PROGRAMNR 51495/ra4

REALITY RADIO: FEAR

General warm up 1. Label the body above to show how fear might affect you physically. 2. Here are some more “body” expressions. Match each body part to a suitable verb: Body part Verb 1. Heart a. turn to jelly 2. Flesh b. stand on end 3. Hair c. tingle 4. Stomach d. run cold 5. Legs e. churn 6. Spine f. pound 7. Blood g. creep Do they fit in this sentence? The scream was so inhuman it made Buffy’s ………………….. .

Some of these expressions can even be made into compound adjectives, like “blood-curdling”. Try them out – which ones work? Buffy heard a …………………., inhuman scream coming from under the floorboards. 3. Here are some words to describe something that worries or frightens you. Can you put them a scale of strength?

Blood-curdling Creepy Eerie Hair-raising Hairy Spine-chilling Spooky Terrifying Unsettling Weird

Which would apply to a sound? A building? A person? An experience? Give examples. 4. What are you most frightened of? Do you think you could ever get over this fear? 5. Look at the quotes about fear in the student’s book. Talk with a partner about them. Are they true? Are they rubbish? Are they difficult to understand? Programme tasks Fact Five 1. The following words are mentioned in the programme. Think of ways in which the words in each pair might be related:

Scream Pupils Frightened Nostrils Trigger Primitive Attack Predatory

2. Was there any information in the programme that was new to you? After listening, talk with a partner about what you learnt. Rough cuts Get together in pairs and talk about what you heard on the programme. 1. How do you feel about becoming an adult with all the obligations that entails? 2. Are you afraid of leaving the familiar environment of school? Why/why not? 3. Nobody knows what they will become in the future. Is this an exciting thing for you, or something you feel apprehensive about? 4. How easy is it in today’s society for people to develop a fear of failure?

General thematic discussion 1. How is a phobia different to a fear? Here are some common phobias. Do you know anyone who has any of them? Tell your group about them! Agoraphobia (open spaces) Vertigo (height) Claustrophobia (closed spaces) Homophobia (gay people) Xenophobia (foreigners) And here are some less well known ones! Which do you think would be the worst to have? Anglophobia (The fear of English) Pogonophobia (The fear of beards) Clinophobia (The fear of going to bed) Geniophobia (The fear of chins) Barophobia (The fear of gravity) Phobophobia (The fear of fear) Arachibutyrophobia (The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth) Anatidaephobia (The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you)* Luposlipophobia (The fear of being chased by wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly-polished floor)* * These last two were invented by cartoonist Gary Larsson. Or were they? 2. Have you seen these films? If so, did you find them frightening? Why/why not?

Scream The Grudge The Ring The Others The Mummy Psycho

On the radio this Halloween, a film critic was asked to name her top 5 horror films. They were Nosferatu, Jaws, Rosemary’s Baby, Gaslight, and Cape Fear. Which films would you rate as your top five horror films? Project/writing ideas When doing your writing task, don’t forget to try to recycle some of the words and expressions you worked with earlier on. 1. You are planning to open a theme park to give families frightening but safe experiences. Which of the following would you include? A big dipper People dressed as monsters jumping out from hidden places A haunted house A boat ride through a pool of real sharks A torture chamber A cave full of live spiders and snakes Write a leaflet to advertise your park.

2. You have been asked to write a script for the next Scooby Doo film as part of a competition. The story must include five of the following elements: Something glowing Something that makes a creepy noise A weird person Something to do with light Something difficult to see through The words: “Watch out Scooby, it’s heading for you!” A hole in an unusual place For fun Time to make up an impromptu ghost story! Break up into groups of 3 or 4. Shuffle the pack of 24 cards (see below) and places them face down in the middle of the table. The object of the game is to take it in turns to build up a horror story using the pictures on the cards for inspiration. The person with name that appears first in the alphabet takes the top card and places it face up in front of them. They then make up the first two or three lines of the story, incorporating the image on the card. The person on their left takes the next card and continues the story in the same way. The story develops as each player takes a card and continues the plot in turn. See if you can end the story successfully on the last card! Alternatively, the cards can be dealt in advance to each of the players, who then take it in turn to build the story by selecting a suitable card from their hand. Cut out the cards from the pages below.

Additional wordlists and discussion topics can be found at the end of the programme script, which can be downloaded from www.ur.se/engelska

Answers to the general warm up: 1.f, 2.g, 3.b, 4.e, 5.a, 6.c, 7.d