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Conversation questions - Listening - Interactive activities - Lesson plans -
Cartoons - Posters - Comics -
Literature - Video games - Songs - Videos - Cinema - TV series

(Updated on 07/09/2011)

 

 

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Pictures :

 

Zombie Snowmen
(sketchoholic.com)

 

Zombie & Undead Road Signs
(irrationalsigns.com)

 

Zombie Font
(zombiefont.com)

 

 

Zombie Valentine's Linocut - Cards
(quinkyart.com)

 

Thrill the World 2010
"Zombies dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller in cities around the world."
- 23 PHOTOS
(telegraph.co.uk)


 

 

A tattoo
(zhippo.com)

 


 


 


 



Vocabulary :

  • "Function: noun
    Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghost
    (merriam-webster.com)

    1 usually zombi
    a : the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body
    b : a will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated

    2
    a : a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead; especially : automaton
    b : a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior

    3 : a mixed drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice

    — zom·bie·like adjective"

  • A zombie "is a creature that appears in books and popular culture typically as a reanimated dead or a mindless human being.
    Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Voodoo, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful wizard.
    Zombies became a popular device in modern horror fiction, largely because of the success of George A. Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead...
    Zombies are regularly encountered in horror and fantasy themed fiction and entertainment.
    They are typically depicted as mindless, shambling, decaying corpses with a hunger for human flesh, and in some cases, human brains in particular.
    As of 2009, zombies are challenging vampires for their popularity."
    (Wikipedia)

  • A zombie walk "(also known as a zombie mob, zombie march, zombie horde, zombie lurch, zombie shamble, zombie shuffle or zombie crawl) is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes."
    (Wikipedia)



  • Marvel Zombie
    "In the world of comics, a Marvel Zombie is a person solely devoted to the comic book publishing company Marvel Comics.
    They live and breath Marvel and its characters with a glossy glaze to their eyes and the only thing they crave is a Marvel comic.
    Other comics mean nothing to them, and only the likes of Spidey, Cap, The X-Men, and more will satisfy their thirst..."
    (comicbooks.about.com)
  • A zombie computer "is one that has been infected with a backdoor or bot, allowing a malicious controller to operate commands on the system remotely. Zombies are often formed into large botnets, which are then used to send spam or unleash DDoS attacks."
    (virusbtn.com)
  • In the language of computing slang, the term zombie has many meanings.
    "Such as:
    1. A user that surfs the web hours on end and never seems to sleep or tire.
    2. On the Internet, a zombie is an abandoned, unkept or sadly out-of-date Web site. It can also refer to the residue of a site that for some reason has been moved to another Web address. It's a ghost site that appears to have moved. Zombies contribute to linkrot, a term for dead end links..."
    etc.
    (csgnetwork.com)

Facts :

  • Zombie craze continues to infect popular culture
    "This weekend an estimated 3,000 people dressed as zombies took to the streets of Brighton.
    It's the latest proof, if any was needed, that the undead are really on the march - culturally at least."
    (BBC)

 

  • Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
    "I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency."
    (emergency.cdc.gov)

 

  • Zombies, UFOs, witches ... they've seen them all in Wales
    "Zombie sightings are among a list of unusual call–outs disclosed by a police force in Wales...
    Officers were twice called to reports of the living dead stalking their largely rural area.
    They were also asked to investigate 26 ghosts, 20 UFOs, 11 witches and even two vampires."
    (telegraph.co.uk)

 

  • Zombie films: why we're obsessed with the undead
    "An American university is offering a new class on zombies. The course is being offered by the University of Baltimore and will be taught by the author Arnold Blumberg, who wrote a book on zombie movies, and the curator of Geppi’s Entertainment museum, which specialises in American pop culture. Students taking English 333 will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics."
    (telegraph.co.uk)



Conversation questions :

 

Listening :

  • The Zombie Podcast - We're Alive - A Story of Survival
    "A small riot in LA has spread past its containment.
    Three reserve soldiers are called to their deserted duty station.
    Believed to be the last remaining armed servicemen in the area, Michael, Angel, and Saul witness the true cause of the riot ;
    people are starting to change and attack each other..."
    (zombiepodcast.com)

  • Jane Austen & Seth Grahame Smith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies [Audio Book]
    (facebook.com)

 

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

 



Lesson plans :

  • The daily routines of monsters, zombies, ghosts and aliens - a lesson plan
    "Aim:
    - Practise third person -s
    - Practise talking and writing about routines
    - Practise saying and writing common action verbs
    - Practise making questions about days, times and routines
    - Make a poster"
    (onestopenglish.com)

