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Activity 1.
Do this before the class. Watch the video.Activity 2.
Oral Reading. Practice the script with your teacher.BABETTE: ...sugar, thanks for asking. But I wouldn't trust these boys. Gnome kicking says a lot about a man's character.
LORELAI: Yes, well, I'm gonna go take care of this. Thanks.
[She walks over to her house where two men are walking around on the porch]
LORELAI: Hey. Um, what are you doing?
MICK: You live here?
LORELAI: Yes, I do.
MICK: I'm supposed to install a DSL for a Lorelai Gilmore. Is that you?
LORELAI: Yes, that's me.
MICK: I'm Mick.
LORELAI: Hi Mick, nice to meet you. Could you get off my porch?
MICK: I was told that you wouldn't be here, but to look for a ceramic frog with a key in it.
LORELAI: I don't understand.
MICK: We can't find the frog.
LORELAI: I didn't order a DSL.
MICK: [checks clipboard] Uh, the order was placed by an. . .Emily Gilmore.
LORELAI: Ugh, no!
MICK: We would've been done by now, but the frog search has put us way behind.
LORELAI: Well, look. . .
[the other man walks over]
MAN: Hey, Mick, I found it.
MICK: You found the frog?
MAN: It wasn't a frog, it was a turtle.
MICK: It says here it's a frog.
LORELAI: It's a turtle.
MICK: Really?
LORELAI: Trust me. Listen Mick, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to cancel that DSL order.
MICK: You sure? It's already paid for.
LORELAI: Yeah, I know, but, uh, we don't need a DSL, so thanks for coming, and, uh, you guys can just go.
[Lorelai walks back over to her Jeep]
BABETTE: Is there a problem?
LORELAI: Oh, nothing Shakespeare couldn't turn into a really good play.
CUT TO CHILTON CLASSROOM
[Rory is sitting at her desk writing a note that says "Paris -- I am so sorry. Please let me help you." She passes the note to Paris, who crumples it up and throws it on the floor without reading it]
TEACHER: Let's try another passage. "The Romanists have, with great adroitness, drawn three walls round themselves, with which they have hitherto protected themselves, so that no one could reform them, whereby Christendom has fallen terribly." Who said this?
RORY: [sees Paris about to give the answer] Martin Luther.
TEACHER: Very good, Miss Gilmore. And what year did Martin Luther address the Christian nobility?
RORY: [again sees Paris lean forward to answer] 1520.
TEACHER: Very good, Miss Gilmore. [bell rings] Until next time, class.
[Paris walks up to Rory's desk]
PARIS: Stay out of my way. I will make this school a living hell for you. [leaves]
TRISTIN: See you tomorrow, Mary. [leaves]
RORY: The name is Rory.
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?
1. But I wouldn't trust these boys. Gnome kicking says a lot about a man's character.
2. Could you get off my porch?
3. Oh, nothing Shakespeare couldn't turn into a really good play.
4. Stay out of my way. I will make this school a living hell for you.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. What happened in the porch of Lorelai?
2. Why was Lorelai upset?
3. How's Rory's day in school?
4. What's up with Paris?
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