Teacher’s notes: The Thundermans | Summer Vacation in Hawaii Gone Wrong

Level: A1
Recommended age: 10-17
Subject: Entertainment
Vocabulary: Vacations, Family vacation, Going to the beach, Free time activities
Structure / Language: Simple Present, Simple Future, Simple Past
Expressions: wreak havoc, go off by yourself, be stuck with,I guess, to be stuck with
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Before you watch:

1. Before playing the video, ask students to think about things to do at the beach.
Instruct them to take a look at the list and add ideas if they want to.
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While you watch:

2. Tell students they will watch a snippet about a family who is on vacation. Play the
video and ask students to identify what Phoebe wants to do.
Answer: She wants to go to the weeping volcano.

3. Before playing the snippet again, go over the questions with students.
Afterwards, give them time to answer and check answers with the group.
Answers: a. Brochures with activities. / b. They end up kitesurfing.
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After you watch:

4. Once students have watched the video, divide them into groups of three or four
and ask them to role-play a situation in which the Thundermans family does
something together.