Movie English 4:Blood Diamond

I watched a Blood Diamond in movie English class. 

This is question from teacher and my feedback about this movie.

1. Blood Diamond is based on a true story about the diamond industry in Africa.

Q: What does the title, "Blood Diamond" mean?

A: 1. Blood Diamond mean source of money of warring parties of the jewelry witch including a diamond produced in civil war areas such as Sierra Leone. Many people are treated like a slave for a diamond and are sacrificed. It is idea of human live than diamonds. People wearing a diamond don’t know the background. They don’t know that it is the thing which unrelated people are sacrificed as for the diamond, and was made.

2. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a diamond smuggler in the movie. Throughout the movie you can see that his life undergoes a drastic transformation.

Q: What is the transformation? Give specific examples from the movie.

A: Danny Archer told about his childhood and growing up in the movie. His mother was sexually assaulted and god shot. His father was beheaded and his neck was danged in barn. He told maddy that as homeliness. He excuse saying “TIA ( This is Africa)” in hell in which people suffer interminable as cheat, kill and exploitation. Danny is bloodless because of background but he became influenced by humanly Solomon Vandy

3. This semester we covered five true stories about extraordinary people who have made a difference in their own lives and in the lives of others.

Q: What did you learn from these movie?

A: There are many people in the world. Needless to say, they are diverse race, age, sex, and background. Sometimes I worry about problems, but I watched five movies in this class, I feel so little compared to their true stories.

4. Rank each of the five movies on a scale of 1 to 10 ( 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest). Please give specific reasons why you ranked them the way you did.

A: 1. I rank The Pursuit of Happiness is 10, because I was brought up in a motherless family, too. So this is the movie which I remember the breeding, the life that I walked with father in a motherless family, so I cried when I watched this movie first time. Blood Diamond is 9, because I wanted to remember this movie sometimes when I came to wear a diamond. This movie was very message movie. Freedom Writers is 8, because I was moved student’s transformation. I wanted meet teacher like Erin. Erin Brockovich is 7, because I think I want to be a tough girl like Erin Brockovich. Coach Carter is 6, because this movie told me how important have a dream.

5. Did you enjoy this class? Why or why not? What would you have done differently? If you didn't like the movies, please make a list of some of the movies you would have rather seen.

A: 1. I very enjoyed this class! I have seen two movies of these five movies. But I just watched movie, I didn’t think that movie deeply. So I can learn many things from movies by grace of this class.

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BR 2-08 : Sara says No!

"That's life, Sara!" every page.

This is story about family without mother. There are a children called Sara and Sara's father. They are poor. So they starts to work at market as Mister Fruit. But Sara's father defraud customer of money. Sara sees everything and she was angry. They fought. Sara says "You're dishonest! I don't want to work for you. Next day,Sara start working by oneself And Sara's shop became successful.. Sara's father do the house work for Sara. I also grew up motherless , so I feel a bond with this story.

Reference
Whitney Norman (2005) Sara says No! Oxford : Macmillan Heinemann ELT

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Movie English 2 : Coach Carter

I watched Coach Cater in Movie English class.

This is questions from teacher and my feedback.

1.Coach Carter is based on the true story of a Richmond High School basketball coach who tries to effect positive change in a group of student athletes who have given up hope on creating a successful future.

Q: How does Coach Carter accomplish positive change and how are his methods similar and/or different from Erin Gruwell's (Freedom Writers) methods . Give examples and details from the movie.

A: Carter’s methods is little different from Erin Gruwell’s methods. He came face-to-face with students when they first met. He carry penalty to students who talk back to Coach and throw up the basketball club. Carter educate not only basketball but also academic results. But there are similar methods. Carter and Erin’s method of teaching is get students interested like he used his ex-girlfriends name as a metaphor for game plan.

2. At the beginning of the basketball season Coach Carter gets his players to sign a contract.

Q: What were the main items of the contract? And why do you think Coach Carter had the players sign such a contract before they could play? Do you agree or disagree with this?

A: Carter made students promise about meet the necessary standards for improve performance, sit down front in class, wear a suit and tie before a game. This is for student’s future. Carter said “Study if you don’t want to go to prison.” I agree with Carter’s thinking. He taught for students it is key to the victory that observe the rule before teaching basketball technique. Eventually students went along with Carter.

3. When Coach Cater found out that over half of his team was failing he suspended all practice sessions and forfeited the following games.

Q: Why do you think he did that? What does the expression, "student-athlete mean?" Do you agree or disagree with the meaning of this expression?

A:  Carter suspended all practice sessions and forfeited the following games because students broke commitments. I think “student-athlete” means students should have it both ways. They tries harder good student and good athlete. I think he did too much but I agree with him. I think they would lose both if he didn’t do that.

4. At various times throughout the movie, Coach Carter asks Cruz, "what is your deepest fear young man?"

Q: What do you think Coach Cater meant by that? How does Cruz answer Coach Carter and what do you think his answer means? 

