2. Comprehension Check: Trailer
What kind of film do you think “Edward Scissorhands” is?
Horror
Action
Comedy
Drama
Musical 2

3. Comprehension Check: Trailer
2. What makes Edward different?
He is old
He is tall
He has hands that are scissors 3

4. Comprehension Check: Trailer
How does life change for Edward?
He falls in love
He gets arrested
He gets a job 4

5. Comprehension Check: Movie Clip
Watching section 24:00 – 29:05 5

6. Comprehension Check: Movie Clip
What is it not polite to do?
talk with your mouth full
stare
eat 6

7. Comprehension Check: Movie Clip
2. Can Edward see the ocean?
yes no
sometimes 7

8. Comprehension Check: Movie Clip
3. What is Edward good at doing?
eating peas
drinking
spreading butter 8

9. Comprehension Check: Movie Clip
4. How does Peg try to help Edward?
feeds him dinner
applies make-up
gives him a place to sleep
all of the above 9

10. Activity: Change the Script Demonstration
(The family is at the dinner table. 24:00 – 24:40)
Peg: Hey, Kevin, are you ever going to eat your vegetables?
Kevin: I don’t want to eat my vegetables!
Peg: What would you like to eat, Frank?
Bill: What’s new with you Ed?
Peg: His name isn’t Ed. He has a new name, it’s Frank?
Bill: So Franklin, maybe we can go fishing later. What do you say? Peg: Frank.
Edward: Yes? Peg: Oh, don’t worry about it.

11. Activity: Change the Script
What would the characters talk about at the dinner table?
Examples:
Talk about food?
Talk about going out on the weekend?
Talk about what happened at work or school?
Talk about what they saw on TV?
Gossip about hot topics in Hong Kong?
Others.

12. Get a task sheet and pick an activity!
Practice the sample script.
Change the sample script.
Write your own script.

13. To gossip -to talk about other people's private lives.
Example: They are gossiping about the TV stars. 閒話