I Love Lucy: Vitameatavegamin – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity
I Love Lucy: Vitameatavegamin – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity
I Love Lucy: Vitameatavegamin – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity
Bring a classic I Love Lucy moment into your classroom with this fun and engaging comprehension and humor activity featuring Lucy’s unforgettable Vitameatavegamin commercial!
Students begin by reading a short introduction to I Love Lucy and answering comprehension questions about the show, its characters, setting, and lasting popularity.
Next, students prepare to watch the famous “Vitameatavegamin” clip from I Love Lucy: “Lucy Does a TV Commercial” (Season 1, Episode 30). As Lucy attempts to film a television commercial for a health tonic, the effects of the product become increasingly noticeable, creating plenty of opportunities for students to observe and analyze how humor is created.
What's Included:
- Informational reading about I Love Lucy
- Reading comprehension questions
- Before You Watch introduction
- Viewing questions for the Vitameatavegamin clip
- Questions about repetition and exaggeration
- Opportunities to identify examples of humor
- Questions exploring Lucy's changing behavior
- Analysis of escalating problems and ridiculous situations
- Questions about 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 comedic techniques
- Observation and analysis
- Character analysis
- Using evidence to support an idea
- Written response
- Media literacy
This resource is a great way to make an ELA lesson more engaging while giving students the opportunity to analyze how repetition, exaggeration, physical reactions, and escalating situations work together to create comedy.
Please Note: The video clip is linked. Students will need access to the I Love Lucy “Vitameatavegamin” clip to complete the viewing questions.
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