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Across the Universe - a movie lesson
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During the Spring Festival I previewed several movies that I might show my class and I really questioned whether I should use Across the Universe because the movie has so many jumps in place and time that it's very difficult to follow. However, I finally decided to use it because of the great Beatles songs in the movies, which I taught as well. As usual, I showed the movie in English with English subtitles.
I'm sharing the materials that I used with this movie. By the way, TV Carpio, an actress in the movie, grew up in Hong Kong. The way she sings, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is truly wonderful. The first-year university students in my classes found the controversy interesting about a woman singing this song and the speculation about the character's sexual orientation. This movie is valuable because it shows some of the counterculture and anti-war movement of the sixties in the U.S. Viewing the movie prompted several questions from students about American culture.
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Previewing reading activity
Synopsis and plot summaries taken from IMDB.com
IMDB.com text removed per copyright issues.
Pair speaking and pronunciation activity
Across the Universe: Quotes
IMDB.com text removed per copyright issues.
Beatles' song lyrics (partial list)
- All My Loving. Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- It Won't Be Long. Writer, lead vocal: John Lennon
- I've Just Seen a Face. Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney
- Let It Be. Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney
- Come Together. Writer, lead vocal: John Lennon
- Something in the Way She Moves. Writer, double-tracked lead vocal: George Harrison
- Oh! Darling. Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney
- Strawberry Fields Forever. Writer, lead vocal: John Lennon
- Across the Universe. John Lennon
- Blackbird. Writer: Lennon, McCartney; double-tracked lead vocal: McCartney
- Hey Jude. Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Song lyrics removed per copyright issues.
About TV Carpio
IMDB.com text removed per copyright issues.
Writing activity
Students worked in groups to write questions about the movie that were passed from group to group to answer. This also stimulated conversation about the movie.
