21217 the avatar world

The Avatar World
In the epic action adventure fantasy Avatar, we are taken into a spectacular world
beyond our imagination. On the distant moon Pandora a reluctant hero embarks
on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected love- as he leads a heroic
battle to save a civilization .

• Watch the trailer of the movie “Avatar” by James Cameron and arrange the
paragraphs of the plot summary according to it.
1. As Jake slides deeper into becoming one of her clan, he finds himself caught between
the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Na’vi- forcing him to choose sides in an
epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.
2. Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans
are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bread humanNa’vi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies in the real
world, controlled by a human driver through a technology that links the driver’s mind to
the Avatar body.
3. The story’s protagonist, Jake Sully, is an ex marine who was wounded and paralyzed
from the waist down in combat on Earth. In order to participate in the Avatar program,
which will give him a healthy body, Jake agrees to travel to Pandora, a lush rainforest
environment filled with incredible life forms- some beautiful, some terrifying.
4. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Moreover, he falls
in love with a young Na’vi woman, Neytiri, whose beauty is matched by her ferocity in
battle.
5. Pandora is also the home of the Na’vi, a humanoid race that lives at what we consider to
be a primate level, but they are actually much more evolved than humans. Ten feet tall
and blue skinned, the Na’vi live harmoniously within their unspoiled world. But as
humans encroach on Pandora in search of valuable minerals, the Na’vi’s very existence
is threatened – and their warrior abilities unleashed.

• How would you define each one of the characters on Avatar? Describe the
main characters through their personality using some of the adjectives
given.

Ambitious
amusing
charming
cheerful
adaptable
proud
greed
cowardly

boring
critical
courageous
grumpy

brave
careless
cautious
changeable
creative
cruel
disorganized
efficient
instinctive
sincere
trustworthy
entertaining
strange
abusive
careless materialistic
cruel

combative

disagreeable

mysterious

lonely

• Complete the sentences about the movie with your own ideas:
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Jake is an ex- Marine who has been recruited to the moon of Pandora …
Dr Grace and her staff were more interested in ….. than in …….
The purpose of creating such creatures (the Avatar) was….
The action takes place in……
The military men were looking for…… which was important because…….
Jake felt really free when……..
What I liked most about the movie was……
I would recommend it to other people to watch it because ……..

• Do some research on the characters and take what you have done on a

previous exercise to complete the following chart
Role in the film

Neytiri
Jake Sully
Miles Quaritch

Outstanding feature


Dr Grace Augustine
Trudy Chacón
Parker Selfridge
Dr Norm Spellman
Mo’at
Tsu’tey
Eytukan
Which characters did you like the most? Share with your partners
• Highlight the main differences between our world and life on Pandora
Life on Pandora

Our World

• What characteristics do you think an Avatar should have? Create your
own Avatar on a poster!!!
• We are going to listen to a song “Two worlds” from Phil Collins. It’s
karaoke time!!!