Here's how it works:
1. A movie quote is presented to the reader.
2. The reader identifies the movie and scene from which the quote is taken.
3. The reader writes possible definitions for each bolded vocabulary word in the quote.
4. Answer and solutions are then provided.
We capitalize not only on teens' insatiable appetite for movies but on their having to take standardized tests like the SAT or ACT!
Romantic comedy and drama movies from Brian incorporates vocabulary words to help students prepare for their standardized tests include Twilight series, 10 Things I Hate About You, Pirates of The Caribbean series, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series, 17 Again, The Devil Wears Prada, Harry Potter series, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Coyote Ugly, Juno, A Cinderella Story, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 27 Dresses, High School Musical series, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Titanic, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Pride and Prejudice, Save the Last Dance, Atonement, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Bring It On, Emma, August Rush, The Princes Diary series, Sweeney Todd, It's a Boy/Girl Thing, What Happens in Vegas, The Holiday, Mean Girls, Uptown Girls, Step Up series, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, The Proposal, Ella Enchanted, Superbad, Becoming Jane, Austin Powers series, White Oleander, Wedding Crashers, Love Actually, Georgia Rule, Australia, Shrek series, He's Just Not That Into You, Adventureland, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Breakfast Club, Marlet and Me, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Music and Lyrics, Stranger Than Fiction, Mamma Mia!, Underworld, Grease, Definitely, Maybe, Anchorman, Into the Wild, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Legally Blonde, Old School, Wild Child, The Shawshank Redemption, Sex in the City, The Hangover, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Material Girls, Oceans 13, She's The Man, Moulin Rouge, She's All That, and Clueless.
