Descriptions:
Worksheet 1: Scenes from the Film
Pictures Description:
Worksheet 2: Characters in the Film
JESS:
Jess loves football and she is 18 years old.
Jess loves football and she is 18 years old.
She
and her parents come originally from India, but they live in
London. Her parents want to save the Indian traditions, so they don’t
like female football players.
Especially
her mother doesn't like it, but Jess likes football.
Jess have a lot of friends, and she goes to the park to play football with them.
Jess have a lot of friends, and she goes to the park to play football with them.
She’s
dream is to become a professional football player.
JULES:
Jules loves football and she plays in a professional team. She sees Jess playing football in the park and she asks her if she wanted to play football in her team. They become good friends. Her father supports Jules. Her mother does the opposite. She fell in love with her coach, Joe, but when they went to Germany, she saw Joe kissing Jess.
JULES:
Jules loves football and she plays in a professional team. She sees Jess playing football in the park and she asks her if she wanted to play football in her team. They become good friends. Her father supports Jules. Her mother does the opposite. She fell in love with her coach, Joe, but when they went to Germany, she saw Joe kissing Jess.
Worksheet 1: Scenes from the Film
Pictures Description:
Picture
e:
This
picture shows a group of boys and one girl. In the background there
are a park and plants. In the foreground there are the boys and the
girl. In the left there are two boys and Jess with a ball, and on the
right there are two boys more. I
Jessminder is wearing football clothes and the boys are wearing
only the trousers. In my opinion they are playing football and Jess
is the best.
Picture
c:
This picture shows a group of girls, a female football team. In the
background you can see a football stadium. In the foreground you can
see the girls with a big trophy. In the middle there are girls, the
trophy, Jess and Jules. The girls are wearing the football clothing.
Jessmindah is very happy and she does a ponytail. Next to her are
Jules and she’s happy to. In my opinion it is a happy moment,because
the girls win a football tournament.
Worksheet 2: Characters in the Film
Jessminder (Jess)
She wants to be a professional footballer. Unfortunately, her parents have more traditional ideas about her future.
adjectives: friendly, talented, happy and beautiful.
Juliette (Jules)
She also wants to be a professional footballer. She plays for a woman's football teame, the Hounslow Harriers
adjectives: talented, pretty, slim, tall, faired hair and friendly.
Worksheet 3: While You Watch
2.1: The Hounslow Harries
Exercise A: Put These events in the correct order.
1- Pinky has her engagement party.
2- Jules sees Jess playing football in the park, and asks her to join the Hounslow Harriers.
3- Jess' mother sees her wearing shorts and playing Football with Tony's friends, and tells her she's not allowed to play football.
4- Jess lies to her parents that she has a part-time job, so she can go out and play football.
5- Jess and Jules go shopping for football shoes.
6- Pinky's boyfriend' relatives see Jess and Jules laughing and hugging, and think she is kissing a man.
Exercise B: who said what? Match the statement with the person who said it.
1. I was married at your age. Jess' mother
2. If she's more interested in playing football than chasing boys, well quite frankly I'm over the moon about that. Jules' father
3. Your mother's right. It's not nice. You must start behaving like a proper woman. Jess father.
4. No boy's going to want to go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him. Jules’s mother.
Exercise C: Think about the expectations that Jess' and Jules' families have of them. Make lists of the things that their families and society expect girls to do. Make one list for both girls and another list for Jess.
Both Jess and Jules
-Feminine girls.
-Have a boy friend
-Don't have bigger muscles.
-Expected to get married.
-Are not expected to play sports.
-Enjoy shopping: to look nice, to find a boy friend.
Jess
-Is also expected to get married to an Indian man.
-Have to cook well Indian food.
2.2: Will Pinky Get Married?
Exercise A: This Section starts with Pinky's wedding being cancelled, because her future in-laws think that Jess was kissing a white man at the bus-stop. Her parents then forbid her from playing football. Put the following events in order.
1.- The Hounslow Harriers go to Germany.
