Wednesday 30 April 2014

Cineforum - some movies based on British or American novels for children



If we want to talk about foreign literature in our EFL class, watching some movies could be very useful. I choose six films based on some British and American novels for children. Three of them (Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol and Peter Pan) allow us to talk about the 19th century literature. The others (The Polar Express, The Golden Compass and Harry Potter) can be used to talk about modern or contemporary literature.


In the following Blendspace lesson that I prepared students can learn some information about some authors of books for kids. You can see the trailers of the six movies. Then you can read a list of some movies taken from children novels if you want to go on watching other films and reading other books. Finally there is a presentation of mine with some information about the novels' authors and the major themes of their books. You can also do some quiz.

Click on the link below and have fun!





Below teachers can find some interesting links about using movies, videos and  novels in their classroom.


I made the above poster with Piktochart


Click on the following image if you want to view my presentation outside the context of the Blendspace lesson. 


Enjoy your