Feb 3, 2011

Blame it on the Samba

Aim of the activity: talk about emotions (basic students)
Duration of the activity: 05-08 minutes


  • Show students the first two minutes of the video (from 0:33' to 02:00').
  • Ask the students about Joe Carioca and Donald Duck feeling throughout the video, such as How are they feeling? Are they happy? Are they bored? Are they sad? How does the samba make them feel? What about the waiter? Is he a little mad?

  • Ask students about their own experience with music: Does samba make you feel happy? What kind of music makes you feel happy? How do you feel when you listen to The Smiths?
  • Recycling: ask students about the scenery. Are they in New York? Are they in Rio de Janeiro?
  • Recycling: ask students about the actions of the characters (for this you either have to play the video twice, or you play the video stopping at each action). They will probably come up with: walk(ing) / go(ing) to a restaurant / sit / bring the menu /smoke /  play an instrument or play the guitar / sing / dance
  • they'll probably ask you about tear (01:20')

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