The Simpsons are everywhere so... why not in our classes?

1. Opening Sequence from The Simpsons.
Put these sentences in the correct order according to what you remember!

The family running to the sofa in front of the television
Homer leaving and driving home from work
Marge at the supermarket
Bart writing on the blackboard
Lisa playing the saxophone
Bart on his skateboard

2. Look at these pictures. What are the Simpsons doing?

Complete the sentences. Look at the example:

The Simpsons are watching TV.














Lisa ..................................

Marge ............................

Homer ........................

Lisa .....................................

Bart .........................................

All the family ................................

The Simpsons .............................

Homer ....................................

Homer ........................

Homer .......................................

Homer ................................

Maggie ...................................

The family
Draw a family tree for the Simpsons. Include: Homer Simpson, Marge Bouvier, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier.






Now write sentences using these words: MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SON, DAUGHTER, CHILDREN, WIFE, HUSBAND, GRANDFATHER, PARENTS.

Example: Bart is Homer´s son.
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4. Analyzing Characters from The Simpsons
For each character, complete the information. Use these words:

Magazine
Ignorant
Family
Shoes
Behaviour
Wrong
Tall
Dress
Lazy
Ridiculous
Blue
Jazz
Saxophone
Nuclear power plant
Often

Homer:
Homer works in a ......................................
The advice he gives his children is often ....................... and ..........................
Homer is ................. and ..........................

Marge:
Her hair is exaggerated: very .................. and ........................
She always wears pearls, a ........................., and nice ............................
She worries about the family’s morality and the children’s ...........................
She is ............... reading a ..................... called Fretful Mother.

Lisa:
Lisa is the moral center of the ..................
She listens to ........................... and plays the ..........................

Now, in pairs, choose ONE main character and TWO additional characters and write 3 sentences about each. You can choose from the list:

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b) ..................................
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Main Characters
Simpson, Bart
Simpson, Homer
Simpson, Lisa
Simpson, Maggie
Simpson, Marge

Additional Characters
Bouvier, Patty
Bouvier, Selma
Burns, Charles
Flanders, Ned
Flanders, Rod
Flanders, Todd
Itchy the Mouse
Krusty the Clown
Scratchy the Cat
Simpson, Abraham
Skinner, Seymour
Smithers, Waylon
Szyslak, Moe
Van Houten, Milhou

Springfield
Describe the picture. Start like this:

Springfield is a ........................................ in ......................................... .

The Simpson family ...................................... here.

In Springfield there is ............................................................., .................................................................. and ..................................................................

There are ............................................... and ........................................................... near Bart´s school.
The Simpsons house has got ............... ................................................................., ..................................., ............................. and ......................................................... .

I like ....................................................... but I don´t like .................................... .

Pictures and information from: http://www.thesimpsons.com/index.html and http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/

Creativity

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.



Sir Ken Morrison makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says.