Everyone

Lead-in

  • How often do you watch movies/TV shows?
  • What genre do you enjoy the most?
  • What is your favorite movie/TV show? Describe the plot.

Presentation

Pre

  • How do you feel when you look at the poster? 
  • Why do you think that is?
  • What do you know about the director Quentin Tarantino?
  • Have you ever watched Pulp Fiction?
    • If so, what is it about?
    • If not, what do you think it’s about?

Top Down

  • Read the three different reviews below and answer the following questions.
    • How are they different from each other?
    • Which are positive, negative or neutral?

But it isn’t the structure that makes “Pulp Fiction” a great film. Its greatness comes from its marriage of vividly original characters with a series of vivid and imaginative events and from the dialogue. The dialogue is the foundation of everything else.

Watching many movies, I realize that all of the dialogue is entirely devoted to explaining or furthering the plot, and no joy is taken in the style of language and idiom for its own sake. There is not a single line in “Pearl Harbor” you would want to quote with anything but disdain. Most conversations in most movies are deadly boring, which is why directors with no gift for dialogue depend so heavily on action and special effects. The characters in “Pulp Fiction” are always talking, and always interesting, funny, scary, or audacious. This movie would work as an audiobook. Imagine having to listen to “The Mummy Returns.”

Roger Ebert June 10, 2001

Source

“I like Pulp Fiction for its blend of ordinary dialogue and criminal elements. Who could honestly say that two hitmen would have a conversation about “quarter pounders” (McDonald’s’ sandwich) in Amsterdam right before they go shoot someone? Each of the stories presents a situation of something extreme. Another aspect that makes this movie fun to watch is the casting. Just about everyone is perfect in their role. I can’t imagine anyone else playing the main characters. The exception might be Bruce Willis.” 

Steven Neal Belfiore, Substitute Teacher

Source

I am not sure why Pulp Fiction is considered by other people to be a great film. But I think it has something to do with its sense of form.

If anyone reading this hasn’t seen the film, I am about to spoil it for you. But I’m also not about to, because, in a way, Pulp Fiction assumes that you already know how the stories it contains are supposed to go. And if you aren’t aware of how they’re expected to go, I don’t know if the film seems as good.

Alex Johnston, Was a paid movie reviewer from the age of 19,

Source

Bottom Up

  • According to the reviewers, what are the main reasons why Pulp Fiction is considered a great movie?

Post

  • Did reading the reviews make you want to (re)watch Pulp Fiction?

    • Why or why not?

  • Would you recommend Pulp Fiction?

Target Language

Some – Any – No – Every

Affirmative

Conjugate these as if they were 3rd person singular. 

  • There’s something wrong with my cell phone.
  • Everybody loves chocolate.
  • Anyone who comes to my house will be welcomed.
  • The best thing about e-readers is that you can carry your entire library anywhere you go.
  • Someone forgot their phone in the classroom.

“Their” is a used as a gender-neutral pronoun for when the gender of the person is not specified.

Negative

  • He hasn’t met anyone in person since the beginning of the pandemic.
  • I don’t have anything to do with that murder, I swear to God.
  • Nothing beats a good movie with the right company.

“Nothing” makes the sentence negative, even though we do not have a “not” in the verb phrase.

“Beats” means “win” in the sense of “nothing is better than”

Interrogative

  • Does anyone know a good restaurant in this neighborhood?
  • Is everything OK, John?
  • Can we get someone who knows what they are doing?

“Some”  is used in the interrogative form within a defining clause.

