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Friends: Joey and the Turkey (B1)

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Work with a partner, group, or your teacher. Do the activities below together.

PART 1 Discuss the questions below about Thanksgiving and traditions.

1 What do you know about Thanksgiving? Do you know what

the purpose of it is and what kinds of traditions there are?

2 Have you ever eaten turkey? If so, do you like it? Do you know what kind of
side dishes Americans eat with turkey on Thanksgiving?

Below are some facts about turkey and Thanksgiving. Try to guess the correct
PART 2
numbers that match each fact below. One number is not used!

68 12 46 88 7

1 In the USA, around million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving.

2 Around % of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

3 The average weight of a Thanksgiving turkey is about kilograms,

which is about 15 pounds.

4 On average, a 15-pound turkey feeds about people.

PART 3 Choose the correct verbs that fit the definitions below.

scare spread get feed freak

1 To someone means to provide or give food to someone.

2 To out means to react to something in shock, panic, or fear.
3 To someone means to cause fear in someone.
4 To means to open or extend the width or length of something.
5 To something off means to remove something that is
attached on or to something else.

Imagine you arrive at a Thanksgiving event and someone has a

PART 4
raw turkey stuck on their head. Come up with a short, imaginary
story about it. Use at least 3 of the verbs from Part 3 above.
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PREVIEW DISCUSSION: Read the discussion topic

below and discuss it with your partner or teacher.

Have you ever played a joke on a friend? If so,

what was the joke and how did it go? What
about the other way around — has a friend of
yours ever played a joke on you?
VIEWING ACTIVITY

PART 1 Discuss/Write short answers below according to the information from the video.

0:04 1 What happens when Phoebe comes home?

0:15 2 What problem does Joey have? Why does he have this problem?

0:45 3 What does Phoebe do when Monica enters the room?

0:52 4 How does Monica react when she enters the room?

1:39 5 What is Monica’s plan to get the turkey off Joey’s head?

1:39 6 What happens when Chandler enters the room?

Check your story from Preview 1, Part 4. How similar was your story to the story of
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Joey and the Thanksgiving turkey?
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PART 1 Read the script out loud and fill in the correct verbs/verb phrases below.

put it on feed spread get it off scare freak out

JOEY: Hello!
PHOEBE: Hello?
JOEY: Phoebe?
PHOEBE: Joey? What’s going on?...Oh my god!
JOEY: I know. It’s stuck!
PHOEBE: How did it get on?
JOEY: I to Chandler!
PHOEBE: Oh my god! Monica’s gonna totally !
JOEY: Well, then help me ! Plus, it smells really bad in here.
PHOEBE: Of course it smells bad, you have your head up a dead animal!

[Monica enters]

MONICA: Oh my God, oh my God! Who is that?

JOEY: It’s Joey!
MONICA: What are you doing? Is this supposed to be funny?
PHOEBE: It’s not supposed to be funny, it’s supposed to be scary.
MONICA: Get that now!
JOEY: I can’t, it’s stuck!
MONICA: That turkey has to 20 people at my parent’s house,
and they’re not gonna eat it off your head!
PHOEBE: Hold on, let’s just all think.
MONICA: Ok, Phoebe, you pull. I’m gonna the legs as wide as I
can. [Joey laughs]

MONICA: Joey, now is not the time!

JOEY: Sorry guys.

PART 2 Discuss the questions below about the use of gonna in the video.

1 Find all of the sentences with the word gonna in it. What is “gonna” short for?
2 What is the function of “gonna” in these sentences and what does it express?
3 What is “gonna” short for? What comes before and after “gonna” in each
sentence?
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PART 1 Study the examples and usage of the verb be + gonna (going to).

When Phoebe sees the turkey on Joey’s head, she says...

“ Monica is gonna totally freak out!”

Later, when Monica is talking to Joey about the turkey on his head, she says...

“ That turkey has to feed 20 people at my parents’ house, and they’re not gonna eat it
off your head!”

In addition to expressing plans for the future, “gonna” often expresses expectations for the
future. In the examples from the video above, Phoebe expects Monica to freak out, and Monica
doesn’t expect her family to eat the turkey off Joey’s head.

STRUCTURE Subject + am / is / are + (not) + going to (“gonna”) + [base verb]

Do you want help carrying the turkey? It’s gonna be heavy!

MORE EXAMPLES
We have so much food. I’m gonna need some help cooking.

Write the correct form of be + (not) + gonna + a verb which fits the context of each
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sentence to express an expectation for the future. Pay attention to negation!

EX. I always cook turkey very well. You are gonna love it when you try it!

1 We have to get a lot of groceries for the Thanksgiving meal. We a lot

of money at the supermarket!

2 I able to go to my family’s Thanksgiving event this year. My mom

upset when I tell her the bad news.

3 My brother drank a lot of alcohol at the Thanksgiving event. He feel

good tomorrow.

4 Nobody to clean the dishes after the Thanksgiving dinner because

it a long time to clean them!

5 Karl and Megan any turkey at our Thanksgiving dinner. They’re vegans.

6 Eating a big meal can make you tired, so after the Thanksgiving dinner I
sleepy!
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HOLIDAY JOKE TASK:

Work with your partner or on your own. Plan a joke to play on a friend on any holiday of
your choice, similar to how Joey did in the video. Use be + gonna (going to) + [base verb]
at least 3 times in your joke to express your plans or expectations for the joke. Discuss
or describe the joke in detail below. Then present your joke idea to your teacher/class.

BONUS: Use some of the vocabulary provided below in your joke.

HOLIDAY:

BONUS VOCABULARY TO USE IN THE JOKE:

put it on feed spread get it off scare freak out

JOKE DESCRIPTION:

JOKE TASK FOLLOW-UP:

Discuss the topics below about the plan you made for your joke.

1 Which joke is better — your joke or Joey’s joke? Why?

2 What was difficult about coming up with a joke like this?
3 Would you ever do this joke to a friend in real life? Why/why not?
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Work with a partner. Complete the quiz and review activities below.

PART 1 Questions. Discuss the answers to the questions / topics below.

1 What happens in the first scene when Phoebe enters the room?
2 What kind of turkey is stuck on Joey’s head?
3 What happens in the second scene when Monica enters the room?
4 What is their plan to get the turkey off of Joey’s head?
5 What happens when Chandler enters the room?

PART 2 Vocabulary: Write the correct word used in each sentence below.

1 Joey is unable to the turkey off his head and needs help.

2 Monica says that the turkey stuck on Joey’s head has to 20

people for her parents’ Thanksgiving dinner.

3 Joey laughs when Monica tells Phoebe to the legs of the

turkey in order to get it off his head.

Grammar: Explain the usage of the verb to be + gonna + base verb. Then write a
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correct form of be + (not) + gonna + a verb that fits the context of each sentence.

1 When Phoebe sees the turkey on Joey’s head, she says, “Monica
out!”

2 Monica says to Joey, “That turkey has to feed 20 people at my parents’ house,
and they it off your head!”

3 Nobody to clean the dishes after the Thanksgiving

dinner because it a long time to clean them!