LOWRIE's BOARD
GRAVITY
FALLS: Video Listening Homework
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Gravity Falls Season 1 Episode 1 “Tourist Trapped”
http://www.sockshare.com/file/5E4DD0EA2AA137A2#
Extra vocabulary: “tourist trap” means a place in a city or country that only tourists visit
0:00-5:00
1. .Who is talking at the first part of the show? What is his name?
2. What is his sister’s name? How does she feel?
3. What are they running from?
4. How did the children get to the town “Gravity Falls”? Where is Gravity falls?
5. What is on Dipper’s bed?
6. Does Dipper like life in the countryside? Does Mabel have fun?
7. Who are they visiting and working for?
8. What note does Mabel give to the boy she likes?
9. What does Mabel want to do this summer? Is she being crazy?
10. Why is Dipper afraid or scared of the forest?
5:00-10:00
1. What is strange about the tree?
2. What does Dipper find inside the tree?
3. What does Dipper tell Mabel the book says about Gravity Falls?
4. Describe Mabel’s new boyfriend? BONUS: where did they meet?
5. What does he say his name is? What does Mabel call him?
6. What does Dipper think the boyfriend is?
7. What does Norman give Mabel?
8. What does the man “Zeus” say zombies like eat?
9. What is Dipper looking for?
10:00-15:00
1. What happened to Mabel’s face?
2. How does Norman say Mabel looks?
3. What does Dipper see in the video that he thinks shows Norman is a zombie?
4. What magic creature (creature= living thing) does Mabel want Norman to be?
5. What is/are Norman really?
6. What do the little men ask Mabel? What do they do when she says “No”?
7. What happens when the gnomes or little men ‘throw up’ (throw up=are sick)?
8. Does the book help with this?
15:00-end
1. Are the Gnomes powerful people?
2. What do they do to get Mabel back?
3. What do the gnomes do to the little car?
4. What is their Uncle busy doing?
5. What does Mabel ask Dipper to do?
6. What does Mabel do when the gnome thinks she will kiss him?
7. What does Mabel say she is sorry about?
8. What does Mabel hope about her next boyfriend?
9. What does Dipper take for his gift at the shop? Describe what Mabel took.
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