I Love Lucy: Stomping Grapes – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity

I Love Lucy: Stomping Grapes – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity

Bring a hilarious classic I Love Lucy moment into your classroom with this engaging comprehension and humor activity featuring the unforgettable “Stomping Grapes” scene!

Students begin with a short informational reading about I Love Lucy, followed by comprehension questions about the show, its characters, setting, and enduring popularity.

Next, students prepare to watch the famous “Stomping Grapes” clip from I Love Lucy: “Lucy’s Italian Movie” (Season 5, Episode 23). Lucy is visiting a vineyard in Italy when a simple grape-stomping activity turns into a playful confrontation and eventually a messy grape-throwing battle.

As they watch, students will pay attention to how the conflict begins, how the situation escalates, and how physical comedy helps make the scene funny.

What's Included:

• Informational reading about I Love Lucy
• Reading comprehension questions
• Before You Watch introduction
• Viewing questions for the Stomping Grapes clip
• Questions about physical comedy
• Opportunities to identify examples of humor
• Analysis of escalating conflict and chaos
• Questions about Lucy’s facial expressions, movements, and reactions
• A written response explaining why the scene is funny using evidence from the clip

Skills Covered:

• Reading comprehension
• Understanding humor
• Identifying physical comedy
• Observation and analysis
• Character analysis
• Identifying escalation
• Using evidence to support an idea
• Written response
• Media literacy

This resource is a fun way to combine ELA skills with classic television comedy while giving students an opportunity to think critically about how humor is created through physical comedy, escalating conflict, exaggerated reactions, and chaotic situations.

Please Note: The video clip is linked. Students will need access to the I Love Lucy “Stomping Grapes” clip to complete the viewing questions.

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