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Juno
A film by Jason Reitman
Runtime: Approx. 90 minutes
Juno is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman,
director of Thank You For Smoking, and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars
as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an
unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life
onto her. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman also star. Filming
spanned from early February to March 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The
film premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival,
receiving a standing ovation.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three
other Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Page. The
film's soundtrack, featuring several songs performed by Kimya Dawson and her
bands Antsy Pants and The Moldy Peaches, was the first number one soundtrack
since Dreamgirls and 20th
Century Fox's first number one soundtrack since
Titanic. Juno earned back its initial budget of $6.5 million in twenty days. The
film has gone on to earn more than 35 times that amount, becoming the
highest grossing movie in distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures's history.
Juno received numerous positive reviews from critics, many of whom placed the
film on their top ten lists for the year. The film has also received both criticism
Themes:
 Young people
 Teenage pregnancy
 Family
relationships

and praise from members of both the pro-life and pro-choice communities
regarding its confrontation of abortion.
Pre-viewing activities
Class discussion
1 Have you personally met or heard of a teenage girl who got pregnant (in
your school, neighbourhood, etc)?
2 What did the girl do?
3 Was the father a chance acquaintance or a steady boyfriend?
4 How did the girl‘s/boy‘s parents react?
5 Juno is a film about a 16 year old teenager who gets pregnant.
Is this a typical problem of teenagers nowadays?
In pairs, fill in the diagram below with your ideas.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Causes: Consequences:

While-viewing activities
share / single adoptive mother / encourages / abortion / maintains /
commercial jingles / shock / Leah / adoption / Bleeker / Minnesotan /
Vanessa / fall apart / punk rock / stepmother / struggles / prom /
reads / notices / closed
Sixteen-year-old ……………………………. high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is
pregnant with a child fathered by her friend and longtime admirer, Paulie
………………….. (Michael Cera). While at first she intends to have an
………………………., she changes her mind and decides to make a plan for the
child's ……………………….. . With the help of her friend …………….. Juno searches
the ads in the Pennysaver and finds a couple she feels will provide a suitable
home. Along with her father, Mac (J. K. Simmons), Juno meets the couple, Mark
and ……………………….. Loring, in their expensive home and expresses a desire for
a …..…………….…. adoption.
Vanessa is extremely anxious around Juno and their initial interactions are
uneasy. However, Juno and Leah happen to see Vanessa in a shopping mall
being completely at ease with a child, and Juno …………………………… Vanessa to
talk to Juno's baby in the womb, where it obligingly kicks for her. On the other
hand, Juno more easily forms a friendship with Mark, with whom she shares
tastes in ………………………….. and horror films. Mark, who has set aside his rock
band youth (now confined to memorabilia displayed in the one room of the
house allowed him by Vanessa), works at home composing
……………………………………….. . Juno hangs out with Mark a few times, ignoring a
warning from her ………………………… that she should not spend time alone with a
married man.
As the pregnancy progresses, Juno ……………………… with the emotions she feels
for her baby's father, Paulie, who is clearly—although passively—in love with
Juno. Juno ……………………………. an outwardly indifferent attitude toward Paulie,
but when she learns he has asked another girl to the ……………………, she is hurt
and angrily confronts him. Paulie reminds Juno that it is at her request they
remain distant and tells her that she broke his heart. He also suggests that she
has feelings for him she is unable to admit.
Not long before her baby is due, Juno is again visiting with Mark when their
interaction becomes strongly emotional. Mark then tells her that he will be
leaving Vanessa. Vanessa arrives home, and, to her ……………………, Mark tells her
he does not feel ready to be a father and that there are still things he wants to
do first – dreams Vanessa does not ……………………… . Juno watches the Loring
marriage …………………………….., then drives away and cries by the side of the road
before coming to a decision. Returning to the Lorings' home, she leaves a note.