 

Cartoons :

 

The food chain
(uszts.com)

 


If she loves me...
(16.media.tumblr.com)

 
Brains, please!
(wordsandtoons.files.wordpress.com)

 

 

Posters :

  • Zombie posters (neatoshop.com)

     

  • London Dungeon advert showing Queen Mary I as zombie banned
    "An advert for the London Dungeon has been banned after terrifying children by showing Queen Mary I of England turning into a flesh-eating zombie...
    The digital poster, which was placed on escalators on the London Underground, showed the infamous Queen sitting passively on a chair before suddenly turning into a member of the undead and turning to face towards tube passengers.
    Four people complained that the zombie - complete with bloody gashes on her face, rotting teeth and red eyes - had terrified their children..."
    (telegraph.co.uk)





Comics :

 

  • SOME PICTURES MIGHT BE SHOCKING

    Left 4 Dead presents The Sacrifice - Read online or Download PDF
    "The comic is illustrated by Mike Oeming, the artist behind the Powers comic series, and tells the stories of the original four survivors, as well as the events leading up to the infection. The comic begins with Bill, having just sacrificed himself to save the others, taking on three tanks while severely wounded. It then cuts to the finale of Blood Harvest, which is revealed to be one week earlier..."
    (l4d.com)

  • The Walking Dead Google Map
    "An annotated map of appearances, deaths, events and locations from Robert Kirkman's on going zombie comic book series: The Walking Dead..."
    - with a map key
    (maps.google.com)



The Walking Dead
"is an American monthly black and white comic published by Image Comics beginning in 2003. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman 
and artist Tony Moore...
The Walking Dead is centered on Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer from Cynthiana, Kentucky, his family, and a number of other survivors who have banded together in order to survive after the world is overrun with zombies..."
(Wikipedia)

 

 

 

Literature :

 

Video games : (=I love killing zombies)

Songs :

 

  • Audio Adrenaline - Some Kind of Zombie
    "here they come
    they're all up on me
    but I'm dead to sin like
    some kind of zombie."
    (mp3lyrics.org)
    Listen!
    (YouTube)
  • Thriller - Michael Jackson
    "In the video's most iconic scene, Jackson leads other actors costumed as zombies in a choreographed dance routine."
    (Wikipedia)

    Michael Jackson - Thriller (YouTube)
    + the LYRICS (sing365.com)
    "You see a sight that almost stops your heart...
    Thriller night
    And no one's gonna save you
    From the beast about to strike...
    You hear a creature creepin' up behind...
    Night creatures call
    And the dead start to walk in their masquerade...
    They're out to get you
    There's demons closing in on every side
    They will possess you...
    Creatures crawl in search of blood...
    The foulest stench is in the air
    The funk of forty thousand years
    And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
    Are closing in to seal your doom"



  • Zombie - The Cranberries : LYRICS + VIDEO (paroles-musique.com) or on YouTube

    Zombie - The Cranberries - A worksheet
    (tuneintoenglish.com)

    Zombie (song)
    "Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue.
    It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as "The Troubles", with references to the Easter Rising of 1916."
    (Wikipedia)
  • Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett :
    "... my eyes beheld an eerie sight
    For my monster from his slab began to rise...
    To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
    The ghouls all came from their humble abodes...
    The zombies were having fun...
    The guests included Wolf Man
    Dracula and his son...
    Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
    The coffin-bangers were about to arrive..."
    You can listen to it. (lastfm.fr)



 

Videos :

 

  • Woolite : Torture - a commercial (YouTube)
    "You might know Rob Zombie as the founder and lead singer of White Zombie or you might be more familiar with his film work
    directing gory horror movies like House of 1000 Corpses and the Halloween remake.
    Either way, odds are good that you probably don’t think about a gentle laundry detergent when you picture the guy.
    That’s exactly why having him direct the 30-second spot is pretty genius.
    I mean, when was the last time you even thought about Woolite, let alone voluntarily watched a commercial for it?"
    (Neatorama)

 

 

  • A zombie parade
    "self sheering sheep and the dress made from gum wrappers." 
    Video from 00.30
    (BBC)

 

 

  • A Guy's Guide To Zombies
    "The 1950s were known for their ridiculous newsreels (you know, the anti-communist, pro-consumerism propaganda crap). But this one takes the cake — it's a call for humans to join hands with the undead..."
    (YouTube)



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