Martha Speaks - Carolina Picks A Lily

Before you watch:
- Do you have a pet? What responsibilities does a pet owner have?
- Have you ever been impulsive?
- What do you think a person should consider before adopting a pet?

Match the words and their definitions:
1) shallow
2) adopt
3) breed
4) vicious
5) foster
6) temperament
7) impulsive
8) hypoallergenic
9) mean
10) housebreak
a) гипоаллергенный, not causing a bad reaction when you touch it
b) импульсивный, doing things without considering the possible dangers or problems first
c) порода, a type of animal
d) злой, агрессивный, violent and cruel in a way that hurts someone physically

e) поверхностный, not interested in or not showing any understanding of important or serious matters
f) брать на воспитание, to take a pet into your family for a period of time
g) темперамент, нрав, the emotional part of someone's character, especially how likely they are to be happy, angry
h) приучать к туалету, train not to make the house dirty
i) брать животное (из приюта), to take a pet into your home (from a shelter)
j) злобный, cruel or not kind

Fill in the missing words from the list above, put them in the right form if necessary:
1) Any dog can be ______ and nasty if it isn’t treated right.
2) What was _______ was me adopting the dog in the first place.
3) What type of _______ is she? A Bullweilerdoberdoodle.
4) No, she is not ________, she’s got a great _________, she’s really sweet.
5) When you _______ a pet, you take care of it until it finds a forever home.
6) - Helen, what are you doing with that puppy?
- Trying to ________ her.
7) - My dad’s allergic
- But Lilly’s a Bullweilerdoberdoodle. She is __________.
8) That is so not true! I’m not _______. I put a lot of thought into _______ this puppy.

Watch the video:



Multiple choice questions:
1. In the beginning of the episode the children are playing:
red rover
hide-and-seek
dodgeball

2. Carolina adopted Lily because she…
was really sweet
matched her purse
was a Maltese

3. Martha thinks there could be Bulldog in Lily as she is …
pigeon-toed
stocky
white and beige

4. The children watch movies:
to know how the breeds look
to understand how to raise Lily
to get a better idea of the breeds’ temperament

5. What did Carolina decide to do after watching movies:
to keep Lily
to take Lily back to the shelter
to give Lily to T.D.

6. Has Carolina had a pet before:
No, she hasn’t.
Yes, she had a fish.
Yes, she had a cat.

7. What was Alice’s idea about Lily:
to foster her
to take her to the shelter
to housebreak her

8. Who helped Carolina to find forever home for Lily:
Martha
Skits
T.D.

9. Why was Carolina happy in the end:
because she became a good owner
because she got rid of Lily
because she found the right forever home for Lily

True or false:
1) Carolina got permission from her parents to adopt a dog.
2) Milo’s father didn’t agree to adopt Lily because he thought she was too mean.
3) Lily pounced on Nelson out of nowhere and really scared him.
4) T.D.’s mum didn’t let him keep Lily because his father was allergic.
5) You need to keep a dog on leash when you housebreak it.
6) Martha is part Poodle.
7) Carolina wants to give Lily to just anybody.
8) Milo can’t keep Lily because he doesn’t have a fenced-in yard.

Who says these lines:
1) There was a white and beige puppy too, and I have a white and beige bag, so I had to figure out which bag I use more often.
2) I figure, we will get a better idea of the breeds’ temperament if we can see them in action.
3) I’ve wanted a dog for a long time and I know it’s a lot of responsibility and I promise to take care of her.
4) Puppies grow into dogs. Face it. She’s a bad dog waiting to happen.
5) She’s not housebroken. My mum says, “No way”.
6) Nelson is bothering her. He’s got a nasty temperament.
7) A puppy is not a shirt you throw away when you don’t want it anymore.
8) Boy, I am desperate; I’m taking advice from a dog.
9) I’ll lock her all the time. I’ll take her to the park. I’ll take her swimming and everything.
10) My dog has a pleasant temperament, but she can be a little rude.

Read and repeat, answer the questions:
- You are worried about how she look? Now that is really shallow! – Is Martha curious?
- She’s a bad dog waiting to happen.– What does Carolina mean?
- What was impulsive was me adopting the dog in the first place.– Does Carolina think she did right or wrong adopting Lily?
- Boy, I am desperate; I’m taking advice from a dog. – How does Carolina feel?
- I have to make sure she’ll be cared for. – Does Carolina want to give Lily to Milo?

Learn the words from this episode: HERE

The recommended way of learning the words is:

Scatter

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Learn

To check the students have learnt the words the following lesson invite them to share the screen and do the Learn part together

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Martha Speaks - Ice Scream

Before you watch:

- What food do you prefer?

- What is your favorite flavor of ice-cream?

- What food do you dislike?

- Do you think people should try something before they can say they dislike it?

