemicthatistopplingarmiesand
governments,andthreateningtodecimatehumanityitself."BradPitt'sfilm
productioncompanyPlanBEntertainmentboughtthemovierightstomake
thefilmin2007.Filmingbeganin2011inMalta,GlasgowandBudapest.Writer
oftheoriginalbook,MaxBrooks,saidhisworkhasbeenre-writtensomuch
thatthemovieandnovelarenowthesameinnameonly.Brookssaid:"Iknew
theyweregoingtorewriteit.IgrewupinHollywood.Iknewitwasgoing
togothroughamillionchanges."Hetoldmoviegoers:"Icannotguaranteethat
themoviewillbethebookthattheylove."Manycriticsquestionedwhythe
moviewasadvertisedasahorrorfilm,whenitwasgivena13-PG(parental
guidance)rating.Therewasalsomuchtalkaboutthemoviebeingunableto
recoverits$400millionproductioncosts.Britain's'Guardian'newspaper
examinedwhetherPittwas"makingthemostexpensivedisasterofalltime"
whilethefilmwasbeingmade.

  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	__________________________________________________________________
2.	__________________________________________________________________
3.	__________________________________________________________________
4.	__________________________________________________________________
5.	__________________________________________________________________
6.	__________________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	__________________________________________________________________
2.	__________________________________________________________________
3.	__________________________________________________________________
4.	__________________________________________________________________
5.	__________________________________________________________________
6.	__________________________________________________________________

  WORLD WAR Z SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about World War Z in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	Student 1 __________	Student 2 __________	Student 3 __________
Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING

Write your own movie review. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other's work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about "World War Z". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about "World War Z". What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors' performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. "WORLD WAR Z" POSTER: Make a poster about "World War Z". Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics' reviews, why people should see it, etc.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for  "World War Z". Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

6. CHARACTER STORY: Choose one of the characters from the movie. Imagine you are that character. Write your story about what you did in the movie. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

7. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on "World War Z". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	loosely	a.	roughly
2	stars	b.	features
3.	outbreak	c.	pandemic
4.	traverses	d.	crosses
5.	decimate	e.	destroy
6.	re-written	f.	revised
7.	guarantee	g.	promise
8.	rating	h.	classification
9.	recover	i.	get back
10.	disaster	j.	flop

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review article at the top of the page.
(It's good for your English ;-)