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Stuart Little

Suggested activities

Questions to discuss before you watch the film:

Do you know anyone who was adopted?

Would you adopt a child?

Why would someone give up a child for adoption?

How do you think a child feels if they learn they were adopted?

How would you feel?

What do you think is a life in the orphanage like?

Learn the words.

Learn the words - both Russian translation and English definition are provided. Students learn the words after they have watched the film.

1.Orphanage приют для сирот

a home for children whose parents are dead

2. Adopt a child усыновить ребенка
Take somebody's child into your family and legally make them your child

3. Species виды (биол.)
A group of organisms that are closely related

4 .lumberjack дровосек
5. Butt задница, ass

6.disappointed разочарованный, огорченный
unhappy about the way something turned out

7. rodent грызун rat and mice

8.give up a child бросить ребенка, abandon a child

9.Prosperous процветающий, преуспевающий wealthy

10. jerk идиот A foolish person

11.kidnap похищение человека abduction

12.survive выживать to stay alive

13.moron дебил
fool; person of low intelligence; imbecile; simpleton

14. call something off отменить cancel

15. starve умирать с голодy to die because of hunger

Watch the film

We recommend dividing the film into parts and watching it / checking homework over several lessons. You can see the questions for the film below.

Answer the questions

1. Why doesn't the cat want to turn the washing machine off?

a mouse drowning is his favourite show

he has got to stare at traffic, yaawn and lick himself

he doesn't know how the washing machine works

2. Whose clothes were NOT offered for Stuart to wear?

chef's

astronaut's

lumberjack's

3. What word did the Little use to describe Stuart?

amazing

astonishing

adorable

4. Why does Stuart want to find out about his real family?

because he hates the Littles

because he feels like something is missing

because he is disappointed with the Littles

5. Why is it hard to track mouse families?

they hide from people

they change their address a lot

they are not good with paperwork

6. Why is Snowball acting strange around Monty the Mouth?

he has got worms

he has got fleas

he has got Stuart running about

7. Why is Monty laughing when he meets Stuart?

because Stuart is a mouse wearing clothes

because Stuart's a mouse and he has got a pet cat

because Stuart tells him a joke

8. Why is Snowball trying to kill Stuart?

because he feels hungry

because he feels jealous

because he feels humiliated

9. What is the name of Georgie's boat?

the Wing

the Whisper

the Wasp

True or false

Alley cats are mean and vicious and hacked up on catnip.

Monty thinks Snowball is a manly name.

Snowball has a sensitive stomach.

Smokey the alley cat thinks it is funny to have a rodent for a master.

Stuart wasn't born to a prosperous home.

Stuarts' real parents died in a tragic accident crushed by a can of soup. They had to be identified by their dental records.

Stuarts' kidnappers are interested in money.

The cats want to get rid of Stuart because he is to dangerous to have around.

George wants to put posters up offering a reward for finding Stuart.

The end

multiple choice questions

1. When cats were chasing Stuart he fell into:

the lake

ths sewer

the river

2. The cat says that the family is ___________ getting rid of Stuart.

regretting

celebrating

expecting

3. The Littles:

cut Stuart's picture out to put on a poster

cut Stuart's picture out to tear it up and burn it

cut Stuart's picture out to make a copy of it

4. The cats want to break Stuart's:

little arms

little legs

little fingers

5. To be a family you have to:

look alike

like each other

care about each other

6. How did Stuart get home at the end?

Snowbell gave him a ride

He drove

He walked

Explain what the words in bold mean

Talk to the butt.

I have an empty space inside me.

I hope I haven't left you dismayed and disappointed.

Sick little rodent!

Quit being such a scaredy-cat, do you want to get rid of the mouse or not?

Are you all done being a jerk?

Stuarts' real parents died in a tragic accident crushed by a can of soup. They had to be identified by their dental records.

Stuarts' kidnappers are interested in money.

Hey, moron, the mouse is the picnic.

No one could have survived that.

I am starving!

Look, Smokey, call me fickle but I want to call his whole thing off.