Match the words and their definitions:  

1) disgusting                                

2) flavor                                        

3) to prefer

4) prejudiced

5) weird

6) choice

7) narrow-minded

8) peer pressure

9) aversion

10) to discriminate

a) странный, very strange and unusual

b) предпочитать, to like someone or something more than someone or something else

c) отвращение, a strong dislike

d) ограниченный, unwilling to accept or understand new or different ideas

e) отвратительный, extremely unpleasant

f) давление со стороны сверстников, a strong feeling that you must do the same things as other people of your age

g) выбор, when you can choose between several things

h) вкус, taste of a food or drink

i) предвзятый, having an unreasonable dislike of someone or something

j) относиться с предрассудками, to treat somebody differently from other people in an unfair way

Fill in the missing words from the list above:  

1) I have an ______ to bugs in gooey dog spit.

2) I admire your refusal to give in to ______________.

3) - Mmm, squid in sock-flavored ice-cream. Inky and delicious.

    - You mean _______, right?

4) How about you, Truman? What’s your favorite _______ of ice-cream?

5) You’re telling me there is not a single flavor you ______ over another?

6) But if you’ve made a choice never to try it because you’re _______ against ice-cream, you wouldn’t know that!

7) When you _______ against someone, it means you’re not nice to them because of how they look or where they’re from.

8) It’s not the ice-cream; it’s the principle of the thing – he’s being very ________.

9) Truman, I don’t care if you never eat any ice-cream. It’s your ______.

10) You think something _____ happened to him?

Watch the video:

Multiple choice questions:  

1. Helen is reading a book called ________ to Jacky.

• “Blue papayas”
• “Blue mangoes”
• “Blue figs”

2. Alice’s favorite ice cream flavor is:

• Vanilla Fudge Ripple
• Chocolate Banana-Rama Split
• Rocky Road

3. Truman doesn’t have a favorite flavor of ice-cream because:

• he’s never eaten ice-cream
• he likes all the flavors
• he doesn’t like ice-cream

4. Alice has to give a report about:

• Gelato
• Coliseum
• Italy

5. Truman pretends to eat ice-cream made from:

• squashed tomatoes
• mashed potatoes
• puréed potatoes

6. Truman doesn’t want to taste ice-cream because:

• he doesn’t want to get a cold
• he doesn’t want to be like others
• he doesn’t want to give in to peer pressure

7. The last page of the book says:

• friends don’t always like the same things
• no one should give in to peer pressure
• you never know what you’re missing, if you don’t try it

8. Helen and T.D. used _______ to make the fake book:

• crayons
• chalk
• paints

9. Alice has an aversion to:

• food that is blue
• food that is weird
• food that’s been licked by a dog

True or false:

1) Helen thinks it would be great to taste blue mango-flavored ice-cream.

2) Alice thinks it is natural when a kid dislikes ice-cream.

3) Alice thinks that something weird happened to Truman when he was a child.

4) T.D. wants to buy a fake snake.

5) Alice thinks Truman is broad-minded.

6) Truman’s ice-cream melts very fast.

7) Truman is not against ice-cream, he’s against peer pressure.

8) Truman didn’t like blue ice-cream because Martha had licked it.

Who says these lines:

1) They smell like a squid wrapped up in old socks. Me, I prefer a big bag of rocks.

2) Don’t try to use your logic on me! It won’t work!

3) Well, I‘ve never dropped a hammer on my foot, but I’m pretty sure I dislike that.

4) I’m gonna get to the bottom of this.

5) Maybe someone put a fake bug in it, so they could have all the ice-cream?

6) What if you only gave in to a teeny-tiny, itty-bitty bit of peer pressure?

7) Oh, God! Let’s read it out loud. It will be a good lesson for somebody.

8) Anyway, at least, now Alice will quit harping on it.

9) So, from now on, if there’s ever any food that you don’t wanna eat, just let me know.

10) You guys weren’t trying to make me eat it anymore, so the choice was mine.

Read and repeat, answer the questions:

- You’re telling me there is not a single flavor you prefer over another? – Is Alice surprised?

- That doesn’t make any sense. – What is Alice talking about?

- Alice, Italy! Your report is due on Monday, remember? – Is Helen worried?

- Not that big a deal? How could you say that? – What does Alice feel? Does she agree with Helen?

- I can’t. That would be giving into peer pressure. – What does Truman mean?

- Ok, but I warn you, I’ll probably cry. – Does Truman think he’ll like the blue ice-cream?

Learn the words from this episode HERE

Play the game Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream and write down the 6 steps of making ice cream.

Nurse Martha

Answer the questions:

1. Are you scared of doctors? If so, why?
2. When was the last time you had to go to see a doctor? What kind of problem did you have?
3. Would you like to be a vet or a doctor? Why? Why not?

Match the words:

1) examination

2) stomach

3) to observe

4) intestines

5) treatment

6) symptom

7) expression

8) surgery

9) to research

a) наблюдать, to watch attentively

b) хирургическая операция, a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments

c) исследовать, изучать, a search for knowledge

d) симптом, a sign of sickness/disease

e) осмотр, a check-up

f) желудок, a belly,

g) лечение, a medical course to improve someone's health

h) кишечник, guts

i) выражение, a set combination of words

Fill in the missing words from the list above:

1) Right now I wanna _____ where that popcorn went.

2) She says, your _______ is making her uncomfortable.

3) All done! But we’ll have to ______ him to see whether the ______ worked on that.

4) A _______ is something that tells you someone might be sick.

5) I'll need to do an exploratory _________ to sniff it out.

6) The sock went into his _______ and then into his _________.

Watch the video

True or false:

1. Skits is nervous at the vet because he has never had a checkup before.
2. Skits and Martha had vaccines.
3. Martha wants to be paid in biscuits for being a vet’s assistant.
4. Martha likes watching movies about doctors.
5. Butterscotch has something wrong with his leg.
6. Butterscotch needs surgery.
7. Dogs help Martha to find out what happened to Butterscotch.
8. Butterscotch was healthy before the triplets brought him to Mrs. Clusky.
9. Butterscotch doesn’t need to go to the vet again.
   
   

Who says these lines:

1. Go on, Skits, the sooner you get the vaccine, the sooner you get your biscuit.
2. Wow, I wish I had an assistant like you.  
3. I’m glad the insides are on the inside because the outsides look much better.
4. Butterscotch hasn’t been eating much and he hasn’t been going to the bathroom
5. either.
6. I need to find out what that is. It could be a whole laundry list of things.
7. As soon as Butterscotch is healthy again, he’ll come home.
8. Now, before you put anything in your mouth, it’s important to make some observation.

Answer the questions:

1) What kind of book is Martha reading?

a) dog training book

b) dog anatomy book

c) dog psychology book

2) Why did the small dog hate the stethoscope?

a) it looks strange

b) it hurts

c) it’s cold

3) What kind of treatment does Martha want for the cat?

a) the one to turn it into a dog

b) the one to make its stomach better

c) the one to cure it of fleas

4) What did the dogs use to help Martha?

a) their eyes

b) their ears

c) their noses

5) What was wrong with Butterscotch?

a) he swallowed a sock

b) he swallowed a bone

c) he swallowed a tennis ball

Fill in the gaps with the words below:

stomach, research, sitting, symptoms, stethoscope, grab, x-Ray, intestines

Butterscotch likes to jump up and ____ things, remember?

He jumped up at my ears, at your  ____  and the  ____  machine.

Here's what happened.

Mrs. Clusky hang the laundry out to dry.

The laundry basket was ____ on the ground.

Butterscotch knocked the basket over, climbed on top of it and grabbed a sock.

The sock went into his  ____  and then went to his  ____ , that's what's stuck down there

That would certainly explain all the   ____.

Good work, Martha!

Your  ____  may save that puppy's life.

Match the expressions from the video with their definitions:

• vaccine
• examination
• stomach
• observe
• research
• intestines
• to sniff it out
• laundry list
• symptom

1. It's a shot that keeps you from getting sick.
2. That's where this popcorn is gonna go. Once you're done chewing it.
3. That's where your food goes once your stomach is done with it.
4. Studying, finding all facts and learning about something.
5. this test isn't to see what you know, it's just a checkup to see if you are healthy.
6. To watch somebody carefully,
7. Something that tells you someone might be sick, like having a fever or a runny nose.
8. It’s way of saying you've got a lot of things you need to do.
9. It means you are looking for something but you are not sure what.

Read and repeat, answer the questions:

Thanks for getting me this anatomy book. - Is Martha thankful?

I thought it would be neat to see how my insides look. - What does Martha need the dog anatomy book for?

Well, what do you think?

Mmm, I’m glad the insides are on the inside because the outsides look much better. - Is Martha joking?

Not outside - ‘outsides’. - Why does Martha say that to Skits?

Never mind. - Does it mean the same as ‘Don’t worry’?

What’s that? - That’s your stomach. - Does Martha sound bored?

Learn the words from this episode HERE

Match the words with the pictures below:

1. heart
2. kidney
3. stomach
4. nerves
5. skull
6. skin
7. intestines
8. skeleton
9. veins
10. lungs
11. bones
12. brain
13. muscle
14. ribs
    
    

Do the anatomy vocabulary exercise below:

Play the game Scrub a Pup and put the washing steps into the correct order:

• Spritz your dog with perfume
• Give your dog a treat
• Scrub your dog’s fur
• Spray your dog with a hose
• Shower your dog with water