Section 3
After you watch the movie!
Now let’s try to answer some questions!
1. How does Riley meet her best friends?
Bree and Grace help Riley out during the hockey camp.
She and Val Ortiz help Grace out when she struggles at a school presentation.
She and Bree help Grace out when she struggles at a school presentation.
Correct! Do they like each other?
2. What is Joy’s protection system?
It’s Joy’s manner to control Riley’s intelligence during tests and hockey matches.
It’s a system to help Riley focus on the negative emotions when necessary.
It’s a way to help Riley with her worst memories.
That’s it. Joy does that so Riley doesn’t think about them that often.
3. What changes when Riley hits puberty?
She develops the same emotions as her parents’ and decides to be more calm.
She supresses her new emotions and gets happier.
She develops new and more complex emotions and doesn’t really know how to control them.
That’s it. Is Riley a normal teenager?
4. Who is Val Ortiz?
She is the Coach’s daughter and Riley’s new best friend.
Grace’s biggest Hero, and the best player in the Thunderstorms.
Riley’s Hero, and the best player in the Firehawks.
True! That’s why Riley tried really hard to become her friend. Who was your idol at school?
5. Why does anxiety banish the old emotions?
Because they agree with her plan of making Anger the most important emotion during hockey camp.
Because they disagree with Ennui’s idea of ignoring Riley’s parents.
Because they don’t agree with her plan of changing Riley’s personality.
That’s it. Anxiety decides to change Riley’s personality. Does your anxiety affect your personality?
6. Why does Sadness go back to the headquarters alone?
To make the other emotions escape from Riley’s sense of self.
To help Anxiety recover Riley’s sense of self.
To try and stop Anxiety’s plan while the others recover Riley’s sense of self.
Good job! That’s exactly what Sadness does.
7. Why does Riley have an anxiety attack on the last day of camp?
Because all the emotions decide to embrace Anxiety’s plan.
Because she is given a penalty during her basketball game.
Because she doesn’t feel like she’s good enough.
You got it! Riley feels she has a lot to prove and is too anxious to do that. Have you had one?
8. How does Riley get over the crisis?
Grace and Bree come to hug Riley so she can come back to class.
Joy goes back alone to the control room and tries to calm Anxiety down.
All the emotions go back together to the control room and they work together to calm Riley down.
Good job! After that Riley finally begins to calm down and a new sense of self starts forming.
- How was it? Did you get all correct?
Let’s watch a scene!
- Watch the scene below and answer some true or false questions!
1. Joy finds it weird the color of the console is orange.
False
True
That’s correct! And why is it orange?
2. Joy is introducing Anxiety to the other emotions.
True
False
That’s it. Anxiety is introducing herself.
3. The expression “face to face” can be substituted by “in person.”
False
True
Good job. When you meet someone face to face, you basically meet the person in real life.
4. Joy gets scared because anxiety is very lazy.
True
False
Good job! Actually, anxiety is very energetic.
5. Anxiety says she is arriving alone.
True
False
That’s it! Anxiety says “we,” which implies there are more emotions coming.
Grammar practice!
Time to Write!
- Imagine the movie Inside Out is about you, which emotion is the one that controls your mind? Which other emotions are relevant? Can you describe your personality?
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