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e-lesson Week starting 29th October 2007

1. Leonardo DiCaprio
This week’s lesson looks at one of the world’s most famous film actors, Leonardo DiCaprio.
He was born on 11th November 1974.

Level
Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)
How to use the lesson
1. Brainstorm on the subject of Leonardo DiCaprio. What do the students know about him,
and which of his films have they seen? Why do they think he has been so successful?
2. Give each student a copy of Worksheet A, then give them five to ten minutes to read the
text.
3. Hand out Worksheet B and give the students another five to ten minutes to match the
fourteen definitions to the words or expressions in the text on Worksheet B. You might want
to point out that some of the nouns referred to on Worksheet B are in their plural form in the
text on Worksheet A.
4. Check answers in open class.
5. Divide the students into two teams, A and B, and give each team the corresponding part of
Worksheet C. The students have to refer back to Worksheet A and formulate questions based
on the information using the words in the twelve boxes. They will then put these questions to
the other team as part of a quiz.
The teams must use the exact words in the boxes, and avoid asking the same question more
than once. The words in most of the boxes can be used to create more then one question, and
words such as ‘Where’ and ‘Why’ obviously offer various possibilities. If one team asks a
question the other team was going to ask, the other team has to think quickly to formulate an
alternative question.
Impose a time limit (e.g. five minutes) in which the teams have to formulate their questions.
If a team is unable to create twelve questions, the other team should receive a point for each
‘missing’ question – e.g. if Team A can only create ten questions, Team B gets two points.

6. When the quiz begins, make it clear that the teams can no longer refer back to Worksheet
A. The two teams take it in turns to ask and answer questions. Award one point for each
grammatically correct question and for each correct answer. Award zero points for questions
containing mistakes, repeated questions and incorrect answers.
When both teams have asked all their questions, the team with the most points wins.

Answers
1. commercial 2. couple 3. sink 4. previous 5. green 6. battle 7. huge 8. heroic
9. documentary 10. panel 11. critic 12. impress 13. pin-up 14. search engine
2. Related Websites
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/
Information on DiCaprio from the Internet Movie Database. Intermediate level and above.
http://www.leonardodicaprio.com/
DiCaprio’s official personal website. Intermediate level and above.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7020855.stm
A recent BBC article (October 2007) on DiCaprio’s plans to play an eleventh century Irish
king in what might turn out to be a historical blockbuster. Intermediate level and above.
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