After a heartfelt discussion with Mac, Juno accepts that she loves Paulie. Juno
then tells Paulie that she loves him, and Paulie's actions make it clear that her
feelings are reciprocated. At his track meet, when Paulie ………………………… Juno
is not in the stands and realizes she must be in labor, he rushes to the hospital
to be with her (she had not told him because she did not want him to miss the
meet). He arrives to find Juno has given birth, and comforts Juno as she cries.
Vanessa comes to the hospital where she joyfully claims the newborn boy as a
………………………………………………….. . On the wall in the baby's new nursery,
Vanessa has framed Juno's note – addressed only to her – which …………………….
"Vanessa: If you're still in, I'm still in. – Juno." The film ends with Juno and
Paulie playing guitar and singing together sometime later, followed by a kiss.
Collect all the information about Bleeker. Create a mindmap.

PPLLOOTT::
Order the sequence of the events.
1 Juno tells her dad and stepmother she‘s pregnant. They decide to help her
through the pregnancy.
2 Juno meets Vanessa by chance in a shopping centre and understands she‘ll
make a good mother to her child.
3 Vanessa becomes the baby‘s adoptive mother.
4 Juno tells Bleeker she loves him.
5 Juno and Leah set out to find the perfect adoptive parent for the unborn
child.
6 Mark decides he isn‘t ready to be a dad and leaves home
7 Juno takes three pregnancy tests, and discovers she has a big problem.
8 Juno gives birth to a boy.
9 Juno gets to know her chosen family, wealthy suburban couple Mark and
Vanessa Loring.
10Juno decides against abortion and to give the baby up for adoption.
7

What is the importance of the following words in the plot? Write a
sentence about each of them.
Who says this? To whom?
1 Someday, you‘ll be back here, honey. On your terms.
______________talking to ______________ when _________________
2 You need pre-natal vitamins. Incidentally, they‘ll do incredible things for your
nails, so that‘s a plus.
_____________ talking to ______________ when _________________
3 Are you looking for any other compensation?
_____________ talking to ______________ when ________________
4 My mom uses color-safe bleach.
_____________ talking to ______________ when _______________
5 Your baby probably has a beating heart, you know. And it has fingernails.
_____________ talking to ______________ when __________________
6 Why don‘t you go to night school in Manteno and learn a real trade?
_____________ talking to ______________ when __________________
7 You should have gone to China. I heard they give away babies like free iPods.
_____________ talking to _____________ when _________________
tic tacsslasher moviesSunny D
prom Women Now Pennysaver

Post-viewing activities
What is the name of the main character?
Recall the information about the main character and complete the table:
Name
Age
Occupation
Family
Best friend
Boy friend
Favourite type of
music
Favourite type of
film
Characteristics
Write the name of the characters in the picture:
Indicate the names of her boyfriend and her best friend.
What‘s her reaction to being pregnant?
How many times did Juno make the test?
Which colour appeared on the test tube?

Who are doctors according to Juno‘s opinion?
What does she decide to do about it?
a. keep the baby
b. give it for adoption
c. make an abortion
Did Juno give birth to a boy or a girl?
Do you think she‘s a responsible and mature girl? Justify.
How did Bleeker react when Juno told him she was pregnant?
a. Enthusiastically
b. He was surprised and supported her.
c. He was shocked and speechless.
Does she make the abortion? What‘s her next decision?
How did her parents react when she tells them?
How do people behave towards her at school?
Complete the text with the vocabulary given below.
Juno is faced with an unexpected 1__________. The father is another
2__________ who she doesn't consider to be her boyfriend. She wants it to go
away like a 3__________, but she realises she needs to take control of the
situation. She enlists the 4__________ of her best friend Leah. She considers
Woman's Help Center for what she calls "Speedy Abortion", but her friend Su-
Chin, an anti-abortion 5__________, tells her just outside the clinic that the
fetus probably has fingernails by now and Juno changes her mind. Together she
and Leah find an 6__________ in the Penny Saver from Mark and Vanessa
Loring who are desperate for a 7__________ and she decides to give them her
child for 8_________ .
Help teenager ad bad dream child protester
adoption pregnancy

