dijous, 8 de novembre del 2012

Bend it like beckham

 WORKSHEET 2: CHARACTERS IN THE FILM



CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION: 
Jasminder wants to be a professional footballer. Unfortunately, her parents have more traditional ideas about her future.

Juliette(Jules) also wants to be a professional footballer. She plays for women's football team, the Hunslow Harriers.

Jess' parents, Mr and Mrs Bhamra, immigrated to Britain before their children were born. They want their daughters to be proper Indian girls. 

Jules' father Alan supports his daughter's football career. He practices with her and goes to watch her matches. Her mother, Paula, doesn't like it. She wants her daughter to be more feminine.

pinky is Jess' older sister. She is busy planning her wedding to her boyfriend, Teetu.

Joe is the coach of the Hounslow Harriers. He used to play football but a knee injury forced him to stop playing.

Tony is Jess' best friend. He plays football with her in the park. Tony has a secret.

David Beckham is an international football star.


MY CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION:
Jess: She is an Indian girl. She is shorter than Juls. She and her parents come originally from India, but they live in London. Her parents went to save the Indian traditions, so they don't allow Jess to play in a professional team. especially her mother doesn't like, that Jess likes football. Pinky is Jess' sister and she is going to marry and Indian boy, whose names is Teetu. The marriage is arranged by the parents. She reveals a culture that's considered not entirely his. 
Juls: She is an English girl and she wants to became a footballer. Her father supports Jules. Her mother does the opposite. She wants her daughter to become a "real" woman. She is taller than Jess but shorter than Joe. 
Joe: He is the coach of the football team. He has got problems with her father. She became coach because he injured his knee. He fell in love with Jess.
  
PICTURES DESCRIPTION:



The picture shows a football team who won a tournament. How couldn't it be otherwise, they are very happy. In the photo there are nine football players.
In the background we can see the fence of the football stadium.
In the middle we can see the trophy.
All the girls wear the same football equipment and they are spread in all the picture.
This picture shows a group of friends going on a boat and they are very happy.
In the back ground we can see the river and a city.
In the foreground we can see three people smiling, Juls, Jasminda and Joe and between the background and the foreground there are six women.
I think it is a nice photo for the landscape and for all the group because everyone is happy.





WORKSHEET3: WHILE YOU WATCH

2.1: THE HOUNSLOW HARRIERS     00:00 - 39:30

 Exercise A: Put these events in the correct order.

4.-Pinky's has her engagement party.
2.-Jules sees Jess plyaing football in the park, and asks her to join the Hounslow Harriers.
6.-Jess' mother sees her wearing shorts and playing foootball with Tony's firends, and tells her she's not allowed to play football.
5.- Jess lies to her parents that see has a part-time job, so she can go out and play football.
1.-Jess and Jules go shopping for football shoes.
3.-Pinky's boyfriend's relatives see Jess and Jules laughing and hugging, and think she is kissing a man.

Exercise B: Who said what? Match the statement with he person who said it.

1.- 'I was married at your age' Jess' mother
2.- 'If she's more interested in playing football than chasing boys, well quite frankly I'm over the moon about that.' Jules' father.
3.-'Your mother's right. It's not nice. You must start behaving like a proper woman.' Jess father.
4.-'No boy's going to want to go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him' Jule's mother.

Exercise C:Think about the expectation that Jess' and jules' famlies have of them. Make lists of the things that their family

Both Jess and Jules

-Femenins girls.
-Have a boyfriends.
-Don't have bigger muscles.
-Espected to get married.
-Are not espected to play sports.
-Enjoy shopping: to look nice, to find a boy friend.

Jess

-Is also expected to get maried to an Indian man.
-Have to cook well Indian food. 

2.2: WILL PINKY GET MARRIED?              30:00 - 1:10:10

Exercise A: This section starts with Pinky's wedding being cancelled, because her future in - laws think that Jess was kissing a white man at the bus-stop. Her parents then forbid her from playing football. Put the following events in order.
 

6-1.-Jess gets into a fight with another football player.
7-2.-Jess' father sees Joe and Jess hugging. 
3-3.-Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and becomes jealous.
1-4.-The Hounslow Harriers go to Germany

4-5.-The Bhamras find out Jess went to Germany, and try to make her quit the team. 
8-6.-The wedding is back on again.
5-7.-Tony tells Jess that he is gay.
2-8.-Joe goes to the Bhamra's house to try to persuade them to allow Jess to play football.


Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph. 

1.-Pinky blames her parents because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess has stopped playing football . They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.


-Pinky blames Jess because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess hasn't stopped playing football. They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.


2.-Jules doesn't like Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess fight. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jules visits Jess' house and they have an argument. 


-Jules likes Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess nearly kissed. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jess' visits Jules house and they have an argument. 


3.-Pinky is very happy that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his friends. Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' university exams.


-Pinky is upset that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk his parents. Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' final match.
Exercise C: Joe tries to encourage Jess not to give up. When Jess says that her parents want to protect her by not letting her play football, Joe asks her "Whose life are you living?" What does he mean?
That she isn't living her life, she is living  that the family want's to her.
2.3: THE FINAL MATCH                      1:10:10 - end

Exercice A: Answer the questions.

1.- Why does jess' mother pray to the picture of Babaji?
-Because she doesn't want Jess to play football.

2.-How does Jess feel at the start of her sister's wedding?
-Very sad

3.-Why does Joe go to Jess' house during the wedding?
-Because he wants that Jess play the football match.

4.-Why does Mr Bhamra allow Jess to go to the football match?
-Because she was really sad.

5.-What does the American offer Jules and Jess?
-To play in a football team.
6.-What job does Joe take in the end?
-He trains the femenine girls team.
Exercice B: What happens to these people at the end of the movie?

1.-Jess and Jules
-They went to Sta Clara to play football.

2.-Jules' mother
-She accepts her daughter to play football

3.-Jess and Joe
-They start a relationship

4.-Pinky an her mother-in-law
-They get very well.

5.-Joe and Mr Bhambra
-Become friends while Jess  go to USA.

Exercice C: At the end of the wedding celebration, Jess is sitting in the car with her sister when her sister says "Don't you want all of this?" (a wedding, a husband, etc.). What does Jess mean when she says "I want more than this?"

- Because she wants to be a football player.
 

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