Zombie School: A Survival Guide

One day at Sawston College a dangerous virus breaks out and students and teachers at the school turn into zombies. However, one student, Geoff, has five tips for surviving at zombie school.

Instructions

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the short film and do the exercises to check your understanding.

Transcript

Geoff: Welcome to Sawston College, my name’s Geoff Peng. I transferred here just before the virus broke out. Apparently the Year 9 biology class was responsible for the outbreak.
Science teacher: So here we have a lamb’s heart. Make your incision down through the wall of the right atrium and ventricle, like so.
Student: Are you OK, sir?
Geoff: I’m here to tell you how to survive at Sawston, stay alive and get those all important GCSEs. There are five rules to keep your head at Sawston ... quite literally. Rule 1 - Don’t stand out.
Registration teacherCharlie? (Charlie grunts)  Tiegan? (Tiegan moans)  Geoff? (Geoff groans)  Ethan?
Ethan: Yes, Miss.
Geoff: It’s gonna hurt! Rule 2 - Make sure you stay fit and agile and have a good pair of shoes on you. Zombie!
Geoff’s classmate: Zombie!
Geoff: Hit the ropes.
Geoff’s classmate: My trainers! They’re not gripping!
Geoff: Rule 3 - Bring a packed lunch. If the virus doesn’t kill you, the zombie school dinners will. Rule 4 - Stay out of trouble. If you get sent to the principal’s office, you’re never coming back.
Student: Sir, seriously, I’m not an idiot, I wouldn’t break the rules like that. I did not bring my mobile phone into school ... Please don’t eat me!
Geoff: Rule 5 - No matter how much you like someone, never get emotionally attached. When it comes to zombies, stay your distance.
Drama teacher: OK, guys, so we really want to see that raw emotion OK, so just pull at those heart strings.
Boy actor: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to heal thy rough touch with a tender kiss.
Drama teacher: No! He’s my leading man!
Student: It is a tragedy, sir!
Geoff: If you can follow my five rules, you may have a chance of surviving in this troubled, troubled world.

Discussion

Have you ever seen a zombie film? What do you know about zombies?

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Comments

Submitted by LauraMar on Tue, 10/18/2022 - 23:18

Have you ever seen a zombie film? What do you know about zombies? Well... no I have never seen any thing about the z creatures, the only thing that I see about zombies are the advertisements of the Walking Dead or this video of the zombie school and the things that I know is that the zombies eat brains and when they don't have humans to try to kill they walk with any course, I don't think that is very hard to escape of them.

Submitted by hermione123 on Mon, 01/25/2021 - 11:20

the video's soo.. amusing. i really like it :D

Submitted by TR790 on Tue, 05/19/2020 - 15:42

I have watched a few zombie films. They're thrilling. By the way, the video was interesting.

Submitted by Sasha9090 on Sat, 09/21/2019 - 06:16

Yes, I watched them very much. Zombies are very scary and I like it.

Submitted by Creator on Sat, 09/21/2019 - 06:13

I’ve seen many films about zombie. This is one of my favorite genre, I think film a about zombie is really interesting and exciting. I really like this

Submitted by Sasha9090 on Sat, 09/21/2019 - 06:13

Very good, like video I like video

Submitted by Betlerok on Sat, 09/21/2019 - 06:08

I liked the movie. I liked the acting. I laughed the whole movie!
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Submitted by empty on Sat, 07/06/2019 - 06:42

Have you ever seen a zombie film? What do you know about zombies? No , I haven't . I think zombies are gross and I hate 'em !
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