Which words are incorrect? Correct them please!
Dude, I'm depressed.
Maybe it's just a cool baby.
How did you even generate enough pee for the pregnancy tests?
That's the kind of support I was looking for in the first take.
So, you were in love?
When did you know you were going to do Bleeker?
Who says the sentence Juno or Bleeker?
My mom uses colour-safe bleach.
What are you going to do?
So, guess what?
So what's cool with you, then?
I mean do what you think is right.
I know it wasn't your idea.
Match the question with the right answer.
1. So, who's ready for some photo magnificence? a) Oh, I couldn't copy
your work.
2. You can copy my answers if you need to. b) I have a menstrual
migraine, and I can't look at
bright lights today.
3. I‘m kind of a deadbeat lab partner, huh? c) I don't mind.

Combine the halves of the sentences!
First part of the sentence Second part of the sentence
1.I hate it when adults 1 - a) who describe themselves
as "wholesome."
2.He and my mum got divorced 2 - b) you're pregnant
3.I tried to work on it a little last
night
3 - c)use the term sexually active
4. My partner uses these every
time
4 - d) and they were beautiful
even in black and white.
5. And you have to tell everyone 5 - e) when I was five.
6. I just can't give the baby to
people
6 - f) but I'm having trouble
concentrating.
7. They were Mark and Vanessa
Loring,
7 - g) we have intercourse.
Who said it?
Juno Mac
I'm losing my faith in humanity
I just need to know that it's possible for two people to
stay happy together forever.
It's not easy, that's for sure.
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is to find a
person who loves you for exactly what you are.
You be there to love no matter what kind in
You were talking about me, right?

Choose the correct word for each sentence:
1. Juno explains Leah this is not a food-baby as she _________________
pregnancy tests on that day.
2. Bleeker practices __________________ .
a. running b. jogging c. track athletics
3. Juno dislikes the idea of wholesome people to keep her baby. She‗s
interested in people who look a little bit __________.
a. edgier b conservative c. edgy
4. Edgy means __________________
a. Not following the
norm
b. Fashionable and
modern
c) old-fashioned
5. Juno wants foster parents that are _____________, not conventional.
a. fashionable b. conventional c. common
6. When trying to approach the subject of her pregnancy with her parents Juno
says- I have no idea how to __________________ .
a. speak this b. spit this out c. spit it.
7. Juno‘s stepmother fears her ____________________ from school.
a. expel b. expelled c. expulsion
8. Juno expects _________________ __________________ her parents at
this point of her life.
a. compassion b. love c. mercy
a. with b. for c. from
9. Juno ___________________ her decision. She wants to give her baby
___________________.
a. will make b. made c. has made
a. on for adoption b. at for adoption c. up for adoption
10. Her parents are _______________________ because they didn‘t even
know she was ___________________ .
a. embarrassed b. astonishing c. shocked
a. sexual activist b. sexually active c. sexually activist
a.has taken b.had made c.had applied

11. Brenda_____________________ Juno that there are other alternatives to
adoption.
a. remembers b. reminds c. recalls
12. Brenda _____________________ an appointment for the doctor.
a. gives b. writes c. schedules
13. Vanessa tells Juno that the first couple of months are
___________________ in a pregnancy.
a. harder b. hardy c. the hardest
14. Juno wants the baby to be _____________________ by a loving family .
a. educated b. supported c. raised
15. Brenda thinks Juno is doing a __________________ thing for them by
giving the baby up for adoption.
a. selfish b. self- centred selfless
1. What are the foster parents worried about? Tick the correct options.
a. Legal issues (making the contract)
b. The welfare of the mother.
c. The name and sex of the baby.
d. Financial compensation.
e. Their friends‘ reaction.
f. The fact that Juno is an adolescent.
2. The ultra sound technician says: ―Teenager mums are poisonous to their
children.‖ What do you think of this statement?
3. What are the foster parents‘ names?
a. Peter and Vanessa
b. Mark and Julie
c. Mark and Vanessa
4. What do Juno and the foster father have in common? Tick the correct
options.
a. They don‘t like small children.
b. They love music and horror movies.

