1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding Section 1: 30 minutes Chapters 1-6

2. Previewing activity: Find the meaning of the words Delicate Swarthy Sideburns Wonder-bread Brownies Side-dish Steaming-hot guilt Mother-in-law Middle-class Neighborhood Corinthian columns Heritage Subtle tribute to smth Ailment Kimono A robe Weird To kidnap A mean punch Expiration date To swallow A virgin To nag Baby-breeding machine To drop smb. off A priest I’m out of honey Two volumes Beauty parlor Pantyhose To drive smb crazy Useless To set smb up with smb Brain stops A private statue Pop-quiz To give fair warning Tough Unnecessary ordering Update system Get all A’s A spirit Stubborn What he says – goes Downtown To get involved with smth To run the restaurant Application To book a vacation To figure something out Woe to me To be swept off one’s feet To survive

3. Watch the first 30 minutes and complete the assignments: Fill out the gaps: “My dad’s been saying this since I was fifteen, ‘cause nice Greek girls are supposed to do three things in life: ______________________, ____________________, ___________________________. When I was growing up I knew I was ____________. The other girls were _________ and ____________, and I was a __________ six-year-old with ____________. I so badly wanted to be like the ___________ girls, all sitting together, talking, eating their wonder-bread sandwiches… ‘What’s that?’ ‘It’s Mousaka.’ ‘Mous-kaka?’ And while the pretty girls got to go to ___________ I had to go to Greek school.”

4. Watch the first 30 minutes and complete the assignments: Fill out the gaps: I’m giving a test on Hamlet, but I give ________ ___________. I’ve been going through our _____________.... So I’ve been thinking maybe we should _________ our, like we could get a computer. I could apply it here… and your business would ______, it would _________. We must let Kosta think that it was his idea, that he _______ ______ with it.

5. Watch the first 30 minutes and complete the assignments: Discussion questions: Talk about Toula’s family, her background, and her life. What is Toula’s passion in life? What does John do? How hard is it for Toula to go to College? Why? What would you do if you wanted to do something that your parents did not want you to do?