School of Rock

2003

Scenes
Patty, Ned and Dewey Band Practice First Day at Work The Man Groups Hard Core

Before watching:
What do you do? What do you want to do in the future? Why? What will this contribute to society? What jobs do you think contribute most to society?

Vocabulary Questions
What is Battle of the Bands? What are Benjamins? Why are they called this? What is mooching? What does dump [somebody] mean?

Who are they?

There are three people in the scene. Dewey, Ned and Patty
Please describe them to your partner

What are their relationships?

Ned and Patty are ... Dewey and Ned are ...

What does Dewey do?

Direct Questions
How much does Dewey owe Ned? What does Patty do? What does Ned do?

What are the main themes of this scene?

Jobs Money Music Relationships Teaching

DEWEY: the band is about to hit it bigtime. We'll win Battle of the Bands. When I'm rolling in Benjamins, I will throw you and your dog a bone. PATTY: Your band has never made 2 cents.

What do they think of their own jobs and each others jobs?
Neds job Pattys job Deweys job
Ned thinks...

Patty thinks...

Dewey thinks...

What do they want each other to do?

Patty wants Ned to... Patty wants Dewey to... Ned wants Dewey to... Dewey wants Ned to... Ned DOESNT want Patty to....

What do they think?

Patty thinks Neds job is... Patty thinks her job is... Patty thinks Deweys job is... Dewey thinks Neds job is... Dewey thinks his job is...

After Watching
How do you value different jobs? How does society value different jobs? If you were Ned, what would you do? If you were Dewey, what would you do? If you were Patty, what would you do?

Band Practice
Dewey is going to a band practice. The band has some bad news. What is it?

Role Play
Please pick a character
Dewey Theo (The singer) Neil (The bass player) Doug (The drummer)

Dewey
You want to win Battle of the Bands You have some ideas for the band

The rest of the band

Theo:
you have to tell Dewey that he is not in the band any more.

Neil and Doug:

you agreed with Theo.

How will you tell Dewey? Please role play the situation!

Before Watching
How can you get a job?
Think of as many ways as you can

Your first day at work

Which of these should you go to your first day at work with? Which should you not go with?
A clean shirt An empty stomach A hangover A smile Relevant experience

What questions should you not ask on your first day at work?

Part I
Who is on the telephone? Who do they want to speak to? What do they want? How much do they pay?

Part II - Before
What is corporal punishment? Do you agree with corporal punishment? How should teachers discipline students?

After
What does Dewey do wrong on his first day at work?

Part III - Before

What is a factotum? What are demerits?

Part III - After

What does Dewey think about rewards, punishments and grades? In his first lesson, what does Dewey do that is good and what does he do that is bad? How does Miss Mullins discipline students?

Discussion Questions
Should teachers reward good work? How? Should teachers punish bad behaviour? How? What is the purpose of assessment in education? How should teachers assess students? Is Dewey a good teacher or a bad teacher? Why?

The Man
Do you have a dream? Do you know anyone who has a dream? What is it? Is it possible to realise your dream? What is Deweys dream?

The Man
How much does this school cost per year? What do the children do at 10 oclock on Tuesdays? Does Dewey think he can realise his dream? Why or why not?

Vocabulary
gonna bigtime
youre gonna lose, bigtime

awesome (adjective) washed-up (adjective) loser (noun)

a washed-up loser

Should you use these words in formal writing?

Please match to make phrases

He ruined He burned He crushed Deweys soul. the ozone. the Amazon.

Who did this?

What do these phrases mean?

you cant win dont waste your time do yourselves a favour just give up stick it to the man

Please explain in English!

What do you think?

Who is the man? Does Rock and Roll stick it to the man? Is the man really controlling the world? hould you give up? Or should you follow your dream?

Rock Roles
At school or at university, what class projects have you done? What did you do for the project? What role did you play? Did you want to change your role? Why or why not? What roles should Teachers play in the classroom? What classroom roles are good for students?

Part I - Before
What is a fifth? What is different between a cello and a bass guitar? Cello Bass Guitar

Part I - After
What tunes do they play? How much does Dewey know about music theory? What must each musician do? Please match.
The bass player must
The drummer must The guitarist must

play the cymbals lightly.

play several chords. play the same note again and again.

The keyboard player must

play with rhythm.

Part II
Is this a school project? Will other schools be competing? Why should the children not tell their parent? Why is Dewey getting the students to play music?

Part III - Before

What is creative control? What roles are there in a rock band? What usually follows? I pledge allegiance to the...
country that feeds me, that shelters me, that educates my children." grind. flag of the United States of America. president."

What does el capitano mean? What language is it?

Part III - After

What are Dewey's good and bad points as a teacher? Good points Bad points

Discussion Questions
Imagine you are a teacher. What class project would your students do? How should teachers choose which students do what roles? What should teachers decide? What should students decide?

Hard Core
What is the first thing people do when they make a band? What rock bands do you know? What music has inspired or influenced you? How should teachers grade students in project work?

Vocabulary
What do these words mean?
factotum grade grub (verb) dry ice face melter rent

What is he singing?
Please write down the words of Deweys song.