The Engagement

I'm Engaged!

 

On April 1st, 2019, my boyfriend texted me about a genius idea. Because April 1st is also known as April Fool's Day, and it is my birthday, he asked me if I would be interested in faking a proposal. 

The message that started it all

His idea was to change our relationship status on Facebook from "In a Relationship" to "Engaged" at 12:00 p.m. and not say anything else. Just leave it at that. We weren't going to confirm or deny anything right away. We wanted people to come up with their own conclusions. In addition, we also agreed that we weren't going to tell anyone about this being fake, not even our parents. But as we were discussing this idea, we decided we wanted to go all out. We decided to go to a beach and take a picture of him "proposing." 

We set up the tripod, and the camera on the dock, and took our picture.  Because my boyfriend bought me a ring for our one year anniversary, we had a box that we were able to use, and put the ring inside of it to make it look more real. We only had to take 3 pictures to get the perfect fake engagement photo! Once we got back home, we instantly changed our relationship to engaged, and added the photo to make it more believable. 

We also added the photo on Instagram, at the same exact time, with no caption. In a matter of not even 20 minutes, our phones were blowing up. Because we agreed to not confirm or deny it, we ignored the calls and texts. We were only able to keep the post up for 30 minutes before it got way out of hand. We told everyone it was an April Fool's joke, and that the next one will be real. We received over 110 likes on Facebook, as well as over 30 comments. Although some people were mad that it was fake, we can now successfully say that we truly pulled off a fantastic prank! 

Vocabulary: 

• Genius(noun): exceptionally smart, intelligent, or creative 
• Proposal (noun): an offer of marriage
• Deny(verb): to refuse to give or grant (something requested or desired) to someone
• Conclusions(noun): the end or finish of an event or process
• Fake(adjective): not genuine, not real
• Idea(noun): the aim or purpose
• Anniversary(noun): the date on which an event took place in a previous year
• Engagement(noun): a formal agreement to get married
• Instantly(adverb): at once; immediately
• Believable(adjective): credible, convincing or realistic 

Vocabulary Activity:

Directions: Fill in the correct vocabulary word in the blank.

1. My brother ___________ to his girlfriend of 3 years on vacation. I cannot wait to go to the wedding! 
2. Denise planned an __________ party for my brother and his girlfriend when they came home from vacation. 
3. I tried to eat the food on the table but I couldn't. I didn't realize it was ___________.
4. The hardest part about writing a paper is writing the _______________.
5. Jacob wants to ride our bikes to the ice cream store. I responded "That is a great _______ Jacob!"
6. When my mom asked me if I failed my test, I had to _________ it because I didn't want to get in trouble. 
7. My sister is a __________ in math!
8. That story Mrs. Smith read was extremely ____________. I thought it was real!
9. Once the sky turned dark, it __________ started raining really hard.
10. February 29th is my parents wedding ______________. 

Grammar Point: 

The story above is a uses a lot of adjectives, which are words that are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. For example: red, quick, happy, and obnoxious are all adjectives because they can describe things. 

Examples from the text: 

We only had to take 3 pictures to get the perfect fake engagement photo!

• Fake is acting as an adjective describing the engagement. 

My boyfriend texted me about a genius idea.

• Genius is acting as an adjective describing the type of idea. 

We instantly changed our relationship to engaged

• Instantly is acting as an adjective describing the verb changed for how fast we did it.

Grammar Activity:

Directions: Write 5 sentences using adjectives.

1. ______________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________

For additional help: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hIqdPrH--k
https://www.eslgamesplus.com/adjectives-adverbs/