Rotting Hills - Drive to School

BEFORE YOU WATCH

Discussion questions:

1. How do you usually get to school?

- by bus

- by underground

- by car

- by bicycle

- on foot

2. How long does your trip take?

3. What time do you start school?

4. What time do you go home after your lessons?

5. How do you get home from school?

Try to imagine what Restful Hills Elementary looks like and describe a day of a student there using as many scary words as you can, for example: blood, zombie-teacher, bones, skeletons, rotting flesh, etc.

Vocabulary: Definition Sentence/Phrase

(n) lift (give a lift) - to take somebody somewhere in your car/bike

'John gave me a lift home'.

(adj) rude - speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite

'Why are you so rude to her?'

(v) to pick up to take somebody somewhere in your car/bike

'I'll pick you up at the station'

(n) neighbourhood - an area of a town or city

'She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston'.

(adj) genuine - something real

'The jacket is genuine leather'

(v) to exist to be real or alive

'Do ghosts really exist?'

(adj) ridiculous - very silly or unreasonable

'That's a ridiculous idea!'

(v) to wonder - to think about something that you are not sure about

'I wonder if I may have a drink?'

(adj) terrifying - extremely frightening

'terrifying screams'

WATCH THE VIDEO

True or False:

• Clark's school starts early in the morning.
• Clark's dad is afraid of zombies.
• Clark says that zombies are big rotting corpses with peeled skin, big teeth, horrible eyes and putrid breath.
• Zoe likes Clark's description of zombies.
• The Skulls neighbourhood is ominous.
• Clark wants to scare his dad into admitting the undead exist.

Who said that and what they were talking about:

• She was just showing us her pet.
• Everyone stays away from the sculls.
• All it will take is a close encounter with that zombie.
• I moved you and your mother out to Restful Hills to start a new life.
• Well, at least, now my dad's got a ride to work.

Fill in the missing words:

1. Haven't you _________ why school here starts at midnight?
2. I've arranged to ________ your little friend on the way.
3. Are you telling me that you can't see this is a _______ undead dog.
4. I think we are in the Skulls __________.
5. This looks like a short ______ down this dark ________ tunnel.
6. I'm gonna scare my dad into admitting the undead _______.
7. Don't be _________!
8. ________ fellas, these bikers.
9. It was nice of that little girl to give us a _____ to school in her bike.

Missing words:

a) terrifying

b) lift

c) wondered

d) rude

e) neighbourhood

f) exist

g) genuine

h) ridiculous

i) cut

j) pick up

Listen and repeat:

• So, first day at your new school. Big day. - Does dad sound excited?
• It's not day, dad, it's night! - Does Clark sound happy?
• Haven't you wondered why school here starts at midnight? - Does Clark sound angry?
• Things are different out here in the country. 
• Haven't you ever heard of night school?
• Cheer up, son, I arranged to pick up your little friend on the way. - Does dad sound cheerful?
• Friend?! - Does Clark sound shocked?
• Something's wrong, Clark?
• Z-z-z-zombies! - Does Clark sound terrified?