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A les­son for Carl

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If you need help with the vo­ca­bu­la­ry, you can use one of the dic­tio­na­ries on the teacher´s desk.

If you need (more) ideas, you can ...

  • use the sheet "A les­son for Carl – some gui­ding ques­ti­ons (group B)"
  • use the sheet "A les­son for Carl – some ideas (group C)"

Film Up: A les­son for Carl – com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on ex­er­cise

Dis­cuss the fol­lo­wing ques­ti­ons with your part­ner:

  1. Why has Carl never com­ple­te­ly read Ellie´s ad­ven­ture book be­fo­re?
  2. What does Carl learn from the book?
  3. What have Carl´s ex­pe­ri­en­ces with Rus­sell and Muntz taught him about his life with Ellie?
  4. Why does Carl throw out a lot of his be­longings after ha­ving read Ellie´s ad­ven­ture book?

 

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Film Up: A les­son for Carl – some gui­ding ques­ti­ons (group B)

The fol­lo­wing ques­ti­ons are sug­ges­ti­ons that you can use in your dis­cus­sion. Feel free to igno­re the ones you don´t like or come up with your own ideas.

Ques­ti­on 1:

  • Does he think Ellie was happy with him? Think of re­a­sons.
  • What about the pro­mi­se he gave her?
  • What about the dif­fe­rence(s) bet­ween Carl´s and Ellie´s cha­rac­ters?

Ques­ti­on 2:

  • How did Ellie feel about her life with Carl?
  • When Ellie was alive, did Carl know about her fee­lings, her hopes and fears?

Ques­ti­on 3:

  • What about his re­s­pon­si­bi­li­ty to Rus­sell?
  • What about ke­eping pro­mi­ses?
  • What about his opi­ni­on of Carl Muntz?
  • What has the trip to South Ame­ri­ca taught Carl about him­s­elf?
  • Are Rus­sell, Dug, and Kevin his fri­ends?

Ques­ti­on 4:

  • Are there only prac­tical re­a­sons?

 

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Film Up: A les­son for Carl – some ideas (group C)

!!! The fol­lo­wing state­ments are sug­ges­ti­ons that you can use in your dis­cus­sion. They are not ne­ces­sa­ri­ly the cor­rect an­s­wers to the ques­ti­ons. Feel free to di­a­sagree with them or come up with your own ideas !!!

Ques­ti­on 1:

  • He thought Ellie was un­hap­py with him.
  • He thought he had rui­ned Ellie´s life.
  • He was as­ha­med that he had not kept his pro­mi­se to take Ellie to South Ame­ri­ca.
  • He was af­raid that du­ring their mar­ria­ge Ellie had more dreams which she couldn´t make come true.
  • He felt guil­ty be­cau­se Ellie didn´t have any child­ren.
  • He didn´t want to face the fact that Ellie was so much coo­ler than he him­s­elf.

Ques­ti­on 2:

  • Even after Ellie´s death, Carl wants to keep his pro­mi­se to her.
  • Ellie loved him and was very happy with him.
  • Ellie saw her mar­ried life as a big ad­ven­ture.
  • As an adult she chan­ged her at­ti­tu­de towards life.
  • He has lear­ned to for­gi­ve him­s­elf.

Ques­ti­on 3:

  • He has bro­ken se­veral pro­mi­ses:
    • to Ellie; that he would take her to South Ame­ri­ca;
    • to Kevin: that he would take her to her child­ren;
    • to Rus­sell: that he would not leave Kevin.
  • His (and Ellie´s) ad­mi­ra­ti­on for Muntz was a very bad idea.
  • He him­s­elf is much tougher than he had thought.
  • It is more dif­fi­cult to be re­s­pon­si­ble for a child than he had ima­gi­ned.
  • Peop­le (and ani­mals) still like and need him (Rus­sell / Kevin / Dug).
  • Alt­hough Ellie is dead, he can still enjoy his life.

Ques­ti­on 4:

  • He wants to make the house ligh­ter.
  • He has left his life with Ellie be­hind and is now in a new phase of life.

 

A les­son for Carl (A): Her­un­ter­la­den [doc][28 KB]

A les­son for Carl (B): Her­un­ter­la­den [doc][25 KB]

A les­son for Carl (C): Her­un­ter­la­den [doc][28 KB]

 

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