2.- Joe goes to the Bhamra's house to try to persudade them to allow Jess to play football.
3.- Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and becomes jealous.
4.- The Bhamras find out Jess went to Germany, and try to make her quit the team.
5.- Tony tells Jess that he is gay.
6.- Jess gets into a fight with another football player.
7.- Jess' father sees Joe and Jess hugging.
8.- The wedding is back on again.
Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph.
1.- Pinky blames her sister because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess hasn't stopped playing football. They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.
2.- Jules likes Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Joe visits Jess' house and they have and argument.
3.- Pinky is very unhappy that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his parents.Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' final football much.
Exercise C: Joe tries to encourage Jess not to give up. When Jess says that her are you living? What does he mean?
That she is doing what society and her parents wants to her do.
2.3: The final match
Exercise A: Answer the questions.
1.- Why does Jess' mother pray to the picture of Babaji?
Because he is her God.
2.- How does Jess feel at the start of her sister's wedding?
She was very sad.
3.- Why does Joe go to Jess' house during the wedding?
Because she want Jess to the final mach
4.-Why does Mr Bhamra allow Jess to go to the football match?
Because he hates see Jess sad
5.- What does the American offer Jules and Jess?
To go to play in America
6.- What job does Joe take in the end?
He continus train the female football team.
Exercise B: What happens to these people at the end of the movie?
1.- Jess and Jules
Go to America
2.- Jules' mother
Stay in England with her husband
3.- Jess and Joe
They have a relationship
4.- Pinky and hermother-in-law
They are happy with Jess
5.- Joe and Mr Bhamra
Are a good friends
Exercise C: At the end of the wedding celebration, Jess is sitting in the car with her sister when her sister says "Don't you want all of this?" (a wedding, a husband, etc.). What does Jess mean when she says "I want more than this?"
She is very happy because she love football, and she doesn't need a wedding or a husband.
2.2: Will Pinky Get Married?
Exercise A: This Section starts with Pinky's wedding being cancelled, because her future in-laws think that Jess was kissing a white man at the bus-stop. Her parents then forbid her from playing football. Put the following events in order.
1.- The Hounslow Harriers go to Germany.
2.- Joe goes to the Bhamra's house to try to persudade them to allow Jess to play football.
3.- Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and becomes jealous.
4.- The Bhamras find out Jess went to Germany, and try to make her quit the team.
5.- Tony tells Jess that he is gay.
6.- Jess gets into a fight with another football player.
7.- Jess' father sees Joe and Jess hugging.
8.- The wedding is back on again.
Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph.
1.- Pinky blames her sister because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess hasn't stopped playing football. They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.
2.- Jules likes Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Joe visits Jess' house and they have and argument.
3.- Pinky is very unhappy that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his parents.Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' final football much.
Exercise C: Joe tries to encourage Jess not to give up. When Jess says that her are you living? What does he mean?
That she is doing what society and her parents wants to her do.
2.3: The final match
Exercise A: Answer the questions.
1.- Why does Jess' mother pray to the picture of Babaji?
Because he is her God.
2.- How does Jess feel at the start of her sister's wedding?
She was very sad.
3.- Why does Joe go to Jess' house during the wedding?
Because she want Jess to the final mach
4.-Why does Mr Bhamra allow Jess to go to the football match?
Because he hates see Jess sad
5.- What does the American offer Jules and Jess?
To go to play in America
6.- What job does Joe take in the end?
He continus train the female football team.
Exercise B: What happens to these people at the end of the movie?
1.- Jess and Jules
Go to America
2.- Jules' mother
Stay in England with her husband
3.- Jess and Joe
They have a relationship
4.- Pinky and hermother-in-law
They are happy with Jess
5.- Joe and Mr Bhamra
Are a good friends
Exercise C: At the end of the wedding celebration, Jess is sitting in the car with her sister when her sister says "Don't you want all of this?" (a wedding, a husband, etc.). What does Jess mean when she says "I want more than this?"
She is very happy because she love football, and she doesn't need a wedding or a husband.
