STEP 1: THE TITLE: CRASH 

The introductory monologue pretty much summarizes most of what happens in this movie.  People in L:A: move back and forth in their cars, without any kind of human contact.  They need to collide in order to make that necessary human contact everybody needs.

1. WHAT DOES THE TITLE CRASH MEAN?

 Crash means an accident.

STEP 2: THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

1. (2.51 – 5.54) Read the opening monologue.

Graham has just crashed.   

The car is now stopped.   

This is what he says:

“It's the sense of touch. Any real city, you walk, you know?, you brush past people. 

People bump into you.

In L.A., nobody touches you.  We're always behind this metal and glass.

I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so that we can feel 

something.”

1.1.*Discuss the meaning of these words.  

People should touch you, to regain touch with other people.  

1.2.*How do you think the woman sitting right next to him (the driver) is going to respond to this?

 Because there are too much people in L.A

1.3.The woman sitting next to Graham leaves the car and goes to where the police officer and 

the other driver are.  What kind of problem do you perceive in the conversation you hear?  

 The racism.

Choose one and explain.

-       an age gap problem

-       a racial issue

-       tension due to unsolved problems these two women had before

 Racial issue: 

Sometimes you can see racism with two characters. The two carjackers: ANTHONY and 

PETER

1.4.Graham goes to where his colleagues are working. 

 What have they found? A shoe

How does Graham react to that?

He react sad because is his brother shoe. After that there are a flashback which explains the assassinated of his brother. 

2. (35:01- 36:48) Check the problems these two men are having:

The locksmith doesn’t know how to do his job. No 

The locksmith wants to overcharge for his job. Yes

The locksmith didn’t replace the lock for a new one.Yes 

The store owner doesn’t understand English well enough. Yes

The locksmith cannot find a way to communicate effectively with the store owner. Yes

The locksmith has a friend who fixes doors; so, he wants to persuade the store owner to have  his door fixed by this friend.No 

The store owner has a door lock in his store that needs to be replaced. No 

The store owner has a door in his store that needs to be replaced. Yes

The locksmith doesn’t want to be insulted any more. Yes

The locksmith leaves without getting any pay. Yes 

The store owner believes he’s been cheated.  No  

STEP 3: WRITING A SUMMARY

Write down the characters' names and the different stories in the film.

1.Graham Walters and Ria. They are detectives, and they're investigating a crime.
2.Domi and Farhad. They have a store and they want to buy a gun
 3.Anthony and Peter. They are carjackers
 4.Daniel Ruiz. He is a locksmith and he have a daughter 
5.John Rayan and Tom Handsom. They are policeman and they save Priscine in a crash
6.Rick Cabot and Jean.  Anthony and Peter stole their car
7.Cameron and Christine. They are a black partner 
8.Chinese man and his wife. The carjackers run over him

STEP 4: WRITING THE  STORY

Choose 1 story IN THE FILM and write a summary

 in the  CRASH WIKI 

You'll have 1 of the stories. Cameron and Christine 

Write a summary of the story. 

TV director Cameron Thayer (Terrence Howard) and his wife Christine (Thandie Newton). Cameron is cooperative, but Christine has had a few drinks and is argumentative. This annoys Ryan, who sexually molests Christine under the pretence of administering a pat-down; intimidated, Cameron says nothing. The couple is released without a citation. Once home, Christine becomes enraged that Cameron did nothing while she was being violated.

Describe the characters in the story:

How do they look like? Like responsable and  unhappy 

What's the relationship between them? They are married

How do they feel at the beginning? Happy and cheerful

How do they react in the story? Very sad beacuse the police attack they 

Do they change? Yes because they became angry for the problem

STEP 5: CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

Choose on character you like: Cameron and Christine

Describe this character 

Physical description: Cameron is a black man. He's quite tall and quite fat. He's an skin head and he's wearing a fashon blue jacket and black trousers. He wears glasses. Christin is Cameron's partner. She's quite short and black, too. She wears modern and provocative clothes.

Personality: Cameron is so sensitive and so hard-working. He's happy with his wife. He's quite tollerant. Christin is a stressed woman. She sometimes shout Cameron.  She's happy with his husband and they are very happy partners.

Evolution in the story: At the begining they are so happy but when the police stoped their the problems started. They shout because when the police stoped their Cameron didn't do nothing and the policemen tought her. After that Cameron ignore her and Christin becames sad. In the end Christine elicited the crash with two another cars, but she didn't die.

Worksheeet 1: Scenes from the Film

Picture c: 

This picture shows the team of Hounslow Harriers very happy to win the competition. They are from London.

There are 10 girls all of theam  wear the trousers and the T-shirt of the Hounslow Harriers team. They are very exciting because they win an important competition. Everybody are smiling and shouting.

They are in the football pitch. It could be in the weekend.