c. They don‘t feel comfortable with the idea of being a parent.
d. They both love chocolate and horror films.
e. They are immature.
5. What does Juno want for her baby?
6. She tells Mark he can‘t get divorced. What are her reasons for this?
7. Juno is worried about the durability of love relationships. Why?
8. How does the film end?
9. What is your opinion of the film?
What kind of movie is this? Why?
What is Juno drinking in the beginning of the movie?
Who is Bleeker?
Which of these things are there in Juno‘s bedroom? (dolls / pictures / paintings /
books / Cds / magazines / lamp)
What sport does Bleeker practice?
Who does Juno live with?
What are her family members‘ names?
What musical instrument do Juno and Mark play?
What kind of music do Juno and Mark like?
Say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE according to the
story:
1. Juno‘s pregnancy was planned.
2. Juno did an abortion.
3. Juno‘s stepmother supported her.
4. Juno and Mark had the same musical tastes.

5. Juno wasn‘t jealous of Paulie Bleeker and the girl he invited to the
prom.
6. Mark was ready to be a father.
7. Juno and Paulie Bleeker loved each other.
8. Vanessa adopted Juno‘s baby.
LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE
VVooccaabbuullaarryy eexxppaannssiioonn:: bbaabbyy iitteemmss Write the names of the baby items under
the pictures.
bib potty nappy (diaper AmE) cot bottle
pram rattler dummy (pacifier AmE)
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8

LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE -- SSLLAANNGG
In the film you hear a lot of slang and informal terms. What do the
underlined words/phrases mean? Circle the correct option.
1 I‘m pregnant. And you‘re shockingly cavalier.
a) You seem to think it is not important b) You seem to be shocked. c) You
make fun of me
2 Just do me a solid and stay with your wife.
a) give me a piece of advice b) do me a favour c) don‘t
disappoint me
3 [choosing adoptive parents for your child through a magazine ad]‘s totally
legit. (legal)
a) it‘s legal b) it‘s nonsense c) it‘s appalling
4 I have no idea how to spit this out.
a) how to solve this problem b) how to treat a baby c) how to tell you this
5 Wicked pic in the Pennysaver, by the way.
a) terrible pictureb) great picture c) cheesy picture
6 I hear they [babies] can be kind of a time-suck.
a) babies suck most of the time b) babies leave you no free time c) babies
are a waste of time
7 Dude, it [the baby]‘s moshing all over.
a) the baby is kicking b) the baby is making me sick c) the baby is going
to be born now
8 Your little girlfriend gave me the stink eye in art class yesterday.
a) she winked at me b) she gave me a look of dislike c) she stared at me
9 You broke my heart. I should be really cheesed off.
a) I should be disappointed b) I should be mad c) I should be pleased
10As boyfriends go, Paulie Bleeker is totally boss.
a) he is the best a) he is too bossy b) he is no good

LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE __ RREEPPHHRRAASSIINNGG
Rewrite the following sentences. In some of them you may need to ADD
words.
1.‖Did your wife send you up here to spy on me ?‖ Juno asked Mark.
Juno asked Mark if______________________________________________
2. Wow, you get a whole room in your own house. She‘s got you on a long leash
there, Mark.
According to Juno, Vanessa is very _________________________________
3. The Pilates machine is meant for exercising.
Vanessa has a Pilates machine so that ______________________________
4. Vanessa wants to be updated on doctor‘s appointments, ultrasounds because
she ___________________________________ (be part of)
5.Bleeker invites Juno to the cinema but she
________________________________(ABLE) to accept the invitation as she is
doing an ultrasound.
6. Brenda and Juno feel offended by that way the ultrasound technician
suggests Juno might not be _________________________________ (ABLE) to
raise the baby properly.
7. Brenda thinks Juno‘s driving and socializing with Mark by herself is
________________(APPROPRIATE) as he is a married man so she has clearly
crossed the line.

