Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ one-stop shopping [exp] - buying everything you need in one store
• ☐ ☐ ☐ slopping [v] - eating trash
• ☐ ☐ ☐ get (someone) off my back [exp] - make someone stop bothering me
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cross-eyed [adj] - when both eyes cannot look in the same direction
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a cornfield [n] - a field where corn is grown
• ☐ ☐ ☐ starving [adj] - very hungry
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pork rinds [n] - cooked pig skin
• ☐ ☐ ☐ draw a crowd [exp] - attract/bring a lot of people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a birdbrain [n] - a stupid person
• ☐ ☐ ☐ peck [v] - hit (with a bird beak [bird mouth])
• ☐ ☐ ☐ buttons [n] - small disks (circles) on the front of shirts
• ☐ ☐ ☐ straw [n] - long dry yellow pieces of grass
• ☐ ☐ ☐ XXX rules [exp] - XXX is the best
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Your highness [exp] - a respectful title for a queen
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a hunk [n] - a large piece
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be choked up [exp] - have trouble talking because of strong emotion
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the smokehouse [n] - the place where animals are cooked or smoked

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

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Wilbur	Charlotte	Templeton

• Templeton is at the county fair.
• Charlotte wants Templeton to find a new word that she can write in her web.
• Brooksie and Elwyn are two crows (birds) that hate Templeton.

1. Charlotte is sitting on Templeton's back.
   True
   False
   
   
2. The two birds like Templeton.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The two birds are hungry.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The two birds hate corn.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Templeton is looking for a new word.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The two birds thought that the scarecrow was a real man.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Charlotte is disappointed with the word that Templeton brings.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Templeton says he really cares about Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Charlotte thinks that Templeton cares about Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Wilbur is confident that he will win the competition.
    True
    False
    
    

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. Let's go get the spider [ to stop bothering me ].

   [ off my back ]

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2. That'll [ attract, bring ] a crowd.

   [ draw ]

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3. The rat [ is awesome ].

   [ rules ]

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4. Beause I've got a spitty hunk of pineapple upside-down cake out there [ that is for me ].

   [ with my name on it ]

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5. If you [ keep doing this ], someone might think you care.

   [ keep this up ]

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Directions: 1) Read the script and choose the best word or expression to complete the sentence. 2) Listen again and check your answers.

• One-stop slopping. All right. ---I go Let's go Go (Let's go) and get the spider off my back.
• How come I'm not in a cornfield, Elwyn? How come?
• Hey, hey. They got all kinds of corn right here. You've got your popcorn, caramel corn, candy corn.
• ---You stop Let's stop Stop (Stop) torturing me! I'm starving here, and now I'm cross-eyed because of this pink stuff. If I ever see that rat again...
• Words, words, words. "Pork rinds." That'll draw a crowd. This looks promising.
• Hey! That rat!
• I'm going to get me some rat!
• Oh, not these birdbrains. ---I get Let's get Get (Let's get) rid of them once and for all.
• ...and everything. Rat on three! Three!
• Hey ---You wait up Let's wait up Wait up (Wait up) , Brooksie! I'm coming with you!
• Little flamingoes! ---You come Let's come Come (Come) and get me!
• It's scary guy!
• Abort! Abort!
• ---You peck Let's peck Peck (Peck) him! ---You peck Let's peck Peck (Peck) him, Elwyn!
• ---You wait Let's wait Wait (Wait) a minute. His eyes are buttons, and his hair is straw. This guy ain't real!
• He's not?
• No!
• Oh, yeah! The rat rules! ---You take Let's take Take (Take) that!
• ---Do you know Let's know Know (Do you know) what this means?
• What?
• We could've had corn!
• Well, Your Highness, are you satisfied or what? 'Cause I've got a spitty hunk of pineapple upside-down cake out there with my name on it.
• Yes, very satisfied. ---You be Let's be Be (Be) careful. If you keep this up, someone might think you care.
• Gee, ---I am Let's be Be (I am) all choked up.
• Charlotte? If ---I don't win let's not win don't win (I don't win) the prize tomorrow, they're gonna send me to the smokehouse.
• ---You are Let's be Be (You are) going to win, Wilbur. And you're going to see the snows of winter. I told you, I never break a promise.
  
