1. EXT. SCHOOLYARD – DAY It’s morning recess and Ari is entertaining his friends (ELINOR, OLIVE, KOA, TITO, CAMILLA) with some of his favourite knock-knock jokes. Ari Knock! Knock! Elinor Who’s there? Ari Owls say. Elinor Owls say who? Ari Yes, they do say WHOOOO. <SFX: CRAZY LAUGHTER!> The kids think this is hilarious, especially Elinor. ELINOR (laughing as she wipes tears from her eyes) It’s funny because it’s true - Owls DO say whooo! Ari I’ve got another one. Knock! Knock! Olive Who's there? Ari Says. Olive Says who? Ari Says me, that's who! More <SFX: RAUCOUS LAUGHTER>. Olive Wow, Ari, your jokes are so funny! (she laughs so loud she trumpets her trunk) You even made a rock smile. ARI A rock? Really? OLIVE YES! Look... Olive points, Ari looks and sees ANGLE ON: a little rock with a striation that looks like a smile. ARI Wow! (Ari picks up the rock and looks it over) This is a really nice rock, it’s so smooth and just the right size and it has a smile... (He holds the rock up) Wanna hear another joke, rock? (He makes the rock nod) You do? Okay here goes. Knock! Knock! (rock voice) Who's there? (Ari voice) Nose. (rock voice) Nose who? (Ari voice) I nose plenty more knock-knock jokes! (raucous rock laughter) Ahahahahahahah-heheh… The other kids <SFX: LAUGH> too. ARI (CONT’D) Rock, we are going to be friends and I will name you…Rocky. Just then Mz. Mole appears and rings her school bell. <SFX: DING, DING, DING!!> The kids run towards the school. 2. INT. CLASSROOM - DAY As the kids file in Ari introduces Rocky to Mz. Mole. Ari Rocky, this is our teacher, Mz. Mole. She’s super-nice. Mz. Mole meet my new friend Rocky. Mz. Mole (smiling along with the joke) Pleased to meet you, Rocky. Hope you have a good time in our class. Ari Oh, don’t worry, Mz. Mole. If there’s one thing Rocky knows how to do, it’s have a good time. And so, they do! 3. ARI/ROCKY FUN MUSICAL MONTAGE Ari has all kinds of fun playing with Rocky in class. · He builds a block-tower castle and puts Rocky on top! · He walks Rocky around the class plants, like he’s a jungle explorer. · He reads Rocky a book - about Rocks! · He lies on his back on the circle carpet and zooms Rocky through the air like a super-hero. END MONTAGE 4. INT. Classroom (Table) –- DAY Ari is sitting at a table with his lunch-box and Rocky. Ari And now, my favourite time of all - SNACK TIME. Let’s see what Dad packed in my lunch-box today. (to Rocky) Dad always takes such good care of me. (He looks in his lunch-box.) Mmmmm. Carrot sticks. My FAVOURITE ! (He starts to munch a carrot, then glances at Rocky.) Are you hungry too, Rocky? I guess you didn’t bring a lunch box. (He digs through his lunch box) Don’t worry, buddy. Dad always packs extra snacks. You can have some of mine. He holds a carrot in front of Rocky’s little smile, but nothing happens. At that moment Elinor and Olive happen by and notice. OlIVE Whatcha doing, Ari? ARI Just taking care of Rocky. Like my Dad takes care of me. ElINOR Aww, that’s so nice. Olive and Elinor join Ari at the table with their snacks. ARI He doesn’t seem very hungry though. OlIVE Maybe he had something before he came. Like Stone Soup? THOUGHT BUBBLE reveals Rocky sitting in front of a steaming bowl of soup. ARI (V.O.) Or maybe he’s saving his appetite for a mud pie his mom made. Mom appears in the thought bubble, and the bowl morphs into a pie. ElINOR (V.O.) Or maybe it’s because Rocky is a rock. The THOUGHT BUBBLE bursts. ElINOR And rocks don’t eat because they’re not alive. OLIVE They aren’t? Hmm. I’ve never thought about that before. Ari But rocks are part of nature, and lots of things in nature ARE alive. So maybe rocks are too? ElinOR Maybe. But I’ve never seen a rock eat. On the other hand, I’ve also never seen a rock NOT eat...until now. ANGLE ON: Rocky. Ari He’s definitely not eating. Ari picks up one of Rocky’s carrot sticks and eats it <SFX: MUNCH, MUNCH> OlIVE Dun, dun, dunnnn, sounds like a mystery. ElINOR Let’s figure it out! Ari How can we do that? ELINOR I know. We can compare Rocky to things we know ARE alive. Olive How about...ARI! Ari Good choice. I am definitely ALIVE! Ari eats another carrot stick. <SFX: MUNCH, MUNCH>. ElinoR Okay first thing, Ari is REALLY good at eating, Rocky not so much. CROSSFADE TO: 5. EXT. SCHOOLYARD – DAY They continue their observations. OLIVE Okay what else does Ari do? Ari takes this as a bit of a challenge. (NOTE: I thought it might be fun for the kids if he does a couple of Fortnite dances - if possible as animation allows). He puts Rocky down on a nearby boulder. Ari How about this? He does The Floss - or whatever you choose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c5YY9DcoiE ARI (CONT’D) Or THIS! He does The Robot. Ari (CONT’D) Or THIS! He flies up to a tree and hangs upside down. Olive (laughing) That’s a lot of this-es. Elinor is excited, she starts hopping. ElINOR But it’s all moving. That’s one thing Ari does for sure. Move, a LOT! Olive looks