Action Words Movie
Added: 23 May 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Audio / Video
What a perfect time to discover various action words with the Olympics games!
This is a short film that sees the Gods of Olympus descend upon central London to battle it out in a trial of athleticism to light the torch.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- engage in real and imaginary situations to perform different social functions
- experiment with more elaborate vocabulary and sentence structure in order to extend and explore meaning
- focus on the subject under discussion and sustain a conversation on it
- talk about and reflect on past and present experiences, and plan, predict, anticipate and speculate about future and imaginary experiences
Suggestions for use: Use a thesaurus to think of different ways of describing the movement shown in the video (e.g. run, chase, sprint). Pause the video at various points and make a list of words that can be used to describe the action taking place. Try describing the video to someone who has never seen it before. What words / phrases can you use to convey the tension in the animation? Pause the video when the camera focusses on the faces of the various characters. What might they be thinking / feeling at these points? Describe the backstory for the running character (called Olympia). Where does she come from? How did she come to be involved in the events in the animation? Can you write a new story that involves the Gods of Olympus?
