KEYNOTE LEVEL 4 UNIT 2

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Multiple Choice

UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS

Choose the main idea of the passage.

• Parents should limit children’s exposure to violent superhero movies.

• Superheroes can have a powerful impact on children’s behavior.

• The concept of the superhero has evolved over time.

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UNDERSTANDING DETAILS

Complete the chart showing pros and cons of superheroes.

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the weak

aggressive

helpful

manhood

women

confidence

Match

Match the superheroes to the characterizations mentioned in the passage.

• He is self-centered and is not a good role model for children.

• He empowers children and stands for justice, fairness, and decency.

• He shows children that it’s OK to be different.

Iron Man

Superman

Professor X

• Iron Man

• Superman

• Professor X

Match

Match the words in blue from the passage to their definitions.

• existing only on computers or on the Internet

• to carry over from one situation to another

• concealed but detectable

• having contact with something and being affected by it

• committed to a task or purpose

virtual

transfer

underlying

exposure to

dedicated to

• virtual

• transfer

• underlying

• exposure to

• dedicated to

Match

Match each bold word to its meaning.

• a search for something, especially over a long time period

• to look for

• having the qualities of a bad person

quest

seek out

villainous

• quest

• seek out

• villainous

Match

Match each bold word to its meaning.

• evaluates; analyzes

• the central ideas of an artistic work, such as a movie or a novel

• having the qualities of a person admired for bravery or great deeds

assesses

themes

heroic

• assesses

• themes

• heroic

Multiple Choice

When Stokes refers to the “children’s-fantasy-spectacular-industrial complex,” he’s describing an environment inspired by _____ .

• movies made for children like The Wizard of Oz, with simple themes

• entertainment designed for children that also markets products such as games and toys

• entertainment that uses sophisticated technology, but is designed for adults

Multiple Choice

Stokes says that the wizard in a modern version of The Wizard of Oz might say, “Use your magic slippers to defeat the computer-generated armies of the Wicked Witch,” because _____ .

• movies like Star Wars often feature the same magical weapons and enemies as in The Wizard of Oz

• in The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy fought computer-generated armies using a pair of magic shoes

• movies like Star Wars often feature a hero who has a magic weapon and fights computer-generated characters

Match

Match the movies to what Colin Stokes might say about them.

• It has a lot of violence and only a few female characters.

• It’s unlikely that boys will watch it.

• It can be a great model for both boys and girls.

• It has strong female characters but is still a war movie.

Star Wars

Beauty and the Beast

The Wizard of Oz

The Hunger Games

• Star Wars

• Beauty and the Beast

• The Wizard of Oz

• The Hunger Games

Labelling

What questions does the Bechdel Test ask? Complete the box

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man

each other

women