Wicked

The famous Wicked musical is now a film. How about embarking your 6^e students on a trip to Oz and the Emerald City in order to make them discover the world of Wicked while revising the present simple and learning words about school and wizardry?

The trailer focuses mainly on the Shiz University section and pupils will be able to draw on their knowledge of school but also fictions like Harry Potter and Wednesday, as well as less magical school dramas opposing popular and unpopular students..

Thanks to these activities based on the trailer, the students will understand who the main characters are and how their relationship evolves through the film in order to finally ponder over who the real “wicked ones” are.

This film will be followed by a Part 2, due to be released in November 2025.

Vocabulary and structures

present simple: affirmation, negation
magic: magic powers, wizard, witch …
human relationships: love, hate, take care, care for, be popular, be friends, get along with…
boarding school: roommates, share a room, teacher, students…
organising ideas: and, but
making hypotheses: maybe, perhaps

Pronunciation

wicked /ˈwɪk·ɪd/

Here is the trailer. You can find it on a neutral page to show students here.