Employee of the Month

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH A) PLEASE START BY IDENTIFYING THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE FILM: Dane Cook as _______________

Jessica Simpson as _______________

Dax Shepard

_

as _______________

B) LET’S CHECK THIS VOCABULARY, SHALL WE? 1. punch in / out

1.

a) caixa (profissão)

2. employee

2.

b) patrão / empregador

3. shelves

3.

c) colega de trabalho

4. aisles

4.

d) picar ponto entrada / saída

5. shopping baskets

5.

e) prateleiras

6. employer

6.

f) cestos para compras

7. trolley

7.

g) caixa registadora

8. cashier

8.

h) corredores

9. co-worker

9.

i) carrinho para compras

10. till

10.

j) empregado / funcionário

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C) USE THE WORDS BELOW TO COMPLETE THE FILM SYNOPSIS: Grandmother

EMPLOYEES

Zack Bradley

Vince Downey

title

cashier

seventeenth

affection

COMEDY

Employee of the Month is a 2006 American _________________________ (1) film directed by Greg Coolidge and starring Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard.

The main plot revolves around two supermarket _________________________ (2) (portrayed by Cook and Shepard) who compete for the affection of their newest coworker.

For years, _________________________ (3) has been working at the local "Super Club" as a box-boy. Living with his _________________________ (4), he spends his free time with his co-workers and he is actually fairly kind-hearted, popular and supportive.

Another

co-worker,

_________________________

(5),

earns

the

Employee of the Month title for the _________________________ (6) time in a row.

Though

Zack

was

somewhat

indifferent

to

this,

when

new

_________________________ (7), Amy Renfroe, joins the staff, and Zack and Vince fall for her, these two begin to compete for her _________________________ (8).

When Zack is told that Amy slept with the "Employee of the Month" at her last job, he decides to aim for the _____________________ (9). He picks up his act and becomes a harder worker, thus taking every chance to challenge Vince and compete.

D) DESCRIBE ZACK AND VINCE BY PUTTING THE ADJECTIVES UNDER EACH PROFILE. ADD MORE ADJECTIVES TO THE LIST! FLATTERING POPULAR ARROGANT

___________

LAID BACK

BULLY CHEATER FRIENDLY HONEST

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

___________

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E) NOW PUT THE FILM EVENTS IN THE CORRECT ORDER: a) Amy goes on a date with Vince.

b) Vince sets Zack’s alarm clock wrong so that Zack falls asleep the next day.

d) Because Zack and Vince come to a tie, they set a final duel at the cashier but Vince wins the title and the new car.

g) Zack falls in love with Amy and so does Vince.

c) Apparently, since Amy only dates the Employee of the Month, the title for the race begins.

e) A kid is lost in the supermarket but it is Vince who eventually takes him back to his mother. f) In the award ceremony, the security officer finds out that Vince had cheated and so Zack wins the award. h) As a payback, Zack manages to put Vince’s Honda on sale.

i) Amy is transferred to the supermarket as a new cashier.

j) Zack plans a date with Amy in the “Super Club”, which turns out to be successful.

F) WHAT MAKES A GOOD EMPLOYEE? SOLVE THE PUZZLE AND FIND OUT THE TOP QUALITIES OF AN “EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH”: 1. ___ E ___ p ___ ___ ___

2. ___ ff ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

3. P ___ ___ C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y 4. C ___ ___ T O ___ ___ ___

c ___ ___ ___

G) THINK AND ANSWER (4a and 4b separately!): 1. What do the gold stars mean in the film? ______________________________________ 2. Why is Zack working at the supermarket? What happened with his previous job? __________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is Amy hiding? _______________________________________________________ 4a) Does competition in the workplace motivate workers? In your point of view, what are the best incentives in the workplace? What about competition and incentives at school???

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