Controlled Practice

  • Use the following words to complete the sentences. There is one example.

anywhere – anyone – anything – somewhere – someone – nowhere – everyone

  1. Breaking Bad is an excellent series that has received great reviews from critics. Besides, everyone who watches it loves it. 
  2. Has ________ seen my cell phone? I can’t find it _______.
  3. I’d just got home last night when I saw ________ trying to break in through the windows.
  4. I tried reading a book in French, but I couldn’t understand _______.
  5. I’d like to live _______ in South America.
  6. _______ is better than a sunny day on a sandy beach.
  1. Breaking Bad is an excellent series that has received great reviews from critics. Besides, everyone who watches it loves it. 
  2. Has anyone seen my cell phone? I can’t find it anywhere.
  3. I’d just got home last night when I saw someone trying to break in through the windows.
  4. I tried reading a book in French, but I couldn’t understand anything.
  5. I’d like to live somewhere in South America.
  6. Nowhere is better than a sunny day on a sandy beach.

Freer Practice

  • Look at the vocabulary from the Target Language do the following tasks.

Comedy – Drama – Action – Adventure – Anime – Cartoon – Horror – Sci-Fi 

    • Name at least one movie per genre.
    • Think of and talk about at least 3 movie genres you like.

Production

  • Do the following tasks using as much Target Language as you can.
    1. Write 3 statements about movies using every or no.
    2. Write 3 sentences about series using some or any.

Homework

Look at the pictures and write down their corresponding genres.

Rewrite the prompts with this lesson’s target language.

Example: all of the people > everybody

  1. None of the people
  2. All over the world
  3. An object
  4. A person
  5. No object
  1. None of the people > nobody
  2. All over the world > everywhere
  3. An object > something
  4. A person > someone
  5. No object > nothing

Choose the best answer.

  1. John hadn’t eaten anything / nothing all day. He was starving.
  2. Anyone / Everyone loves pizza. Who doesn’t?
  3. That guy from the movie should have told someone / something where he was going.
  4. Don’t you hate it when nobody / someone lies to you?
  5. It’s date night! Do you want to stay home or would you like to go somewhere / anywhere nice?
  1. John hadn’t eaten anything all day. He was starving.
  2. Everyone loves pizza. Who doesn’t?
  3. That guy from the movie should have told someone where he was going.
  4. Don’t you hate it when someone lies to you?
  5. It’s date night! Do you want to stay home or would you like to go somewhere nice?

Fill in the gaps.

  1. It was do dark out that ____ was able to see ____.
  2. There wasn’t ____ we could do. The outcome was inevitable and ____ could have told you that.
  3. Now that I have my driver’s license, I can go ____ I want and you can’t do ____ about it!
  4. When John was born, ____ thought he would succeed. He proved ____ wrong when he won a gold medal.
  5. Daniel was a ____ until an agent discovered his talent. Now ____ knows who he is.
  1. It was do dark out that nobody was able to see anything.
  2. There wasn’t anything we could do. The outcome was inevitable and anybody could have told you that.
  3. Now that I have my driver’s license, I can go anywhere I want and you can’t do anything about it!
  4. When John was born, nobody thought he would succeed. He proved everyone wrong when he won a gold medal.
  5. Daniel was a nobody until an agent discovered his talent. Now everybody knows who he is.

Correct the sentences.

  1. The plane left by the time he’d arrived at the airport.

  2. She drank too much coffee, so she had stayed up all night.

  3. He never played football until last weekend.

  4. My neighbor had asked if we saw her dog anywhere.

  5. Had you seen this movie yet?

  1. I don’t have nothing to say about it.

  2. Every body is able to learn English.

  3. Does someone have a pen to lend me?

  4. I don’t know something about Japanese.

  5. Everywhere are new with you.

  1. The plane had left by the time he arrived at the airport.

  2. She had drunk too much coffee, so she stayed up all night.

  3. He’d never played football until last weekend.

  4. My neighbor asked if we’d seen her dog anywhere. 

  5. Have you seen this movie yet?

  1. I don’t have anything to say about it.

  2. Everybody is able to learn English.

  3. Does someone have a pen to lend me?

  4. I don’t know anything about Japanese.

  5. Everywhere is new with you.

Writing

Write a short review of a movie or series you like and use as much of the Target Language from this lesson as you can.