Picture e:

This picture shows Jess around her friends playing football. They are from India.

There are 5 persons. Jess friends are without T-shirts and Jess is wearing a T-shirt and soccer trousers. The guys are trying to catch the ball to Jess to Jess but they can't.

They are in a park. It could be at the weekend or it could be holiday.

Worksheet 3: While You Watch

2.1: The Hounslow Harriers

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 prart-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' 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 espect girls to do. Make one list for both girls, and another list for Jess.

Both Jess and Jules

-Femenins girls.
-Have a boyfriends.
-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 tot he Bhamra's house to try to persuade them allow Jess to play football.
3- Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this 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 again.

Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph.

1.-Pinky blames her parents because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess has stopped playing football . They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.

-Pinky blames Jess 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 doesn't like Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess fight. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jules visits Jess' house and they have an argument. 

-Jules likes Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess nearly kissed. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jess' visits Jules house and they have an argument. 

3.-Pinky is very happy that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his friends. Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' university exams.

-Pinky is upset that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk 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 match.



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 is her God
2- How does Jess feel at the start of her sister's wedding? Very sad
3-Why does Joe go to Jess house during the wedding? Because she went Jess to the final match
4-Why does Mr Bhamra allow Jesss to go 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 continuous train to female team 

Exercise B:What happens to these people at the end of the movie?

1.Jess and Jules
-They went to America to play football.

2.Jules' mother
-She accepts her daughter to play football

3.Jess and Joe
-They start a relationship

4.Pinky an her mother-in-law
-They get well

5.Joe and Mr Bhambra
-Become friends while Jess in EUA.

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?"

-The thing that she really wants is to become a football player. 

Worksheet 2: Characters in the Film

Jess:
Jasminder wants to be a football player in America.She likes Beckham.Her parents aren't sure about that. She plays football when her parents weren't in the house. Her team arrives to the final and at the end of the movie she went to play football in America.

Jules:
Jules play football on Jess team. Her mother thinks that football are not appropriated  for Jules. She plays in America with Jess.

CHARACTERS (activity 2)

CHARACTERS

CHARACTERS 

Kate fears flight, sensitive woman, she is lactose intolerant, she is insuring of herself.

She's in love to Charlie but Charlie meets a new girl called Juliette. She goes to French and she meets Luc.

Juliette’s from French. She's a beautiful woman. She has got long brown hair and she's tall. She's a romantic girl, she's fashionable.

She's in love to Charlie but she made love with Luc.

Luc is from France. He's an alcoholic and a smoker person. He has got an incredible moustache and he's tall. He is a thief. He talks with her because he has got an economic interest.

Luc in the end fell in love with Kate and goes to Canada.

Charlie is from Canada. He is tall and he had short black hair and brown eyes. He was selfish and he isn't honest.

Charlie first of all is in love with Kate but after fall in love with Juliette.

Comparation:

KATE AND JULIETTE

Kate is shorter than Juliette.
Juliette is more beautiful than Kate.
Juliette is more fashionable than Kate.

Kate is older than Juliette.

CHARLIE AND LUC.

Luc is a French man and Charlie is Canadian.
Charlie is shorter than Luc.

Charlie at the end wears more modern clothes.

Luc is a thief and Charlie isn’t it.

THE PLOT (activity 1)

Kate and Charlie are a couple from Canada who decided to buy a house and get married. Charlie goes to Paris and called Kate to tell her that he's in love with Juliette. Kate had fear to fly but finally she flew to Paris. In the plane she met a French thief called Luc. He hide necklace and a vine plant in her bag. She went to Charlie's hotel to talk to a him but she saw Charlie with Juliette, and Kate fainted. The man next to her stole her bag. When she woke up. She met Luc again and they went to catch Bob (the man who stole her bag). They found the bag but they didn't find the clothes and the passaport. Then Kate and Luc catch the train to get to Luc's town and they had lunch with his family. Luc tried to find the necklace but he didn't find it because Kate was wearing it. Later they caught the train to Tunis. Kate wanted to reconcile with Charlie. Kate and Luc had a plan. The next morning they went to the beach and the plan succeeded. At night Kate met Charlie for a dinner and Luc met Juliette. The relation with Charlie didn't work. Then Kate returned the stolen necklace to the police who returned her passaport and her money. After that Kate gave the money to Luc. At the end Luc and Kate fell in love and they lived happily together.

Charlie:

Hi my name is Charlie and now I'm going to explain one adventure of my life.The story began when I went to Paris for work. I was engaged with Kate but I met a beautiful woman who I fell in love with . Her name was Juliette. I broke the relatioship with Kate and I left to Paris. Kate ccame to Paris to look for me.When she travelled by plane she met Luc one French man who helped her to find me. She found me. I didn't continue the relationship with Kate and I break the relation with Juliette too.