THE HELP
Woman empowerment movies
ESP Classes
Answer the Questions
Have you seen the movie The Help? What did you like about it?
What do you think is the relationship between the title of the movie and the movie
Do you know anything about the racism that black women experienced in the 60s in the USA?
Did you know...
The Help is an american period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor. It is based on the book of the same name by Kathryn Stockett. Premiered on August 10, 2017 with stellar performances by Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney and Sissy Spacek.
Info
Watch the video
AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
- How does Celia treat Minny? Would you say it was common for that time?
- How does Minny react to Celia's kindness?
- If you had the chance, would you live at that time?
Vocabulary
EXERCISE
Solve the word search
- Housekeeper
- Maid
- Interview
- Non-fiction novel
- Friendship
- Testimonies
- Mississippi
- Period Drama
EXERCISE
Solution
- Housekeeper
- Maid
- Interview
- Non-fiction novel
- Friendship
- Testimonies
- Mississippi
- Period Drama
THANK YOU
YOU DID A GREAT JOB!!!
See you next class
PERIOD DRAMA
Meaning:
1) A television or film production set in a period in the past, or productions of this type.
NON FICTION-NOVEL
Meaning:
1) The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as real historical figures and actual events, woven together with fictitious conversations and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction.
MAID
Meaning:
1) A woman who is employed to clean hotel rooms and make them neat, or a woman who is a servant in a person’s home.
Testimony
Meaning:
1) (an example of) Spoken or written statements that something is true, especially those given in a law court.
FRIENDSHIP
Meaning:
1) A situation in which two people are friends.
STORYLINE
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives and a Mississippi town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say.
HOUSEKEEPER
Meaning:
1) A person, especially a woman, whose job is to organize another person's house and deal with cooking, cleaning, etc.
Mississippi
Meaning:
1) Mississippi is a state in the southern United States, with the Mississippi River to the west, the state of Alabama to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
INTERVIEW
Meaning:
1) A meeting in which someone answers questions about himself or herself for a newspaper article, television show, etc. 2) A meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a job or course.
The Help
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THE HELP
Woman empowerment movies
ESP Classes
Answer the Questions
Have you seen the movie The Help? What did you like about it?
What do you think is the relationship between the title of the movie and the movie
Do you know anything about the racism that black women experienced in the 60s in the USA?
Did you know...
The Help is an american period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor. It is based on the book of the same name by Kathryn Stockett. Premiered on August 10, 2017 with stellar performances by Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney and Sissy Spacek.
Info
Watch the video
AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Vocabulary
EXERCISE
Solve the word search
EXERCISE
Solution
THANK YOU
YOU DID A GREAT JOB!!!
See you next class
PERIOD DRAMA
Meaning:
1) A television or film production set in a period in the past, or productions of this type.
NON FICTION-NOVEL
Meaning:
1) The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as real historical figures and actual events, woven together with fictitious conversations and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction.
MAID
Meaning:
1) A woman who is employed to clean hotel rooms and make them neat, or a woman who is a servant in a person’s home.
Testimony
Meaning:
1) (an example of) Spoken or written statements that something is true, especially those given in a law court.
FRIENDSHIP
Meaning:
1) A situation in which two people are friends.
STORYLINE
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives and a Mississippi town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say.
HOUSEKEEPER
Meaning:
1) A person, especially a woman, whose job is to organize another person's house and deal with cooking, cleaning, etc.
Mississippi
Meaning:
1) Mississippi is a state in the southern United States, with the Mississippi River to the west, the state of Alabama to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
INTERVIEW
Meaning:
1) A meeting in which someone answers questions about himself or herself for a newspaper article, television show, etc. 2) A meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a job or course.