Presentation to guide viewing of episode for English learners.

1. The Neighbors
SMART – 3D – BAD

2. Characters
 The Weaver Family
 Father – Marty Weaver
 Mother – Debbie Weaver
 Daughter – Amber Weaver
 Son - Max

3. Characters
The Weavers’ neighbors

4. Characters
Larry Bird
and
Jackie Joyner-Kersey

5. Characters
Reggie Jackson

6. Characters
Dick Butkus

7. Vocabulary
take initiative
If you see something that
needs to get done, it’s
better to take initiative
than to wait for someone
to tell you to do it.

8. Vocabulary
to breed
Bears breed in the spring and
summer.

9. Vocabulary
trick
Bob can do a great trick; he
can remove a tablecloth from
a covered table without
breaking anything.

10. Vocabulary
alien
Minhee says she was
abducted by aliens
and taken for a ride
in their spaceship.

11. Vocabulary
manually
If you don’t have a
dishwasher, you have to
wash your dishes
manually.

12. Vocabulary
sacrifice
Students sacrifice
pleasure today
for a successful
future.

13. Vocabulary
destroy
Godzilla’s favorite pastime is
destroying Tokyo.

14. Main Idea Question
 How is this group behaving? Why do you think
they are acting this way?

15. Learning Strategy Focus
What’s a poopar? Ask your
partner if she knows…

16. Learning Strategy Focus
THIS is a poopar. Now tell your
partner what you think it is.

17. Learning Strategy Focus
Watch the next scene. Now what do you
think a poopar is?

18. Learning Strategy Focus
It’s a kind of phone. How did you know?

19. Learning Strategy Focus
You knew because of the language
around the new word.
 contact
 charger
 battery low

20. Learning Strategy Focus
In short, you knew because of the
CONTEXT.
 Study tip: When you read or hear a word
you don’t know, before looking it up, see
if you can guess the meaning from
context - the words and situation that
surround it.

21. Main Idea Question
What is the main problem this
group is having?

22. Detail Question
 Name 5 strange things this neighbor
family does.

23. Detail Question
 Do they recharge the poopar? Why or
why not?

24. Post-Viewing
Discuss with your partner:
 What do you think happened to Jackie Joyner-
Kersey?
 What will happen in the next episode?