Little Boy

A film by Alejandro Monteverde

After watching - Write the name under each picture:

Teacup -Dad- Doctor Fox- Ben Eagle Father

Oliver- Pepper- London- Father Crispin- Mum- 1

Hashimoto
Part I

1- Answer the questions:

1- Where does the story take place?

2- When does the story take place?

3- What is the main characters name?

4- How is he called?

5- How old is he?

6- Who is his only friend?

7-What is little boy and his fathers motto?

8- Do the people in the town like little boy?

9- Who goes to war instead of London?

10- How does little boy feel about it?

11- Who is the village bully ?

2- Choose

1- Who is the man in the magazine? (min 4)

a) John Lennon b) Adolf Hitler c) Justin Biever

2- Why cant London go to war?

a) Because he is sad b) Because he is too short c) Because he has flat feet

3- What does dad want to buy?

a) a piano b) a pair of boots c) a guitar

Part II
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1- Choose

1- What does little boy want to do with the money?

a) To buy an ice cream

b) To buy the boots for his dad and two tickets for the Ben Eagles show.

c) To buy a bike

2- Colonel Bob arrives and tells Mrs Busbee that:

a) They believe James has been taken as a prisoner of war

b) They believe James is in the U.S.A

c) They believe James is on holidays

2- What happens at Ben Eagles show? Write the statements in order.

Ben Eagle says: Focus Ignore the world Do you believe you can do

this?

The crowd laughs at little boy

Ben Eagle chooses Little boy to participate

Little boy moves the bottle

London goes to a bar

Little boy goes to the stage

Little boy says: Yes! I believe I can move the bottle

Little boy goes with his brother to the show, _________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________
3- Father Crispin is preaching a sermon Complete the gaps with the
words below:

Impossible/ back/ there/ mountain/ do/

here/ answer/ faith
Father Oliver used to ask: What can we
__________ for our relatives at war? What
can we do if we are ___________and they are
__________? , and the ____________is : If we
have ________________the size of a mustard
seed, we can move a ____________________, if
we can move a mountain, then nothing will be
_______________________for us, not even ending
this war______________________________________
and having our loved ones the
hungry
_________________.
Part III
___________________________________ the
homeless
1- To make his faith more powerful, Father Oliver gives Little boy a list.
________________________________
Write down the items on the list: those in
prison
Use these verbs: Befriend /Visit/Clothe/ Visit/ Shelter/Bury/Feed

_______________________________ the naked.

_______________________________________the
sick
_______________________________________the
4
dead
___________________________________________
_____Hashimoto
2- Watch, read and answer:

1- Little boy befriends Hashimoto. What does he do to befriend him?

2- Little boy visits a prisoner. Who is the prisoner?

3- Little boy visits the sick. Where does he go?

4- Little boy shelters the homeless. Who does he give shelter to?

5- Little boy clothes the naked. Who does he clothe?

6- Little boy feeds the hungry. Who does he invite for lunch?

6- Little boy buries the dead. Who is the dead person?

Part IV

1- Listen and complete

tallest boy / believed/ Samuri / head/ small/ Japan / Mongols /

sky/ servant

Hashimotos story
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Masao Kume was _________________, powerless,
nothing but a_______________________, but in every
mens life, there comes a day of truth, that day
came when the Mongols invaded ______________
They were bullies. _______________________ tried to
defend their land but the _____________________had
Bukha, The Immense.
The Mongols issued a challenge, if anyone could
defeat Bukha in battle, they will leave Japan never
to return.
Masao Kume ___________________________that nothing
was more powerful than the will, the will to face
ones fears and to act.
Dont measure yourself from
__________________________to the floor, measure
yourself from head to the __________________________
That makes you the
______________________________________in town.

2- True or False (Correct the false sentences)

a) Freddy steals Little boys list

b) Little boy hits Freddy with his lunch box.

c) Little boy moves a mountain

d) Hashimoto is hurt

e) Little boys dad dies

f) Little boy ends the war

3- Read and reflect upon the final message

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Father Oliver said God was responsible
for bringing my dad back
Hashimoto said it was my fathers will to
live.
Me? Oh! , I was holding onto my mustard
seed, because the journey was not over
yet

The End