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V45 – The Goldbergs: Jazzercise
Part 1 – Topic Speaking: Challenges Part 3 – Script & Video Directions: Discuss the following questions with a partner. Directions: Complete Back2Back Reading (see Script below), then watch the video. 1. Have you ever bribed someone? 2. What is something parents want help with from their Part 4 - Comprehension Questions: children, but their children usually resist helping? Directions: Discuss with a partner then review as a class. 3. What holiday in your country requires the most preparation? 4. Did you used to compete against another family member, for 1. What is Erica‟s initial reaction when she sees the example, when playing sports, video games, etc.? people around her mom at the gym? 5. What is something a parent can do to motivate their children ______to do their chores? 6. Did your parents used to reward or punish you over your 2. How does Beverly react when Erica says that she is school grades? already wearing her workout clothes? 7. Have you ever taken an exercise class? 8. Have you ever made a bet with a family member or friend? ______9. What are some internet challenges you have heard about? (Ex: ice bucket challenge; Tide Pod challenge) 3. How does Erica respond to her mother‟s comments 10. Would you rather exercise or do housework? about her outfit? ______Part 2A - Vocabulary Review: Directions: Discuss the meaning with a partner. Next, review as a 4. What does Beverly say about the instructor Reynaldo? class. ______Vocabulary * Definition or Translation 1. twilight 1 5. Upon hearing what Beverly has to say about the 2. zip 3 instructor, how does Erica initially react? 3. workout gear 3 ______4. insane 4 5. enhance 6 6. Who ends up winning the “bet”? 6. squatted 12 ______7. groove with 12
8. cool down 13 7. What does Beverly say in response to her defeat? 9. break a sweat 14 ______10. tradition 17 *NOTE: the number indicates where the vocabulary is located in the script. 8. What can we infer was the bet that Erica and her Mom Part 2B - Vocabulary Speaking: had made? Directions: Choose 5 vocabulary words and create a question. Next, ______discuss your questions with a partner. Word Question What is the toughest course you have Part 5 – Writing: Ex: tough ever taken? Directions: In 2 to 3 sentences, write your opinion about the video.
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A – Back2Back Reading Directions: Read „odd‟ numbers + Listen & fill in „even‟ numbers
The Goldbergs – Jazzercise
1. Erica: Dear lord! Looks like a twilight zone world where everyone is you.
2. Beverly: Just ______and ______.
3. Erica: This is my workout gear.
4. Beverly: That‟s what you‟re gonna wear ______? ______?
5. Erica: Some might say what you‟re wearing is insane.
6. Beverly: ______, spandex wicks away sweat ______. Watch and learn.
7. Reynaldo: You, ladies, ready to sweat?!
8. Everyone: _____!!!
9. Beverly: Reynaldo is an ex-marine. I told him not to go easy on us.
10. Erica: Okay, ______m_____ e...
11. Beverly: Sorry! A bet‟s a bet! That‟s a deal that can‟t be broken!
12. Adam: My sister was starting to realize ______. For the next hour, ______, _____, ______. And Eric…eh, she was fine.
13. Reynaldo: And cool down.
14. Erica: Woo! ______!
15. Beverly: You?
16. Erica: I won! Now I don‟t have to ______! It‟s a ______!
17. Beverly: But it‟s tradition.
18. Erica: Hmm. Sorry. A bet‟s a bet. ______. www.ENGLISHsnippets.com
B – Back2Back Reading Directions: Read „even‟ numbers + Listen & fill in „odd‟ numbers
The Goldbergs – Jazzercise
1. Erica: Dear lord! Looks like a ______.
2. Beverly: Just zip it and go put on your workout gear.
3. Erica: This is my ______.
4. Beverly: That‟s what you‟re gonna wear to get into the group? Are you insane?
5. Erica: ______.
6. Beverly: For your information, spandex wicks away sweat while enhancing muscle tone and skeletal girth. Watch and learn.
7. Reynaldo: You, ladies, ______?!
8. Everyone: Yeah!!!
9. Beverly: Reynaldo is an _____. I told him ______.
10. Erica: Okay, you didn‟t tell me...
11. Beverly: Sorry! ______! That‟s a deal that can‟t be broken!
12. Adam: My sister was starting to realize that she might have gotten in over her head. For the next hour, my mom lunged, squatted, and grooved with everything she had. And Eric…eh, she was fine.
13. Reynaldo: And ______.
14. Erica: Woo! I almost broke a sweat there!
15. Beverly: _____?
16. Erica: I won! Now I don‟t have to spend time cooking with you all day! It‟s a thanksgiving miracle!
17. Beverly: But ______.
18. Erica: Hmm. Sorry. A bet‟s a bet. That‟s a deal that can‟t be broken.
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V45 - ANSWER KEY
Part 4 - Comprehension Questions & Answers
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS The Goldbergs – Jazzercise 1. What is Erica’s initial reaction when she sees the people around her mom at the gym? 1. Erica: Dear lord! Looks like a twilight zone world where everyone is you. She is alarmed that they are all dressed in a similar manner to her mom. 2. Beverly: Just zip it and go put on your workout gear. 2. How does Beverly react when Erica says that she 3. Erica: This is my workout gear. is already wearing her workout clothes?
4. Beverly: That‟s what you‟re gonna wear to get into the She is unimpressed by her outfit and disparages her. group? Are you insane? 3. How does Erica respond to her mother’s comments about her outfit? 5. Erica: Some might say what you‟re wearing is insane. She says she believes her mother is, in fact, dressed 6. Beverly: For your information, spandex wicks away more ridiculously than herself. sweat while enhancing muscle tone and skeletal girth. Watch and learn. 4. What does Beverly say about the instructor Reynaldo? 7. Reynaldo: You, ladies, ready to sweat?! She says that he is an ex-marine and that she told her 8. Everyone: Yeah!!! not to go easy of them. 5. Upon hearing what Beverly has to say about the 9. Beverly: Reynaldo is an ex-marine. I told him not to go instructor, how does Erica initially react? easy on us.
10. Erica: Okay, you didn‟t tell me... She is pretty startled by the possibility that she might lose. 11. Beverly: Sorry! A bet‟s a bet! That‟s a deal that can‟t 6. Who ends up winning the “bet”? be broken! Erica ends up winning the bet pretty easily after than hour 12. Adam: My sister was starting to realize that she might of exercise. have gotten in over her head. For the next hour, my mom 7. What does Beverly say in response to her defeat? lunged, squatted, and grooved with everything she had. And Eric…eh, she was fine. Beverly tries to appeal to her daughter to lay off the bet 13. Reynaldo: And cool down. and do what she asked her to do in the first place in the spirit of family tradition. 14. Erica: Woo! I almost broke a sweat there! 8. What can we infer was the bet that Eric and her Mom had made? 15. Beverly: You? Erica and her Mom made a bet that if Erica couldn‟t make 16. Erica: I won! Now I don‟t have to spend time cooking it through her Moms workout class, then Erica would with you all day! It‟s a thanksgiving miracle! have to help her Mom cook Thanksgiving dinner.
17. Beverly: But it‟s tradition.
18. Erica: Hmm. Sorry. A bet‟s a bet. That‟s a deal that can‟t be broken.