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Movie:The Last Song a) Read this short summary and underline main ideas. The Last Song is about a seventeen year old Ronnie Miller, who is sent by her mother to spend the summer after graduation with her ten-year-old brother, Jonah, visiting her father, Steve. Steve, a former Juilliard professor, has divorced Ronnie's mother, Kim and left New York City for his childhood home, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Ever since, Ronnie has refused to talk to him or to play their shared passion, the piano, and becomes a rebellious clubber. Jonah works with Steve over a stained glass window that Steve has recreating for the local church . Ronnie, however, is hostile.At the town's annual carnival, Ronnie meets a beach volleyball player Will Blakelee as he dives for a ball. Ronnie also meetsgothic Blaze, who introduces her to Marcus, Blaze's abusive boyfriend, and his cronies, Lance and Teddy. The three thugs earn money by putting on fire juggling performances for beach crowds. Blaze is crushed when Marcus becomes interested in Ronnie, and retaliates by framing Ronnie for shoplifting and violating a probation agreement. Ronnie later confronts Blaze, and although Blaze admits she was wrong, she is trapped: she has been kicked out by her mother and is staying with Marcus, who forbids her to confess. b) Re-tell the summary. c) Match the character to the comment CHARACTERS: Ronnie,Steve,Will,Jonah,Ashley,Blaze, Marcus.

a vegetarian and animal lover. Loggerhead sea turtle. shoplifting. flirting. jugglers. beach volleyball. stain -glass window. animals in danger. aquarium volunteer. church arson.

gothic . stomach cancer. fall in love d) Information about Julliard. The Juilliard School located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory. It is informally identified as simply "Juilliard," and trains about 800 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. Juilliard considers itself one of the most prestigious performing arts conservatories in the world. .

e) Use these words in sentences, please. graduation , rebellious , hostile,Julliard,beach crowds,retaliates,