8. Juno drank a lot of Sunny D in order to take the pregnancy test.
Juno drank a lot of Sunny D so that she _______________________________
LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE –– WWOORRDD FFOORRMMAATTIIOONN
Complete with derived words from the ones in brackets.
Juno pulls no tricks, opening with __________________ 1(TEEN) sex that leads
to pregnancy, which would be a ______________2 (SHOCK) climax for most
movies. And Juno pulls no punches: The offbeat Minnesota teen and
_________________3 (EXPECT) expectant mother _____________ 4( SIMPLE)
cannot bite her acidic tongue. But as Juno comes to terms with her pregnancy,
she _______________ 5(SOFT) . The terms of her pregnancy—that is, after
deciding against ―procuring a hasty abortion‖—are that she will give her
newborn to a baby-deprived married couple, Vanessa and Mark, from upscale
suburbia. And helping Juno come to said terms are her father, stepmom, best
friend and, from a distance, the dad-to-be, Paulie Bleeker, who himself doesn‘t
look too far removed from _______________ 6(INFANT). But Juno soon
discovers that these nine months won‘t pass by without physical and
______________ 7(EMOTION) pain—pain for which her icy-exterior
______________ 8(DEFEND) mechanism is no match—and that some
_____________ 9 ( GROW) still want to be children.
Adpated from http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Juno/3464488/reviews

LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE –– IIFF CCLLAAUUSSEESS
Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You /2nd
conditional
If I ......... a flower growing wild and free
All ......... want is you to be my sweet honey bee. X2
And if I ......... a tree growing tall and green
All ......... want is you to shade me and be my leaves.
All I want is you, will you be my .........
Take me by the hand and ......... by my side
All I want is you, will you ......... with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the ..........
If you ......... a river in the mountains tall,
The rumble of your water ......... be my call.
If you ......... the winter, I know.........be the snow
Just as long as you were with me, when the cold winds blow.
All I want is you...
If you ......... a wink, ......... be a nod
If you ......... a seed, well ......... be a pod.
If you ......... the floor, ......... wanna be the rug
And if you ......... a kiss, I know ......... be a hug
If you ......... the wood, ......... be the fire.
If you ......... the love, ......... be the desire.
If you ......... a castle, ......... be your moat,
And if you ......... an ocean, ......... learn to float.
Sway – to swing slowly from one side to the
other.
Wink – opening and closing one eye very
quickly, usually as a signal that something is
a joke or a secret.
Nod – moving your head downwards and
upwards to show that you are answering
‘yes’ to a question.
Pod – a seed container that grows on plants
such as peas or beans.
Moat – a deep, wide cannel dug round a
place such as castle and filled with water, in
order to protect the place from attack.

LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE –– TTRRAANNSSLLAATTIIOONN EEXXEERRCCIISSEE
JUNO
You know, I've been thinking. I'm really sorry I was such a huge bitch to you.
You didn't deserve that. You never deserve any of the poo I unload on you.
No, you're naturally smart. You always think of the funniest things to do.
Remember when you passed me that postcard during Spanish class, and it was
addressed like, "Junebug MacGuff, Row 4, Third Seat from the Blackboard"? And
it said, "I'm having fun in Barcelona -- wish you were here"? That was hilarious.
Plus, you're the only person who doesn't stare at my stomach all the fucking
time. You actually look at my face. And every time I look at you, the baby starts
kicking me super
I think it's because my heart starts pounding when I see you.
Basically, I'm completely smitten with you, and I don't care if I'm making an ass
out of myself right now, because you've seen me make an ass out of myself a
million times, and you still want to be my friend.
SSPPEEAAKKIINNGG
Questions for discussion
1 ―I think kids get bored and have intercourse‖, says Bren in the film. Do you
think that is why there are so many unwanted pregnancies among
teenagers?
2 What‘s the difference between an open and a closed adoption contract?
Which one do you think is best?
3 Do you think Juno made the right decision?
4 Why did Juno drink so much orange juice?
5 How many times did she take the pregnancy test?
6 Who is the first one she tells? What do they do?
7 What‘s her family situation? Who does she live with?