A: Carter asked Cruz many time “What is your deepest fear young man?” Cruz not answer clearly all this time but Finally, Cruz answered “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. You are playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It's not just in some of us it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Cruz did drug courier and he felt envious of teammate because they play happily and strengthen step by step. One night, Cruz lost his friends to got shot. I think that then and only then Cruz realized he have nothing left but basketball.

5. And the end of the movie during the locker room scene Coach Cater tells his team that he failed to meet his objectives for the basketball season.

Q: What did he mean by that? Give specific examples from the movie.

A: At the end of the movie Carter told his team in locker room “Oh well, now, not quite your story book ending hah? Not for us anyway. But you men played like champions, you never gave up, and champions hold their heads high. What you achieved goes way beyond the win loss column or whats gona be written on the front pages of the sport's section tomorrow. You've achieved something that some people have spent their whole lives trying to find, what you achieved is that ever elusive victory with-in, and gentlemen I am so proud of you. Four month ago when I took the job at Richmond High, I had a plan, that plan failed. I came to coach basketball players and you became students. I came to teach boys and you became men, and for that I thank you.” I think that Cater taught students not only basketball technique but also way for human to go. Carter was also as coach of life. This movie is based on a real story. How many children can meet teacher like Coach Carter? These students is how happy. I wanted to meet teacher like Carter.

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BR 2-07:TOWN MOUSE and Country Mouse

"Town Mouse likes the town. Country Mouse likes the country. But they are good friends." (P.14)

There are two mouses who live in country and town. Two mouses went out to the house to play each other. I thought finally we like the place where one was born and raised. I love my hometown, too.

Reference
Arlene Wong(2002)TOWN MOUSE and Country Mouse Harlow : Pearson Education

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BK2-06 :Pocket Money

"If you do someone a good turn, you shouldn't expect to get a reward." P31


This is the story about money. Put very simply, making money is not easy and you shoudn't ask no favor. I think it is good education for kids like these parents in this book. Children could learn what it is not easy to make money and do good to others without expecting any return.

Reference
Roderick Hunt (2003) Pocket Money : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Movie review 5 :Romeo＋Juliet

I watched Romeo+Juliet which was created in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann. This is the movie remake and it based on a story by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and without changes to the lines but time setting is changed modern times. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio played Romeo and Claire Catherine Danes played Juliet. I didn't know her but, I have loved Leonardo DiCaprio since I was elementary school student.
I didn't know the story about Romeo and Juliet and I watched this movie for the first time, I knew this was very famous story. I think Leonardo is perfect for the role of Romeo who is boy who takes love too seriously and Claire is perfect for the role of Juliet who dose not know anything and is pure and innocent girl. The scene where Romeo met Juliet stuck out in my mind because it is very romantic and beautiful. I took a deep breath of admiration. And lines were very classical like "It is but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is not hand,not foot, not arm, not face, not other part belonging to a man. O be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word smell a sweet. "I couldn't understand well at first but gradually I became increasingly familiar with interpretation of the world of Shakespeare and I realized phrase is pregnant with meaning. The time setting was modern. For example there were gang related murders and the Laurence priest was funky! He had a big tattoo on his back. On the other hand lines were original. But it was matched in mysterious ways.
This is the very sad story by reason of their true love and subtly miss. I felt so sad after watched this movie but I like it. It's good watch this famous movie.

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Movie Review 4:School of Rock

It was such a funny music movie. Jack Black is the one of the my favorite actor. Movie that he has done is always amazing. I watched The School Of Rock the first time. I don’t know about rock music but I enjoyed it. If I knew about rock music, I would enjoy this movie more.

Dewey was always seeking after his dream. So, he was idling on the job. But one say, he masqueraded as Ned and he started to work as an elementary school teacher in an unexpected turn of events. Of course he doesn’t have experience as a teacher nor knowledge. But it was destiny to go to that place of work and meet those children. It is his calling.

There are many movies that new teacher has troublesome class but this movie was different. Every student is an honors student. Dewey is a fake teacher and a worthless adult but he has the mind of child. He is pure. He doesn’t controvert person and extol the virtues of the person. He is smooth-talker and everyone got completely involved in his rhythm. Dewey and his students get together through rock music. He worked with the purpose of making money at first but students, student’s parents and principal became happy and they moved closer together to him. Finally, his live performance became successful. It was a good movie!

And I thought every students and principal use respectable English and their pronunciation is good. It was easy to listen to. On the other hand Dewey sometimes used rude English. In the movie, everybody was good at singing. I like the scene that Dewey and student was singing improvisation of the math song in class when principal was coming. Dewey were pointed out miscalculation and he it. I laughed every time! And for my part, I also like the scene after the credits. It was continuation and it had humor. Anyway this movie was funny, I recommend it to people who don’t know rock music, too!

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BR:2-04 Arthur's First Kiss

"It's kissy-kissy time," she said. "Run for your life!" yelled D.W. (P.23)


This is Arthur series. This story is Francine have a scheme to kiss on Arthur at home party. I thought this is very greenly story. Finally, he got protected from Francine's kiss by his younger sister and house dog!

Reference
Brown, Marc. (2001) Arthur's First Kiss New York : Random House

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