Episode 1.
Part 1 (0:00-0:50)
1. Look at the pictures below and discuss them:
Picture 1. Describe the outside of the school.
Picture 2. Look at the monument inside the school. What can you tell about her face/style? Who is she?
Pictures 3+4. Look at the students and the teachers and share your ideas about their appearance, face expressions, gestures, maybe, habits or preferences.
Picture 5. Decribe the lockers.
2. Find the synonyms and make up your own sentences using the words from the first column:
Picture 2. Look at the monument inside the school. What can you tell about her face/style? Who is she?
Pictures 3+4. Look at the students and the teachers and share your ideas about their appearance, face expressions, gestures, maybe, habits or preferences.
Picture 5. Decribe the lockers.
2. Find the synonyms and make up your own sentences using the words from the first column:
0:17-0:34 I’__ ______ _________ whose ___________ idea it was to put hundreds of ______________ in _________________ schools _______ by people whose dreams were _________ years ago… but I ___________ the ___________.
6. Let’s talk about the main character.
1. What’s her name?
2. How old is she?
3. How does she look like?
4. What’s her favourite colour?
5. Is Wednesday happy at Nancy Reagan High School? Why/Why not?
7. Read this extract and answer the questions:
1. Is it a good idea to teach students in underfunded schools? Why/Why not?
2. Is /Was your school/college/university underfunded? Explain your point of view.
3. Who should run schools/colleges/universities? Should these people make their dreams true?
4. How can people protect their dreams and meet their desires? Why is it important?
5. What does sadism say about a person?
6. What is the root cause of sadism?
7. Why did Wednesday say ‘I admire the sadism’?
8. How do you understand the whole phrase from exercise 5?
8. Tell us a story about Wednesday and Nancy Reagan High School (12-15 sentences)
P.S.
1. The U.S. education levels
There are 12 grade levels in the USA. The four levels of education are:
6. Let’s talk about the main character.
1. What’s her name?
2. How old is she?
3. How does she look like?
4. What’s her favourite colour?
5. Is Wednesday happy at Nancy Reagan High School? Why/Why not?
7. Read this extract and answer the questions:
1. Is it a good idea to teach students in underfunded schools? Why/Why not?
2. Is /Was your school/college/university underfunded? Explain your point of view.
3. Who should run schools/colleges/universities? Should these people make their dreams true?
4. How can people protect their dreams and meet their desires? Why is it important?
5. What does sadism say about a person?
6. What is the root cause of sadism?
7. Why did Wednesday say ‘I admire the sadism’?
8. How do you understand the whole phrase from exercise 5?
8. Tell us a story about Wednesday and Nancy Reagan High School (12-15 sentences)
P.S.
1. The U.S. education levels
There are 12 grade levels in the USA. The four levels of education are:
3. Pay attention to the pronunciations of these words:
sure - [ʃɔː]/[ ʃʊ]
adolescent - [ˌædəˈlesnt]
sadism – [ˈseɪdɪzm]
4. Watch Part 1 and answer the questions:
sure - [ʃɔː]/[ ʃʊ]
adolescent - [ˌædəˈlesnt]
sadism – [ˈseɪdɪzm]
4. Watch Part 1 and answer the questions:
1. What is the name of the high school Wednesday Addams attended at the beginning of Episode 1?
2. Where is Nancy Reagan High School located? Do you know what subjects American students study in High school?
3. What can you tell us about Nancy Reagan High School, its students and teachers as Wednesday sees them?
5. Watch Part 1 again and put the necessary phrases into the blanks:
2. Where is Nancy Reagan High School located? Do you know what subjects American students study in High school?
3. What can you tell us about Nancy Reagan High School, its students and teachers as Wednesday sees them?
5. Watch Part 1 again and put the necessary phrases into the blanks: