“Microteaching Demonstration”50 First Dates Trailer

Sandy Álvarez

Agenda

• Introduction- Watching a video

• Activities- Building the plot- Discussion

• Conclusion

Do you recognize this picture?

It’s from a movie called “50 First Dates”

It’s a love story. But it has something very special.

Let’s see!

50 First Dates Trailer

The female protagonist is Lucy, performed by Drew Barrymore.

•Did you notice that she had a problem?

•What is it?

The male protagonist is Henry,performed by Adam Sandler

Does he give upabout Lucy’sproblem?

Let’s build the story

• Pick up a piece of paper.

• Read it carefully.

• Try to build the plot with your classmates, getting yourself in the right order.

Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached.

This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore.

Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feels the start of a serious relationship occurring.

Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognise him.

This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day.

Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.

• Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached.

• This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore.• Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and

feels the start of a serious relationship occurring.• Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when

Lucy fails to recognise him. • This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually

suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day.

• Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.

(Plot found in www.imdb.com )

Discussion

In the Trailer we saw that a videotape was shown to Lucy in order to tell her the truth about her.

• What do you think it contains?

What would you include in the video?

Happy ending?

• Do you know what happens at the end?

• If you already know, do you have an alternative ending?

Conclusion

• Trailers motivate people’s imagination • They are very useful for discussion activities• You can feel interested in a movie with them,

which is amazing!

Did you like this activity and the Trailer? Now you can watch the movie if you want!