1. EXT. SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST - DAY TITLE CARD: Look What I Can Do! MS. MOLE, who’s carrying a NET BAG FULL OF SOCCER BALLS over one shoulder, and an individual SOCCER BALL in her free hand, leads ELINOR and her CLASSMATES - HAZEL, ARI, SALLY BEAVER, SILAS CHEETAH, TITO MOUSE, and the GOAT TWINS - out into a FIELD near the school. Ms. Mole All right class, who’s ready to play soccer? All kids Me!/I am!/Let’s go!/Yeah!/etc. The kids gather around her. Ms. Mole empties the bag of balls out onto an area of grass beside her. Ms. Mole Soccer is a wonderful game where you play with a ball in all kinds of different ways. (she demos) You can run with it, kick it, or bounce it off your body, but the only thing you CAN’T do is use your hands, unless you're the goalie. Elinor points at the nearest NET. ElINOR The goalie’s the player who tries to stop the ball from going in the net, right Ms. Mole? Ms. Mole walks up to a nearby ball and does some fancy footwork with it as she continues talking. Ms. MOLE That’s right, Elinor. (to all) The goalie can use their hands, everyone else has to use other body parts - like FEET! Then Ms. Mole hoofs this ball! It flies over the surprised kids’s heads-- --bounces off the GOAL POST of the net Elinor was pointing at- --and returns to Ms. Mole as if that was her intention. The kids are wowed. Kids Whoooaaaa... Ari (aside, to Hazel) Ms. Mole is a soccer star? Who knew?! Ms. Mole strolls up to the various balls she poured out of the bag, and one by one she gently kick-passes the balls around to the various kids. Ms. Mole But the most important thing is to just have fun and do your best. Everyone is good at something! When Ari gets his pass from Ms. Mole, he does a quick swoop through the air and instinctively grabs the ball with his hands before landing back on the grass. Ms. Mole Remember, Ari. No hands. Ari looks at the ball in his hands. Shocked to realize that he’s holding it, he drops it like a hot potato! Ari Ahh! How did that get there? Sorry! Hazel and Elinor start VERY GENTLY kick-rolling the ball to each other. ElINOR Here ya go Hazel! HAZEL Right back ‘atcha, Elinor. ELINOR Ari? Elinor passes the ball to Ari. Ari Oh, yeah, watch THIS move! He winds up to kick the ball and connects, slipping at the same moment, causing him to do a little backflip . ARI Whoa! ON: the ball careening into a nearby CLUSTER OF TREES AND PLANTS behind a SIDELINE BENCH MADE OF LOGS. A few startled BIRDS fly out of the bush. BACK ON: Hazel is helping Ari up. HAZEL <giggles> Maybe not that move. ArI Thanks, Hazel. Elinor races off to recover the ball. Elinor I’ll get it! She runs toward the bench and hops over it, but stops before she continues, looking into the forest, unsure. Elinor Hmmm, which way did it go? A BULLFROG makes a big HOP onto the bench, surprising her. ElinoR Oh! The frog <CROAKS LOUDLY!> Elinor kneels down to face it. Elinor Hello there, bullfrog. Did you see where our ball went to? The frog hops in place on the bench, turning itself around to face the way Elinor was going, but at a slight angle. Elinor looks back into the forest, facing the same way the frog is. HER POV - we catch a glimpse of the soccer ball within some bushes not too far off. BACK ON ELINOR - beaming. Elinor Ah, there it is! (to frog) Thanks for your help. And have a ‘hoppy’ day! <giggle> Elinor races off toward the foliage. 2. EXT. FOREST BORDERING SOCCER FIELD - CONTINUOUS Elinor runs up to the ball’s location, lodged in the bushes. She goes to pick up the ball -- then freezes in mid-reach. ElinOR Wait. Only goalies are supposed to touch the ball... (realizing) ON the field -- I’m off the field! Smiling, she picks it up. Suddenly: <WHOOSH!> A blur flies by her. ElinOR Huh? She stops. The blur hovers in a couple of mid-air places before her, stopping long enough to reveal: CLOSER - it’s a HUMMINGBIRD! ELINOR A hummingbird! You’re soooo tiny, and you have such a pointy little beak. WIDER - the hummingbird zips over to some DAFFODILS nearby. CLOSER ON THE FLOWERS - the HUMMINGBIRD arrives, sticks its long beak into it, and feeds on the nectar. Elinor kneels down to take a closer look at the tiny bird. ElinoR Enjoy your nectar. When you’re done, you can come watch us play soccer if you want. Bye! She exits, heading back to the field. 3. EXT. SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST - CONTINUOUS Ms. Mole has moved a bunch of the soccer balls into a bunch at mid-field. The other kids are gathered nearby, ready for her next instruction. Ms. Mole Okay, who’s ready to practice? Kids I am!/Me!/I’m ready!/etc. Elinor, arriving at the sideline, drop-rolls the retrieved ball over to Ms. Mole, then raises hand up, excitedly. Elinor Me too! Ms. MOLE Splendid! Now, soccer’s all about moving fast, so first, let’s do some running... The kids line up. Ms. Mole Ready?... Go! The kids start racing across the field, full sprint. Elinor, Hazel and Ari run as fast as they can -- but to their surprise, Silas Cheetah blows past them (he's really fast!). The trio are amazed. Elinor/hazel/ari WOW! At the NET at the other end of the field, Silas arrives first, followed a long beat after by the other classmates, then Elinor, Hazel, and Ari. Ari looks winded but tries not to show it. ElinoR Silas! You’re really fast! SILAS Thanks, Elinor! Ari (panting) Whoo ! I love running! I run all the time. When I’m not flying. Hazel Which is most of the time. Ms. MOLE (calling) Okay! Come on back! The kids start racing back, Ari bringing up the rear. Finally, he stops, shrugs, and flies instead. WIPE TO: 4. EXT. SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST - drills montage Ms. Mole has the kids gathered around her. The soccer balls are spaced in intervals along the mid-field line. Ms. Mole Now let’s try a few drills that’ll have you moving the ball in different ways. SERIES OF SHOTS - Ms. Mole demonstrates actions she wants the kids to try, then one by one, we see various kids try them: ON A SOCCER BALL - being dribbled forward by a pair of feet...which we reveal are Mrs. Mole’s. She’s moving the ball along the field, keeping it just ahead of her. She stops, turns back to face the kids, then gestures for them to go. Elinor dribbles the ball ahead of her with some difficulty. It gets away from her. Hazel dribbles the ball super slow and cautiously. She smiles -- she’s not too bad at this! Tito Mouse, on his turn, does zig zags along the field with the ball, in a super-agile way. The other kids look on, impressed. Elinor/hazel Very nice!/Tito’s good at that! It’s Ari’s turn. He tries to dribble the ball but stumbles, ending up with the ball in his hands again. MS. MOLE (calling good-naturedly) Arrrriiii ! Ari smiles sheepishly, puts the ball down, and resumes his awkward dribbling. WIPE TO: ON A SOCCER BALL, stationary on the ground. WIDER to see Ms. Mole KICK it, sending the ball OS. She gestures back to the kids for them to go. Elinor kicks her ball. It goes a moderate distance. Hazel kicks her ball. It goes farther than Elinor’s. Ari kicks his ball. It goes off at an angle, landing on the BENCH (the bullfrog hops to the other side just in time to avoid the ball), then bounces up and lands just on the other side. Ari reacts sheepishly to his mistargeted kick. Sally Beaver steps up to her ball. Instead of kicking it with her foot, she winds up and with a twist of her body, she whacks the ball with her big tail - hard! The ball goes REALLY far, all the way into the net at the other end! Elinor, Hazel, and Ari are awed. ElINOR/HAZEL/ARI Ooooooooh! Great kick, Sally! /Wow!/That was amazing! Sally gives an ‘aw shucks’ reaction. WIPE TO: ON A SOCCER BALL - being BOUNCED lightly on a KNEE. REVEAL that Ms. Mole is now keeping the ball up with her knees. QUICK SHOTS of Elinor, Ari, and the other kids, all trying to do it. Each one of them struggles amusingly to do it and they all lose their ball quickly. Hazel meanwhile, is juggling the ball with her trunk -- and she’s doing it expertly! Ari turns to Ms. Mole, skeptically. Ari Is she allowed to do that? Ms. MOLE You can use anything except your hands, Ari! So: yes, Hazel can use her nose! ( calling out) Well done, Hazel! Hazel beams as she keeps juggling the ball with her trunk. Hazel Thanks, Ms. Mole! Who knew I’d have a ‘nose’ for soccer! ANGLE ON: Ari and Hazel watch their friends with admiration. ArI (to Elinor) Look’s like Hazel’s found what she’s good at. HAZEL She sure has, Go HAZEL! Hazel happily waves. Ari and Elinor walk off the field as they talk. ARI What about you, Elinor? HAZEL I still haven’t found my “thing” yet, how about you? ARI Nope, not yet. <siiiigh> ON THE BENCH - no bullfrog on it right now. Elinor and Ari both take a seat, looking a little sad. (Not super sad, just a little deflated by Elinor and Ari standards). Ms. Mole sees them from the field and comes over to them. Ms. Mole What’s the matter, soccer stars? Elinor <sigh> We’re really excited about playing, Ms. Mole... ArI We’re just not sure what we’re good at. QUICK CUTAWAYS of the other kids doing what we’ve seen them do well up to this point, as Elinor mentions them: SILAS - continuing to run super-fast, around other classmates on the field. Elinor (o.s.) Silas is a really good runner. TITO - dribbling the ball dynamically across the grass. Ari (o.s.) Tito can really dribble that ball... SALLY - kicking a ball with her tail and sending it flying. Elinor (o.s.) No one can tail-kick the ball like Sally... HAZEL - bouncing the ball above her head with her trunk. Ari (o.s.) And there’s no way we can bop the ball on our trunks like Hazel. BACK ON THE BENCH - Elinor and Ari continue facing Ms. Mole. ELINOR Because we don’t HAVE trunks. Ari <sigh> So we don’t know WHAT we should do. Ms. Mole takes it all in. Ms. Mole Hmm, I see... She thinks about it for a second, then has an idea. Ms. MOLE Well, no one in class is a faster runner than Silas, that’s true. But why do you think that is? CLOSER ON SILAS as he continues to run. PUSH IN on his legs as he charges along. Elinor (o.s.) Well... he’s a cheetah. Cheetahs are the fastest land animals in the world! Ms. Mole (o.s.) Yes! Cheetahs have strong legs that help them go VERY fast. BACK ON THE BENCH - Ms. Mole points to a different OS area of the soccer field. Ms. MOLE And when it comes to kicking, what makes Sally so good at it? CLOSER ON SALLY - lining up a couple of soccer balls, which she then proceeds to kick one after the other with her tail. ari (o.s.) She’s using her tail! Ms. MOLE (o.s.) That she is. And what do beavers usually use their tails for? Elinor (o.s.) Swimming. Beavers are great swimmers. ARI (O.S.) Maybe that’s why Sally’s tail is so strong! BACK AT THE BENCH - both Elinor and Ari are starting to come out of their funk now. Elinor's curiosity is awakened. Elinor (o.s.) And flat! That helps too, I bet! Ms. MOLE That’s true, Elinor! Aren’t animal bodies wonderful? We’re all so different. So unique! ELINOR That’s soooo interesting. Elinor jumps to her feet! ELINOR We need MORE observations! At that moment the hummingbird zooms past Elinor and Ari. Ari Hey, a hummingbird! Elinor Hello again! (to Ari and Ms. Mole) I saw her in the forest - she was drinking nectar from a flower. Ms. MOLE How did she do that? ELINOR Hmmmm , I wonder... Elinor starts mimicking a hummingbird as she ‘flies’ around the bench. Elinor First of all she’s so small she zipped right up close to the flower and then used her long beak to drink. Elinor stops ‘flying’, her face filled with realization. A THOUGHT BUBBLE appears, replaying the image of the hummingbird inserting its long beak into the daffodil. Elinor (realizing) ... her long thin beak ! That’s why hummingbirds are so good at drinking nectar. Their long thin beaks help them reach it! The thought bubble vanishes. Elinor turns to Ms. Mole, bursting with enthusiasm. ElinOR That is SO INTERESTING! Different animals have different bodies, and their bodies let them do different things that help them be good at stuff! Ari watches the hummingbird buzz around him in a blur, awed. Ari That’s for sure! Elinor runs from the bench onto the field, followed by Ari and Ms. Mole. 6. EXT. SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST - SONG SEQUENCE - CONT. SERIES OF SHOTS - While they sing, they race onto the field to observe the kids doing soccer drills, with an emphasis on seeing what each of their bodies allow them to do well. In addition to Silas and Sally, we focus on Tito’s nimble dribbling and Hazel’s deft ball-handling with her trunk. Elinor (singing) Some birds’ beaks are really long, And some kids are really quick! Ari (singing) Some animals are really small, And some kids can really kick! Elinor/ari (singing) Ring-a-ding-ding it's great to sing of Different Things and what they bring! Elinor (singing) There's lots of room for all! Ari (singing) Whether you're tall or small! Elinor/ari (singing) Ring-a-ding-ding it's great to sing of Different Things and what they bring! There's always room for you! No matter what you can do! At the end, they grab the ball and are excited to go play again. Ari I’m a bat and you’re a rabbit. What can our bodies do that’ll help us play soccer, Elinor? Elinor Let’s play and find out! 7. EXT. SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST - GAME SEQUENCE - DAY Ms. Mole divides the class into two teams of four, and with a <WHISTLE>, the game playing begins. Silas Cheetah runs really fast to get the ball. Sally Beaver gives the ball a big tail kick. Tito does some amazing dribbling. All the while, Elinor and Ari and Hazel are enjoying themselves running around going after the ball and occasionally kicking it. Hazel gets the ball and starts bopping the ball on her trunk again. Hazel <giggles> I LOVE soccer! ELINOR Me too! OS <RIBBIT!