A free sample from Express Teacher Materials. Students read two short movie reviews, one positive and one negative, and answer questions on the reviewer’s opinion, supporting details, vocabulary in context, fact and opinion, tone, and inference. Every answer is explained.

Designed for Grades 7-9 and for intermediate EFL/ESL readers.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• One 9-page printable PDF in US Letter format

• Two original reviews of invented films (about 180 words each) - 16 four-option questions, eight for each review

• A short review-writing task with a checklist

• A complete answer key with an explanation for every answer

WHAT STUDENTS LEARN

• How to identify a reviewer’s overall opinion

• How to separate facts about a film from the reviewer’s opinions

• How to work out vocabulary and idioms from context

• How to recognize tone and make inferences

• How a review is organized: opinion, summary, strengths, weaknesses, recommendation

CONTENTS

• The Last Lighthouse

• Robot Summer

• Write your own review

SUGGESTED TEACHING TIME

• One lesson of about 45 minutes: one review and its questions (20 minutes each), or use the two reviews in separate short sessions.

• The writing task can be homework.

• This is suggested pacing, not a classroom-tested time estimate.

PLEASE NOTE

• This is a printable PDF, not an editable file.

• Both films are invented for this resource, so no knowledge of a real movie is needed and no real plot is spoiled.

• No standards alignment is claimed.

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