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Rick and Morty
Season 1, Episode 3
"Anatomy Park"

Rick and Morty (S1, E3) Plot Summary

On Christmas, Rick sends Morty inside the body of a homeless man to save his life. This is a parody of famous movie called "Fantastic Voyage".

Inside the man's body is a microscopic place called Anatomy Park (a parody of Jurassic Park), which houses[...]

Getting Started

2 ~ 4 minutes

Welcome your students to the lesson and ask them what they thought of today's episode.

  1. What did you think of this episode of Rick and Morty?
  2. Can you give Rick and Morty season 1, ep. 3 a star-rating between 1 and 5 stars?
  3. What factors did you consider when giving your rating?
  4. Are there any particular scenes, characters, or details you're looking forward to discussing?

Sections

Warm-Up

5 ~ 20 minutes

Warm up by asking your students to consider some open-ended general questions:

Q 1
Are you and your family and friends often glued to your devices? Is it hard to ignore your devices during family time?
Q 2
If Anatomy Park were a real place and open for business, would you like to go there?
Q 3
Do you or your parents have any close friends who you consider to be members of the family?
Q 4
Did ever have a serious experience that made you change your priorities or your behavior?

Key Expressions

Approx 10 ~ 20 minutes

Review these 8 key expressions from the transcript:

How to use this section

Level 1:For each expression, review the meaning and example with your student, then ask your student to listen/repeat the example sentence after you.

Level 2:You can ask your student to create their own example sentences, using the same expression.

Image Prompt

5 minutes

Tell your students that you will show them an image and ask them a question. They will have a limited amount of time to respond.

Countdown
What time of year is it? What is different about the Smith house exactly?

Check Understanding

10 ~ 15 minutes

Let's make sure your students watched the episode and understood what was going on.

How to use this section

As the teacher, you can press the "SEE ANSWER" button to check our suggested answers. Students do not see this button.

  1. Who is Reuben, the man dressed as Santa Claus?
  2. Why did the security system get shut down? How did the exhibits get unlocked?
  3. Who is Jacob and what is his relationship to Jerry's parents?
  4. How does Rick save Morty and return him to regular size?

Discussion

20 ~ 30 minutes

Lead students in an open-ended discussion of the scenes, themes, plot and characters in the episode

Q 1
Compared to your childhood, do you think kids today have difficulty concentrating or difficulty forming strong relationships because of their devices/apps?
Q 2
Rick can cure any disease, but he's a very selfish and dangerous man. In what circumstances would you agree to let Rick build an amusement park inside of you?
Q 3
How would you react if your parents started talking about their sex life at dinner? In their final years, would you accept their behavior, no matter what?
Q 4
One machine makes things tiny, another machine makes things huge. Which machine would you rather have, if you could only have one?

Shadowing Practice

10 ~ 20 minutes

Shadowing is a repetition technique for more natural pronunciation.

How to use this section

Ask your students to memorize this passage from the transcript and repeat it back to you, being careful to match the pronunciation, inflection, and emotion they heard in the show.

This can be assigned as homework or practiced together during class time.

Start playback at time: 05:55

Where there are yellow-highlighted gaps in the passage, press on the gap to see the correct text.
1
Oh, the food goes in your mouth, girl.
2
Oh, Jacob.
3
I'm sorry, Jacob.
4
I guess I'm still confused about the precise nature and origin of your relationship with my parents.
5
Are you, like, uh are you, like, their caretaker?
6
Is that what it is?
7
We can go into detail later, son.
8
Now, wait.
9
Th-there's no point to secrecy.
10
Let's all live and die honestly.
11
Your mother and I have shared 40 years of each other, mind, body, and soul, and when minds and souls are joined for eternity and when eternity is at the door, it's an invitation to let go of the body and an opportunity to share and experiment.
12
Dad, please.
13
What are you saying?
14
Whatever it is, it's beautiful, Leonard, and we support you.
15
Hey, speak for yourself, because it... sounds like you're about to say Jacob is your lover.
16
No, no, no, no, no, no.
17
Jacob is your mother's lover.

Role Play

10 ~ 20 minutes

Students take the roles of characters and act out the scenes by creating their own version of events

Option
1
One student is Rick and the other student is Morty. Rick thinks the next version of Anatomy park, inside Ethan, is going to be a huge success, but Morty is still scarred from the previous park and thinks this will be horrible.
Option
2
One student is Jerry and the other student is Jerry's dad. Jerry's dad wants to convince Jerry that his 3-person relationship is beautiful and good, but Jerry can't handle it.

Grammar Tense Practice

10 ~ 20 minutes

Decide on a tense and ask your student to click on it. They will have to fill in the plot summary in the tense of your choice.

1
On Christmas, Rick sends Morty inside the body of a homeless man to save his life....
following that...
_____________
and then...
_____________
2
The diseases are escaping their enclosures for some reason....
and then...
_____________
following that...
_____________
3
Rick rescues everybody by enlarging the homeless man's body...
following that...
_____________
and then...
_____________
4
Jerry is upset because his parents decide to try polyamory...
and then...
_____________
following that...
_____________
5
Ethan is the new Anatomy Park host....
following that...
_____________
after that...
_____________

Articles (a/an/the) Practice

5 ~ 30 minutes

Ask your student to click on any incorrect articles, or to click in the space before a word that needs an article.

Some articles may be correct already, but clicking on them will show an alternate option.

On
Christmas,
Rick
sends
Morty
inside
a
body
of
a
homeless
man
to
save
his
life.
This
is
an
parody
of
famous
movie
called
"Fantastic
Voyage".
Restart articles practice?
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Guessing Game

5 ~ 10 minutes

Ask your student to type letters and try to guess the expression

Some expresssions might have punctuation, like question marks (?), exclamation marks (!), hyphens (-), or single quotation marks (').

“Classical style, usually cool or serious”
???
?????
Guess 8 more letters

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