at Elinor with amusement as she bounces around. OLIVE And he’s not the only one. Look! WIDE TO REVEAL The schoolyard. Kids are playing, birds, butterflies, bees, dragonflies and frogs are fluttering, hopping and buzzing, as much movement as possible. During this Ari flutters to the ground. Elinor Wooooow! Alive things really do move! OLIVE And Rocky? ANGLE ON: The rock. Elinor Doesn’t look like it. Olive That’s TWO things Rocky doesn’t do - eat and move. Ari Wait a sec...watch this! Ari tosses the rock up into the air. OlIVE That doesn’t count, Ari. Rocky didn’t move. ElINOR You moved Rocky. Ari does his famous spin and catch. ARI I caught Rocky too! Yay ME! ElinoR Ha! That’s ANOTHER thing Ari does and I do it too - and so do you, Olive. OlIVE What’s that? ELINOR You’re doing it right now. OLIVE Oh, talking! Right! Rocky doesn’t talk, so that’s one more thing that’s different. Ari Yeah but trees don’t talk. And I’m pretty sure they’re alive. OLIVE Neither do butterflies. And they are DEFINITELY alive. The kids observe a butterfly fluttering by. ElINOR Hmmm, good point. Olive But wait a minute, trees don’t move either. ELINOR Yes they do! When they GROW. Ari Oh, right. Do rocks grow? EliNOR I dunno. It’s hard to tell. I’ve never seen a rock grow, but I’ve never seen a tree grow either, I just know they do..very slooooowly. At this moment Mz. Mole walks by. OLIVE I’ve never noticed Mz. Mole growing either. And she is DEFINITELY alive. ELINOR Let’s ask her. The kids run over to Mz. Mole. ELINOR (CONT’D) Mz. Mole, do you grow? Mz. MOLE Well, only around the tummy when I’ve had a nice sticky bun at Mr. Raccoon’s bakery. Olive No we mean grow taller, like a tree? Ari Or like me! I’m growing all the time, that what my Mom says. Mz. MOLE Yes, you kids are all growing like weeds, Ari. But I’m not growing anymore. Grown-ups don’t grow. ElINOR Because you’re all grown UP! Mz. MolE That’s right, Elinor. But I used to grow, when I was a little kid like you. CU: Ari is gobsmacked. ArI You...were...a little KID!!???? MZ. MOLE (laughing) A looong time ago, Ari. But why all the questions about growing? ElINOR We’re trying to decide if Rocky is alive or not. Ari holds up his rock. Ari It’s trickier than we thought. Mz. MOLE I’ll bet. So how have you decided to answer your question? OLIVE We thought we’d figure out what alive things do, like eat and move and grow. ELINOR And then see if Rocky does them too. Mz. Mole This is a fascinating process, young scientists. Would you like to present your findings to the class? <SFX: YES! AWESOME! LET’S GO WALLA>. 6. INT. CLASSROOM -- DAY Elinor, Olive and Ari are standing in front of the class. Elinor Is Rocky the Rock alive? Ari holds Rocky up. Olive That’s the question we’ve been trying to answer. ArI (to Rocky) Don’t worry Rocky, alive or not, you are ALWAYS awesome. (to the class) Am I right? <SFX: RIGHT! FOR SURE WALLA> OLIVE So what we did was compare Rocky to things we KNEW were alive. OlIVE (CONT’D) Like butterflies! ELINOR And trees! Ari And ME! Ari does a flip (or a Fortnite dance?). Elinor (giggling) Ari is very alive. OlIVE And this is what we found. Rocky can’t do a lot of things that living things can do. Like eat. ARI I can do that. ElinoR And MOVE...like a butterfly does. ARI And me too! Ari moonwalks. OlIVE Or grow, like a tree. ELINor Or like us kids. Ari Or like Mz. Mole, back when she was a little kid. The kids buzz with shock <SFX: WHUUU??> Ari (CONT’D) I know, right? Mz. Mole Nice observations, you three, I like the way you think. So what is your final decision. Is Rocky the Rock alive? ELINOR Well, considering our observations. OlIVE That Rocky can’t eat, move or grow... ElinOR And the living things we observed can do all these things. Ari peeks out from behind Elinor and points to himself. Olive We would have to say... She glances at Elinor. ELINOR ...that Rocky ISN’T alive. Olive But - Rocky is AWESOME! The kids <SFX: CHEER> and when it dies down we have a little tender moment between Ari and Rocky. Ari (to Rocky) Don’t worry Rocky, we’ll still take care of you. CU: Ari wipes away a little smudge of dirt revealing Rocky’s smile. WIDEN: Olive puts her arm around Ari’s shoulder. OLIVE Of course we will, Ari. Rocky is part of nature. ElINOR And ALL of nature needs our care. Mz. MOLE Very nicely put. SONG MONTAGE Elinor, Olive and Ari sing the song as we see a montage of the three of them playing Rocky outside in nature, along with birds, bees, butterflies and all kinds of living things. Elinor, olive, ari ARI - My friend Rocky, Happens to be a rock, ELINOR: Rocky doesn’t eat, Rocky doesn’t walk, OLIVE: But Ari’s pal Rocky Is still a lot of fun, ARI: So I’ll take care of Rocky, Until the day is done. ALL - All of nature needs our care, The fish in the ocean, The birds in the air, The plants and the mountains, The rivers and the sea, All of nature is our home, A special place for you and me ARI - My friend Rocky, Might be a rock, ELINOR: But rocks are part of nature, Even if they don’t talk, OLIVE: If we pay close attention, To all our nature friends, ALL: Then we’ll have a wonderful world, For us all to live in! With ROCKY! BACK IN THE CLASS: Ari holds Rocky aloft triumphantly. MZ. MOLE Now let’s all go outside and make our OWN nature friends - with rocks, or plants or puddles or anything! Ari and Rocky, lead the way!! Ari runs out the door holding Rocky aloft. Ari Follow me - and ROCKY!! 