The Devil Wears Prada

Unit 2- The World of Consumerism

English Worksheet
A. Previewing Activities:

1. What do you think the film is about? What aspects contribute for your opinion about it?

2. Can you think of possible reasons for the title of the film?


3. Are you a fashion victim? Explain.

4. Do you usually spend a lot of money in clothes and accesssories? How often do you buy new clothes?

5. Do you care about the way you look and about the way people see you?

C. While –viewing activities

Now, let’s start viewing the film.

Pick up a pen and get ready to write all the words/expressions related to fashion and the ones you didn’t know previously. Remember you never know everything, especially when we are speaking about a language, either ours or a foreign one. If you write those words/expressions, you’ll learn them better and will certainly memorise them with less difficulty. Furthermore, you will be contextualizing them and it will work like a charm! J

1. Pay attention to the background music in the first scenes. Describe it and try to find a reason for such a choice.

2. How does the main character appear for the first time in the film? Refer to the light, image, music, the way she moves and speaks. The director had an intention when choosing all that carefully. What was it?


3. As the film goes on, this character is going through a lot of changes. Again, try to describe the way she looks, the music, the light, the way she moves, speaks and dresses.

4. Now do the same with Miranda.
D. After vieweing activities
Read the plot summary of the film and fill n the gaps with the correct verb tenses.
The story ______(tell) the professional adventure of Andrea, whose greatest dream _____(be) to become a journalist. Andrea _____(get) a job in the fashion industry through Runway magazine, the most famous of its type, to make ends meet. But Andrea ________(develop) her writing skills in the magazine, but her talents as the editor in chief's assistant, Miranda. The problem ______(be) that Miranda _______(be) a merciless, posh and cruel woman, making the experience a living hell for the girl. The environment in the place ______(be) cold and extremely critical with the physical appearance. The girl ______(have) to change her simple and plain style, for a more trendy and elegant one, in order to gain the acceptance of her ruthless boss and colleagues, specially Emily, her unpleasant workmate. Despite everything against Andrea in the office, she _______ (consider) the experience as a challenge, drastically changing her clothes and self-image, with the help of Nigel, the magazine's art director. Nevertheless, the job _______(become) extremely demanding, because of Miranda's tough work rhythm and nearly impossible tasks, leaving Andrea without a private life with her boyfriend, family and friends. Maybe the old Andrea ________(go), now more preoccupied about her image and her future in the magazine.
Written by Alejandro Frias

Write the words/expressions you learnt when seeing the film.