> The sound prompts Elinor to glance over at-- THE BENCH - where the bullfrog makes another big, dynamic leap up onto the bench. ELINOR - amused. ElinOR Another great hop! Then: an inspired look appears on her face. She smiles... Hazel bops the ball with her trunk, up and over most kids. Elinor sees it go up -- and takes a biiiiig HOP, getting to the ball, and bouncing it back with her ears. When she lands, her friends all cheer! Hazel Elinor! You’re really good at hopping! Filled with realization, Elinor beams. ElinOR Thanks! At that second Tito Mouse KICKS a ball Elinor Whoooa... ANGLE ON: it flies through the air towards the goal near where Sally Beaver is playing (she doesn’t see it coming). ELINOR Uh-oh.... Suddenly, Ari swoops over there to deftly stop the ball with an extended bat wing. SALLY Whew! Thanks Ari! Ari You’re welcome Sally (realizing he has the ball) Ahh ! Not again! He drops it right away. Ari Hands!! Leave that ball alone! Elinor HOPS right over. EliNOR Wait a minute, Ari! Ms. Mole says it’s okay to touch the ball if you’re the goal, right? Well, look! Elinor gestures WIDEN TO REVEAL: Ari is standing right in front of the net. ELINOR You’re so good at catching the ball with your hands, AND you can fly up into the air to do it! Ari! You can be our goalie! Ms. Mole joins. Ms. MOLE Great idea, Elinor! Goalies can use their hands -- AND their wings! Now it’s Ari’s turn to beam. Ari Yusss! Game ON!! QUICK SHOTS of the various kids continuing to play, doing the actions we’ve seen them excel at throughout the episode. As they play, Elinor sings the-- SONG REPRISE: elinor (singing) Ring-a-ding-ding it's great to sing of Different Things and what they bring! There's always room for you! No matter what you can do! SONG ENDS. Ms. Mole ends the soccer practice with a <WHISTLE BLOW!> Ms. Mole Now who wants some lemonade? ELINOR/HAZEL/ARI/SALLY/silas Yayyyyyy! As the kids race off the field, the soccer ball rolls in from OS to Ms. Mole -- who does an impressive sequence of ball maneuvers and kicks, winking at the camera as we... IRIS OUT.

ET 109 "Look What I Can Do!" - D1 - Jan 18/19 .

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ELINOR’S TOWN EP 109 Look What I Can Do! ( formerly: Different Kinds of Plants) By: Dave Dias Elinor's Question: What am I good at doing? Logline: While exploring playing soccer, when Elinor sees her classmates excel at different skills, and sees animals in nature excelling at different actions, she discovers an ability of her own that she's great that can help her play the game. Curriculum Goals: LS8 . - Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different. (Elinor notices that all her friends have different soccer abilities, in the same way that animals with their own different attributes, all excel at different things. SEP7 . Engaging in argument from evidence: a. Engage in discussions before, during, and after investigations. b. Support thinking and argue ideas with evidence.(Elinor discusses her observations with Ms. Mole and through the song she comes to the conclusions that everyone is good at something.) OUTLINE: January 7, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: January 21, 2019 DIZZY Astra Mia Mom Jett Jett/astra/mia ASTRA/JETT/MIA Ma Kett Dillon Astra/jett Jett/astra MIA/JETT/ASTRA Mia/dillon JETT/ASTRA/MIA/DILLON Storm Goats Ms. Mole Elinor Hazel Ari Kids Elinor/hazel/ari Elinor/hazel Sally Elinor/hazel/ari/sally All All kids SILAS Tito (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (excitedly) (READING ALOUD) (alarmed) (mostly oblivious) (to MOM) (aside, to hazel) (shrugging it off) (singing) INT EXT I/E 4 SILVIYA'S HOUSE BEEHIVE QUEENS CHAMBER HONEY CHAMBER SKY OVER KAZANLAK WORLD AIRCRAFT WORLD AIRCRAFT - DAY JUNG-JING'S HOUSE JUNG-JING'S HOUSE - MORNING SKY OVER COPENHAGEN MASON'S HOUSE OUTBACK CAMPSITE OUTBACK, CRASHSITE SPACE, EARTH ORBIT BEACH - DAY UNDERWATER OCEAN UNDERWATER - DAY PACIFIC OCEAN - DAY MIA'S HOUSE - READING AREA SWISS ALPS - MOUNTAIN HOUSE SWISS ALPS - TRIFT BRIDGE SWISS ALPS, TRIFT BRIDGE - DAY MIA'S HOUSE MIA'S HOUSE - DAY MIA'S HOUSE - READING SPOT - READING SEQUENCE CLUSTER OF TREES AND PLANTS BORDERING FIELD SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST - SONG SEQUENCE EXT. SOCCER FIELD BORDERING FOREST DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY ESTABLISHING DRILLS MONTAGE CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. TIME WIPE TO: WIPE TO: