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INVICTUS
AN ENCOURAGING and INSPIRING
POEM & FILM
FOR THE HARSH TIMES.
POEM & FILM
FOR THE HARSH TIMES.
ACTIVITIES
Read, watch and answer the questions
Reading: Read about the author and the poem in English and Spanish.
Watching: Watch and listen to famous actors beautifully recitation of the poem. See a trailer of the 2009 film "Invictus", too.
Read, watch and answer the questions
Reading: Read about the author and the poem in English and Spanish.
Watching: Watch and listen to famous actors beautifully recitation of the poem. See a trailer of the 2009 film "Invictus", too.
WATCHING: Watch the poem recited by famous actors and the trailer of the film Invictus. Follow Captain Lexxa's recitation. (Recita con ella)
Invictus poem by leading actor of the film "Invictus"
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Invictus Read by Captain Lexxa of Star Trek: Renegades
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2009 film Invictus trailer
Film review: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/
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Answer the questions below after reading and watching (orally in class, or witten at home.
READ
- What language does "invictus" come from? What does it mean?
- Who wrote the poem? When? Why?
- What two other writers of the time were his friends. What did they write?
- Who is the leading actor of the film?
- Who does he play the role of?
- Who directed the film? When?
- Why did the director choose the title?
- What is the film about?
7. Reread or listen again the poem carefully and complete the last lines of the poem:
It matters not how strait the _______________,
How charged with ___________________ the scroll, I am the master of my ______________: I am the ________________of my soul. |
GIVE YOUR OPINION
8. Which of the two recitations do you prefer? Why?
9. What can we learn from the poem and the film?
10. Do you know a poem? Do you have a favourite book?
9. What can we learn from the poem and the film?
10. Do you know a poem? Do you have a favourite book?
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