UNIT WALKTHROUGH
Focus on Reading, Listening, or Vocabulary; with specific skill boxes.
A movie REVIEW
READING
A Skim the movie review. Would you like to watch this movie? SKIMMING AND SCANNING When you skim a text, you read it very quickly to get a general idea of what it’s about. When you scan a text, you look for specific information. This means moving your eyes quickly over the text to find only the information you need. You don’t read every word when you skim and scan. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom by Gabriela López
The movie Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is from Bhutan, a country north of India in the Himalayan Mountains. It tells the story of a young teacher named Ugyen. He goes to teach in a mountain village called Lunana. It’s his first teaching job. It takes eight days to get to Lunana. It’s a very pretty place, but has no electricity. There isn’t even a blackboard at his school, so he writes on the walls. The people there are very friendly and welcome Ugyen. He finds everything strange at first and wants to leave, but he slowly starts to feel at home in Lunana. I think this movie is fantastic. It has an interesting story that I feel
is never boring. Ugyen learns new things and makes lots of friends, even with a yak in his classroom! The children love Ugyen as their teacher and ask him to stay, but he goes back home in the end. The movie’s message is that we sometimes find great things in unexpected places. I like this movie because it says that anyone can experience culture shock, even in your own country. This is true for Ugyen. In my opinion, the best thing about the movie is the acting. The man who plays Ugyen isn’t an actor, but he’s as good as any professional actor. I hope everyone can watch and enjoy this movie.
RATING
B Skim the review again. What does Gabriela think of the movie? a She loves it. b She likes most things, but doesn’t like some things. c She doesn’t like it. C Scan the review. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 1 The review is about a movie from India / Bhutan . 2 It takes Ugyen less / more than a week to reach Lunana. 3 When Ugyen arrives in Lunana, he wants to go home / buys a yak . 4 The author thinks Ugyen experiences / doesn’t experience culture shock. 5 The man who plays Ugyen is / isn’t a professional actor. D How can you make someone feel welcome in a new community?
LOST FOR WORDS? culture shock (n) the feeling of confusion someone has when they go to a new place message (n) the most important idea in a book, movie, or play yak (n) a type of cattle with long hair and long horns
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