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Activity 1.


Do this before the class. Watch the video.




Activity 2.

Oral Reading. Practice the script with your teacher.


RORY: ...and I stole a towel.

LORELAI: Wow! Sounds like you really had a good time.

RORY: I did.

LORELAI: Really?

RORY: Really.

LORELAI: Really?

RORY: Really.

LORELAI: Really.

RORY: OK, new word now.

LORELAI: Sorry -- I just -- I'm surprised. I thought you were gonna be bored.

RORY: I was kind of surprised too. I don't know -- it was pretty there and Grandpa and I talked a lot.

LORELAI: You talked? Really?

RORY: You're doing it again.

LORELAI: Sorry. You talked?

RORY: We talked about Fez.

LORELAI: And he thought it was a hat.

RORY: I told him about our backpacking trip. He thought it was a great idea.

LORELAI: Wow. So you really had fun.

RORY: Yeah.

LORELAI: That's great.

(Luke serves Lorelai's cheeseburger.)

LORELAI: That is really, really great.

LUKE: I thought you were starving.

LORELAI: Things change. Move on.

RORY: Does this hat really look bad on me?

(Rory puts the hat back on.)

LORELAI: No. I think it looks kind of cute.

(Cut to the lawn at the inn. Miss Patty is teaching the twin couples to dance.)

MISS PATTY: It's your wedding day. Feel each other. Use the thumping of your heart as a metronome. Let passion be your coreographer. Be as light on your toes as you are in your hearts. No, no, no, no darling. Let me show you.

(Miss Patty pulls one couple apart and begins dancing with the groom.)

MISS PATTY: You know, in some countries if you dance this close you're cheating on your wife.

MATT (or MARK): You're next.

MARK (or MATT): Take your time.

(Lorelai goes inside the inn to where Rory is working. The phone is ringing.)

LORELAI: Hey. Oh my God, you have good handwriting.

RORY: Thank you.

LORELAI: You did not get that from me. You got your fabulous flair from me.

RORY: I also got my deviated septum from you.

LORELAI: Hey, focus on the flair.


Activity 3.

Listening Comprehension. 

A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?

1. LORELAI: Things change. Move on.
2. MISS PATTY: It's your wedding day. Feel each other. Use the thumping of your heart as a metronome. Let passion be your coreographer. Be as light on your toes as you are in your hearts.
3. LORELAI: You did not get that from me. You got your fabulous flair from me.
4. RORY: I also got my deviated septum from you.


B. Answer the following questions:

1. What did Rory tell her mom about her day?
2. What's happening with Miss Patty?
3. What's Rory doing at the inn?


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