Plot Summary

A light-hearted Australian comedy, The Castle is the story of the Kerrigan family, who live happily in their DIY home right next door to an airport until they receive a 'kick-out notice' because the airport wants to expand. Believing 'a man's home is his castle', Darryl Kerrigan vows to fight the order.

Winner of the 'Best Original Screenplay' (AFI Awards) and 'Australian Movie of the Year' (Australian Movie Convention), The Castle is a gently satirical film which will delight students with its Australian humour.

Photocopiable Resource Pack - Overview

The Castle: Photocopiable Resource Pack - Intermediate is highly recommended for Intermediate, and is also suitable for Pre-Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate learners. It contains four lessons of up to 3.5 hours each, that accompany four sections of the movie The Castle.

This ESL Movie Resource Title includes a wide variety of pre-viewing, viewing and post-viewing activities, as well as easy-to-follow lesson plans and a comprehensive answer key.

The photocopiable activities in this Resource Pack include:

• Pre-Viewing: jigsaw reading activity, vocabulary activities, discussion review activities, vocabulary review activities, DVD review activities
• Viewing: worksheets with a range of activities including gap-fill activities, discussion activities, true/false activities
• Optional Viewing: supplementary photocopiable activities such as script-writing activities, error-correction activities, dialogue gap-fill activities and discussion activities 
• Post-Viewing: photocopiable Writing Tasks and discussion activities, with topics related to themes within the movie section

The Maps and Lesson Plans provide detailed notes for preparing and using each activity.