In this activity we will be visiting web sites for movies that are playing in Spain.
Your grade for this project will be determined by the criteria that you will find on the following page.
1. List below the information you would expect to find in an ad for a movie.
2. Go to web site http://wdb.esegi.es/cine/lstpelicula.html?lista=2
3. Select a move and click on it. This will take you to a description of the movie.
4. Escribe . . .
el título de la película:
5. Contesta:
6. List here words that are similar in English.
7. List here words that are not like English but that you understand by context.
8. ¿Qué palabras no comprendes? Busca las palabras en el diccionario y escribe que quieren decir en inglés.
9. Click on a theater where the film is playing. You will find the name under the description of the plot. It will be in a different color.
10. You are now on the theater's page.
11. Do you find all of the information that you expected? Put a check mark beside each item in #1 above that you find. Put an X in front of each item you do not find.
12. Now give the following information:
13. Find other theaters that are showing the same film. Write the name of some other theaters below.
14. Repeat #2-8 with three other movies. At least one should be from a country other than the United States.
(Shortcut: when in Netscape you can click on <back> until you get to the movie list)
15. Now make your own ad in Spanish for a movie.
Adapted from Lewis Johnson by Deborah Mersky,with technical support from Carol Siwinski.