8 What is her first decision towards the baby? What changes
her mind?
9 How does she tell her parents? How do they react?
10How do you think Juno and Paul feel about the pregnancy?
11Why do you think Juno got pregnant? Was it lack of
information?
12Do you think they used any contraceptive? Whose
responsibility is it? Women‘s or men‘s?
13What would you do if you were in Juno‘s and Paul‘s situation?
14How do you think your parents would react?
WWRRIITTIINNGG
In the film, Juno writes Vanessa a note:
Imagine that, instead of a note, she decided to write her an email,
explaining her decision. Write about 100 words.
Imagine that you‘ve had a baby/your girlfriend has had a baby. Write an
email to a friend, telling him/her what it is like to be a teenage mother/father.
Vanessa
If you’re still in
I’m still in
Juno

Juno is sixteen years old and she herself made an appointment to have an
abortion. In USA, some states don‘t require parental notification for minors to
undergo this procedure. In Brazil, women are not allowed to abort unless they
have been raped or the pregnancy represents serious risk of life. What do you
think about this question? Are you pro or con abortion and in what
circumstances? Write a text about the subject comparing both legal systems.
 You can introduce the HIV topic at the end of the activity as well.
Do you think it is a good idea to give the baby to adoptive parents?
Consider the pros and cons!
Create an ad for prevention of teen pregnancy. (for magazine, radio or TV)
Prepare a power point presentation for prevention of pregnancy.
Choose a scene from the film. Find a title and make a comic.
What do the teen mums and dads have in common and in which ways do
they differ?
What about their attitude towards pregnancy and how does it affect their
relationhip?
In some people’s opinion the film “Juno” provides a much too positive view of teen pregnancy and
teaches nothing but irresponsibility. Read the following statements, then discuss:
Does “Juno” take teen pregnancy lightly?
I have seen Juno about three times now and feel I have a firm grasp on the struggles and concepts presented. My
final conclusion was that I didn't think Juno took teen pregnancy lightly. The film didn't focus on the struggles she
had to endure being pregnant, although it didn't overlook them either. It touched on her dealing with the changes
her body was going through, the embarrassing stares and treatment from her classmates, and the sudden
responsibilities forcing her to act older then she was. I never got a feeling like the movie was preaching that teen
pregnancy isn't that big a deal.
What the film does quite well is show that the sex was not the best decision, and the resulting pregnancy was a
consequence which had to be dealt with. Juno dealt with it in her way, and she was responsible. Going way beyond
her age, she showed that she thought about the easy way out, chose not to, and found another way to deal: give the
baby for adoption. What I took away is that although teen pregnancy is not a good thing, something good can come
from it! But, one man's sacrifice or pain is another man's joy. I think that's the message here (although it may not
work out this beautifully in ALL cases).

As a parent, see the film with your kids, talk about what your kids learned or think and have a good conversation
about movies and reality, about sex and responsibility, and also about the film as a FILM.
Juno seems like a sweet little movie. The dialogue is adorable - snappy, smart, funny, captivating - and who
wouldn't enjoy that? But I was Juno once - that sixteen year old pregnant girl, and life isn't like that at all. The
film delivers messages to young women that aren’t realistic. Juno is an adorable fantasy - I think that when
you're 16 years old you don't understand that, but when you're 50 years old you do.
Alexandrina Vila Franca
2014/2015

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