  

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instruções: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

Templeton / begin / search / word / Charlotte

Templeton begins [searching/to search] for a word for Charlotte.
Templeton begins his search for a word for Charlotte.

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two / crow / talk / different / kind / corn

Two crows are talking about different kinds of corn.

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while / Templeton / search / word / newspaper / fall / out / man / back / pocket

While Templeton is searching for a word, a newspaper falls out of a man's back pocket.

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when / two / crow / see / Templeton / they / start / chase / him

When the two crows see Templeton, they start [chasing/to chase] him.

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Templeton / trick / crow / fly / scarecrow

Templeton tricks the crows into flying into a scarecrow.

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after / crow / get / trap / under / net / with / scarecrow / they / realize / it / not / real / person

After the crows get trapped under a net with the scarecrow, they realize (that) it is not a real person.

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Templeton / drag / scrap / paper / newspaper / back / Charlotte

Templeton drags a scrap of paper from the newspaper back [to/for] Charlotte.

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Charlotte / satisfy / paper / Templeton / bring / her

Charlotte is satisfied with the paper (that/which) Templeton brought (for) her.

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Charlotte / reassure / Wilbur / he / will / win / prize / fair / and / survive

Charlotte reassures Wilbur (that) he will win a prize at the fair and survive.

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The text below is from the [ original novel ].

1. Which parts of the video are the same as the novel?
2. Which parts of the video are different from the novel?
3. Which parts of the novel are not in the video?

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Chapter 18 - THE COOL OF THE EVENING

"Bring me back a word!" Charlotte called after him. "I shall be writing tonight for the last time."

The rat mumbled something to himself and disappeared into the shadows. He did not like being treated like a messenger boy.

After the heat of the day, the evening came as a welcome relief to all. The Ferris wheel was lighted now. It went round and round in the sky and seemed twice as high as by day. There were lights on the midway, and you could hear the crackle of the gambling machines and the music of the merry-go-round and the voice of the man in the beano booth calling numbers. The children felt refreshed after their nap. Fern met her friend Henry Fussy, and he invited her to ride with him in the Ferris wheel. He even bought a ticket for her, so it didn't cost her anything.

When Mrs. Arable happened to look up into the starry sky and saw her little daughter sitting with Henry Fussy and going higher and higher into the air, and saw how happy Fern looked, she just shook her head.

"My, my!" she said. "Henry Fussy. Think of that!"

Templeton kept out of sight. In the tall grass behind the cattle barn he found a folded newspaper. Inside it were leftovers from somebody's lunch: a deviled ham sandwich, a piece of Swiss cheese, part of a hard-boiled egg, and the core of a wormy apple.

The rat crawled in and ate everything. Then he tore a word out of the paper, rolled it up, and started back to Wilbur's pen.

Charlotte had her web almost finished when Templeton returned, carrying the newspaper clipping. She had left a space in the middle of the web.

At this hour, no people were around the pigpen, so the rat and the spider and the pig were by themselves.

"I hope you brought a good one," Charlotte said. "It is the last word I shall ever write."

"Here," said Templeton, unrolling the paper.

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1. How does Templeton outsmart (beat) the crows?
2. What are three or four adjectives that you would choose to describe the two crows' personalities?
3. The two crows (Brooksie and Elwyn) are not in the book. Why do you think the film makers added them to the movie?
4. Charlotte says to Templeton, "If you keep this up, someone might think you care." What does she mean? Do you agree?
5. Does Charlotte like Templeton? Does Templeton like Charlotte? Give some evidence.
6. What is your favorite type of corn?