7. EXT. SCHOOLYARD - DAY Ari, Olive and Elinor and their friends are paying close attention to all kinds of interesting things in Nature. Elinor spots a butterfly. Elinor Hi, little butterfly, wanna be nature friends? Whoo-hoo, you sure can flutter. Elinor bounces after the butterfly, as Olive is in mid-conversation with a tree. Olive Hey tree, now that we’re friends, mind if I give you a hug? Olive hugs the tree. OliVE (CONT’D) Ahhhh, that feels so good. ArI Well, I’m sticking with Rocky. He never gets tired of my jokes. Knock-knock, Rocky. (Rocky’s voice) Who’s there? (Ari voice) Ari. (Rocky voice) Ari who? (Ari voice) Ari-n’t you glad I didn’t say knock-knock again? (a beat then) Rocky? Don’t you think that’s funny? Ari looks closely at Rocky, CU: he’s upside down. ArI (CONT’D) Wha-oh, let me fix that for ya, buddy. Ari turns him right side up. ARI (CONT’D) (Rocky’s voice) Ahhh, that’s better, thanks Ari. AHAHAHHAHAAAHA - that joke never gets old. CU: On Rocky’s cute smiling face. IRIS OUT, THE END

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW 157 Rocky The Rock By Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: Are rocks alive? Logline: When Ari makes friends with Rocky the Rock, he starts to wonder if the rock is alive. Curriculum Goals: · LS5 . Begin to understand that animals (including humans) have different body parts that are used in different ways to meet their needs, and that plants have different parts that help them survive and grow. Differentiate between and begin to articulate the difference between animate and inanimate objects (e.g., animate objects can initiate their own movement and have different insides than inanimate objects) (Elinor and her friend differentiate between animate objects (living things - butterfly, flower, Ari and inanimate objects (non-living things - Rocky the rock). SEP1 . Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering) b. Ask more complex questions about observable phenomena c. Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation (Elinor and her friends wonder whether Rocky the rock is alive, and decide to investigate) SEP3 . Planning and carrying out investigations b. Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail c. Demonstrate an ability to make and test predictions based on background knowledge and experiences ? (Elinor and her friends compare Rocky the rock with something they know is alive (Ari) and predict what the rock will or won’t do). SEP4 . Analyzing and interpreting data a. Collect, describe, and record observations in greater detail and in various ways d. Talk about and reflect on what happened during an investigation or when solving a problem, and why it might have happened (Elinor and her friends collects, record and describe observations about living things and the rock, trying to decide if the rock is alive too). SEP6 . Constructing explanations (science) and Designing Solutions (engineering) a. Use background knowledge experiences, and data to construct reasonable explanations and theories of natural phenomena (science) b. Look for and describe patterns and relationships in natural phenomena(science) c. Use and apply productive science discourse to support an explanation (Elinor and her friends discuss their evidence and eventually decide that rocks don’t eat, move or grow because they are not alive.) SEP7 . Engaging in argument from evidence a. Engage in discussions before, during, and after investigations b. Support thinking and argue ideas with evidence (Elinor and her friends discuss their observations with their classmates) SEP8 . Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information a. Obtain information through discussing prior knowledge and observations with experts including teachers or knowledgeable adults c. Describe observable phenomena using adjectives and labels f. Share findings and explanations (correct or incorrect) through a variety of methods (Elinor and her friends obtain information about living vs non-living things through prior knowledge, observations and discussions with Mz . Mole then they share their explanations with their classmates). FIRST DRAFT: December 04, 2019 THE END ELINOR Ari Mz. Mole Olive Oliver (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E ELINOR WONDERS WHY SCHOOLYARD – DAY CLASSROOM ARI/ROCKY FUN MINI-MONTAGE END MONTAGE CIRCLE CARPET -- DAY SNACK AREA –- DAY CLASSROOM -- DAY SCHOOLYARD TABLE –- DAY DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. SONG: