Zombie Clark

BEFORE YOU WATCH

Discussion questions:
1. This is the last episode of Rotting Hills. Did you enjoy the series? What did you like most of all?
2. What is your favorite episode? Why?

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Fill in the missing words:
1. A little ________ to the undead, don't you think, Clark?
2. Clark, you are not doing much for my __________ out here!
3. I used to just think of you as lunch, now you kind of ______.
4. She thought I was cool, she invited me to a party, she _____ me a _____.
5. Zoe, this is my chance to ________.
6. Don't do it, Clark. If you jump in you'll get _______ or worse.
7. You can eat pizza and ______ in the sun and go swimming at the beach without _______.
8. Sorry, I was being so stupid, Zoe. - That's all right, I'm beginning to ___________ it.
9. Then again, being dead has its ____________...like you can only die once.

Missing words:
a) cute
b) fit in
c) credibility
d) bitten
e) insensitive
f) dissolving
g) give a kiss
h) get used to
i) lie
j) advantages

Vocabulary
(v) to dissolve - when a solid mixes with a liquid and becomes part of it ‘Sugar dissolves in water.’
(n) advantage - something that helps you to be more successful
(v) to give somebody a kiss - to kiss somebody
‘Come and give your old Grandma a kiss.’
(adj) cute - very pretty or attractive
‘a cute little puppy’
(v) to get used to - to experience something so that it's no longer surprising
‘I can't get used to your new face.’
(n) credibility - the quality of deserving to be believed and trusted
(v) to fit in - when a person is accepted by other people in a group
‘I never really fitted in at school.’
(adj) insensitive - not noticing other people's feelings
‘She's totally insensitive to Jack's feelings.’
(v) to lie - to be in a position in which your body is flat on the ground
‘Don't lie in the sun for too long.’
(v) to bite (bit; bitten) - to cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth
‘She has been afraid of dogs ever since she got bitten as a child.’

Answer the questions:

1. Why don't the zombie children like Clark?
2. How did Clark “become a zombie”?
3. Why did Clark want to go to the party?
4. Compare a normal party to a zombie party.
5. How did Zoe persuade Clark not to jump into the crowd?

listen and repeat

1. Wait a minute, Clark's a zombie? - Does she sound suspicious?
2. Hey, you finally get him, Zoe, good one, he is like us now. - Does she sound excited?
3. I used to just think of as lunch, now you're kind of cute. - Is she flirting with Clark now?
4. I am having a party tonight, corpses only, wanna come? - Does she sound annoyed?
5. Great, see you then! - Does she sound friendly?

learn the words from the video HERE

Rotting hills - The New Girl

BEFORE WATCHING

Discussion questions:

1.Who is your best friend at school? Tell more about him/her.
2. What do you do together?
3. Have you ever had a new pupil in class?
4. Have you ever been a new pupil in class?
5. Have you ever ditched classes?


Vocabulary Definition

(n) a human
a person
'Humans don't live on this planet.'
(adj) superior
better, more powerful than a similar person
'Your warriors are far superior to mine.'
(v) to yell
to shout
'Help me!' she yelled hysterically.'
(n) choice
ability to choose between several things
'He has to make some important choices.'
(v) to ditch not to go to school, a class
'Did you ditch class today?'
(adj) eternal
continuing for ever
'the Christian promise of eternal life'
(n) meaning
the thing or idea that a word represents
'The meaning of her words was clear.'

Sentence/Phrase

(adj) decomposed
something decay
'a partially decomposed body'
(v) to threaten
to say that you will cause someone harm
'Workers are threatening a strike.'
(v) to shake
to move suddenly from side to side or up and down
'She shook him to wake him up.'


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Fill in the missing words, use the correct grammar form:

1. Why don't we ______ class and you can tell me all about this wonderful town?
2. Clark, what's wrong with you? - Make a ______, Clark...
3. Everyone knows vampires are ________ to zombies in the undead hierarchy.
4. I don't know the _______ of the word hierarchy.
5. Hi, honey! Did you _______ home dinner?
6. Please excuse my not coming out to _______ your hand.
7. Ok, _______. Time for my feeding.
8. Oh, the rotten corpse is _________ me.
9. Is your brain too ________?
10. Would someone evil offer you ______ life?
11. Clark, I'm sorry I _____at you.

Missing words:
a) to bring
b) to yell
c) choice
d) to threaten
e) superior
f) to shake
g) to ditch
h) decomposed
i) meaning
j) human
k) eternal

Compare Zoe to the new girl considering:

• appearance
• personality
• power
• pets
• attitude to Clark

Answer the questions:

1.Why didn't Zoe want Clark to sit next to her?
2. Why was the new girl interested in 'being friends' with Clark?
3. Why did Clark decide to ditch classes?
4. Who does the vampire girl live with?
5. What did the vampire offer Clark?
6. Why did Clark choose Zoe?
7. How did Zoe and Buddy save Clark?

Rotting Hills - Night at the Office

Discussion questions:

1. What is your mom and dad's job?
2. What do you want to do when you grow up? Why?
3. What is the most boring job in the world?
4. What do you think is the most exciting job in the world?
5. What is Clark's dad's job?
6. What is Clark's mom's job?

VOCABULARY
Definition Sentence/Phrase
(n) Java
(Am.,inf.) coffee
I always start the morning with java.
(adj) upset
unhappy and worried She was really upset about the way her father treated her.
(v) to split up
to be divided into different parts or groups Let's split up to find it.
(n) account
a statement that shows how much money you owe
(n) a bunch of people
a group of people
a friendly bunch of people
(adj) careful
used to tell someone to think about what they're doing
Be careful - the floor's slippery.
(v) to figure out
to think about a problem until you find the answer
Can you figure out how to do it?
(v) to mind
if you do not mind what someone does you don't have a strong opinion about it
(v) to search
to try to find someone or something
I always use Google Search to find information.


BEFORE YOU WATCH
Find the odd word out and name the group:
1. computer, printer, scanner, corpse, copier
2. secretary, manager, undertaker, assistant, accountant
3. pen, stapler, pencil, bone, file
4. to type, to send, to bury, to write, to get

Compare the pictures in the presentation below. 
What are the differences between a usual office and Restful Hills office?

Different offices. on Prezi

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Complete the sentences:

• When Clark was watching TV and his Mom _________, his Dad ________.
• Clark decided to go to Dad's office because he thought _________.
• Clark and Zoe went to the office by ______ which_________.
• Dad was working late because ___________.
• Zombies were angry because ___________.
• Zoe fixed the coffee machine by ___________.

Fill in the missing words:

1. Could you file this to watching ________?
2. I'm not sure. The guys here seem to be ______ over something.
3. He doesn't ______ you're driving it?
4. We have to ________ the office. - Let's _______ up.
5. The problem is I can't ________ out what's wrong with it.
6. I can't get a stick of work out of these folks till they get their ______.
7. It's like working with a ______ of zombies.
8. _______, your hands are like ice!

Missing words:
a) a bunch
b) to mind
c) careful
d) upset
e) to search
f) account
g) to split (up)
h) to figure
i) java

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'

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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? 

Rotting Hills - Clark's New Home

BEFORE YOU WATCH

1. What are zombies? 
2. Are you scared of zombies?
3. Do you like zombie movies? Why? Why not? Can you remember some of them?
4. Do you believe that it is actually possible for a person to become a zombie? Why? Why not?

Vocabulary: Definition Sentence/Phrase

(n) point - a single fact, idea, or opinion That's a very interesting point.
(n) graveyard - an area of ground where people are buried There is a graveyard next to the church
(v) to board (up) - to cover a window or door with wooden boards The shop was boarded up
(n) corpse - the dead body of a person The corpse was found by children playing in the woods.
(n) swamp - land that is always very wet or covered with water 'Frogs usually live in a swamp'.
(adj) overcast - dark with clouds 'a chilly overcast day'
(n) deal - an agreement, especially in business 'You can get some good deals on the internet'.
(n) truck - a large road vehicle used to carry goods 'a truck driver'
(n) break - a period of time when you stop doing something 'Let's take a ten-minute break'.
(n) funeral home - the place where a body is kept before a funeral
(n) raccoon - a small North American animal 'Raccoons like to steal food from cats'.

WATCH THE VIDEO

Fill in the missing words:

1. That's the whole ______ of moving to the country.
2. No, not in the ______...In the old ____ ______ up the hill.
3. It seemed like a good _____.
4. Windows look like they've been _______ up from the inside.
5. Probably to keep out ________.
6. I wonder where the moving ____ could be?
7. Smell that fresh country air... must be a _____ gas out back.
8. He didn't have a bathroom ______ the whole trip.
9. But they were zombies, the undead, reanimated _______.
10. What about the rotting flesh? - It's been __________.

Missing words:
a) swamp
b) deal
c) corpses
d) point
e) funeral home
f) racoons
g) graveyard
h) break
i) boarded
j) truck
k) overcast

AFTER YOU WATCH

Discussion questions:

1. Why did Dad decide to move the family to the country?
2. Why did they buy a funeral home?
3. What was strange about the house?
4. What was “the present” from Restfull Hills Realty?
5. Why did Clark decide to stay in the car?
6. Were Dad and Mom surprised to see zombies?

Describe the character you liked most of all and explain why you like him/her:

Clark

Mom

Dad

Zoe

Learn the words HERE

Using the pictures retell the story, use the words bellow:

ROTTING HILLS on Prezi


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