Word Girl Episode 1: Tobey or Consequences
Pre-Reading
Becky Botsford appears to be an ordinary girl who lives with her family in a home in a typical city in the United States. She has a mother, a father, a brother, and a pet monkey, Bob (not his real name). However, she is no ordinary girl. She has superpowers that she must hide from her friends and family! Her secret identity is WordGirl. She is from the planet Lexicon. Bob, whose real name is Huggy Face, helps WordGirl do good things to help people.
On the contrary, Tobey is a 10-year-old, evil boy genius who likes to create problems for people. His mother has technology that helps people defend themselves against him. Let’s hope that it works!
Beau Handsome is the host of the game show. Who will win? Who is more powerful? WordGirl or Tobey?
General vocabulary to know
Characters |
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Becky Botsford, also WordGirl |
Huggy Face, the monkey (Bob is his fake name) |
Tobey, evil boy genius |
Tobey’s mother, Claire Macallister |
Tobey’s babysitter |
Beau Handsome, the game show host |
The Butcher, a villain |
Vocabulary
Parents and Teachers: This vocabulary does not need to be memorized in order to watch the episode. But reading first will be helpful. We call this the “front-loading” of the vocabulary. This way, the student has some knowledge of the vocabulary words when he or she comes upon them. It also helps the student to see the words in context to know what will be coming in the episode.
Unlike the specific scene vocabulary to help the student comprehend the viewing scenes, this vocabulary here is a general, working vocabulary for the English language. Much of this vocabulary will be repeated in many episodes throughout the entire program.
evil |
very bad |
genius |
very intelligent |
a robot, robots |
computers that act like people |
to wreck |
to destroy |
to crash |
to drop and destroy, to smash |
to crush |
to smash, to destroy |
“a crush” |
when a person admires you secretly |
“at home” |
to be in the house |
to admire |
to like a person |
a butcher |
the man who cuts meat |
a villain |
a person who does bad things |
a superhero |
a person with superpowers |
the consequences |
the result of an action (for example, you do a bad thing and so your parents punish you) |
Video Segment 1A
Tobey appears to be a good boy but he is an evil genius!
Video Segment 1B
Tobey is causing many problems.
Video Segment 1C
WordGirl sees how many robots Tobey has. She is worried.
Video Segment 1D
Tobey sees WordGirl has power.
Video Segment 1E
Huggy will get help from the babysitter.
Video Segment 1F
Tobey wants to play against WordGirl in the game.
Video Segment 1G
WordGirl does very well in the game.
Video Segment 1H
It seems Tobey is in big trouble!
Post-Viewing Quiz
| Becky Botsford is really… | |
| Tobey's sister | |
| WordGirl | |
Post-Reading
One thing that will be helpful for WordGirl: Tobey has a secret crush on her. In other words, he likes her smile and thinks she is both smart and pretty.
Will this crush help her?
Can you describe Becky (WordGirl)? What does she look like? What is her secret identity?