San Jose City College
   Connect with English: Review episode

Connect with English is the story of Rebecca Casey, a young woman whose dream is to be a musician. In this episode, viewers learn what happened in previous  earlier   episodes of Connect with English. We learn this through a narrator  story teller   and through flashbacks, scenes of what happened before as Rebecca thinks about the past. After viewing the episode, test your own comprehension. How much did you understand?

Connect with the characters:
Read the names and write them by the correct information in the table below. Use the tab key after you type each name. Green signifies a correct answer.

Mr. and Mrs. Mendoza |   Sandy |    Alex  |  Alberto |    Nancy Shaw  | Mrs. Wang  |  Kevin  |   Ramon |

Rebecca lives at her house in San Francisco.
He gave a retirement party for his parents.
They were guests of honor at the retirement party.
He painted a portrait  picture   of Rebecca.
He is Ramon's son.
She is Rebecca's best friend in Boston.
He is Rebecca's brother.
She's a new friend who gave Rebecca a vase.

Connect with the story line.

1. Rebecca Casey is flying...
     from her home in Boston to San Francisco.
     from San Francisco to her home in Boston.

2. Rebecca is worried because...
     her father wants her to quit school.
     her father is in the hospital.

3. She feels guilty because she's afraid she
     neglected her family in Boston.
     didn't do well in music school.

4. Rebecca thinks she might have missed signs that something was wrong when she remembers that
    her father was coughing over the phone.
     her father was catching frogs.

5. At first Rebecca's father
     approved of her going to school in San Francisco.
     disapproved of her going to school in San Francisco.

6. Her best friend Sandy and her brother Kevin
     supported her decision to leave Boston.
     did not support her decision to leave Boston.

7. Rebecca feels bad because
     her brother is alone with a sick father.
     her brother is in the hospital, too.

8. Rebecca wonders
     why she ever left her father and her brother.
     what her father would say to her.

9. Discuss: Rebecca wonders if she missed some sign that her father was seriously ill. In hindsightHindsight is the ability to understand facts about a situation only after it has happened., have you ever wondered if you missed a sign that something was about to happen or that you should have done things differently?



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