INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA LOS
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENGLISH - WORKSHOP
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translation of the following text and do a list of the new vocabulary
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About the Movie
"Finding a Family" is based on the true story of Alex Chivescu, a
ward of the state of Michigan, who knowing he cannot be emancipated from
the foster care system, searches for a new mom and dad within the school
district that he believes can fulfill his lifelong dream of attending an
Ivy League university.
Alex (Jared Abrahamson) has a passion for learning, instilled by his loving
single mother, Ileana (Kim Delaney) who has a doctorate degree and speaks
six languages. When Alex was 10-years-old, Ileana had a life-altering car
crash that left her struggling with bouts of anger and depression, so much
so that a family court judge deemed her unfit to parent Alex further.
The one constant in his life is school. When Alex’s transportation funding
ends, he discovers he’s about to be assigned to a foster family outside the
school district that can provide stability and a curriculum that can get
him into an Ivy League university. Alex is left with only one option: in
order to avoid being assigned outside the high school he loves, he must
find a new mom and dad.
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Kim Delaney – Jared
Abrahamson
The story follows a
young man who, after his foster family falls apart, goes in search of a new
family in order to stay in a school district that will help him achieve his
dream of attending an Ivy League school. It is about the true story of Alex Chiavescu
Answer the questions
according what you have seen in the movie
1. What is the name of the young man
who inspired the movie? What is its origin?
2. What did happen to his mother that
modified her behavior?
3. What was the illness she got because
of her accident? Which are the symptoms? What social problems can cause this
illness?
4. What was the most important crisis
Alex had all the time?
5. Why Alex did go to the court? What
happened at the end? How did he feel after the court’s decision?
6. What was his mother’s concept about
education?
7. Where did Alex dream to go? Did he
do it?
8. Which are the values you can see in
the movie?
9. Why did Alex feel guilty in some
scenes of the movie?
1. What do you think is the movies’
message or the moral?
Remember this special vocabulary
Starring, location, casting, playing,
real story, watch, trailer, inspirational story, premier, synopsis, summary
