Coin Operated – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL (Sample)
January 21, 2023
The Most Beautiful Thing – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 22, 2023
1. Where does the story take place?
2. How do you think the boy feels?
3. What was the girl on the other balcony doing there?
4. What game did they play?
5. What animals did they feed?
6. What was the boy thinking after he received the pizza and was looking at his sneakers?
EXTRA POINTS
7. What would you have done, if you were him? Stay in the house or go to the party? Why?
Answer Key
1. The story takes place in the boy’s apartment.
2. He feels alone and unhappy.
3. The girl on the other balcony was at a party.
4. They played rock, paper, scissors.
5. They fed ducks.
6. He was thinking about going over to the party but decided not to.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- What do you like to do when you’re alone?
- Have you ever felt lonely? When?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Look in
Order
Alone
Balcony
Light up
Smoke
Yell
Apologize
Feed
Order
Alone
Balcony
Light up
Smoke
Yell
Apologize
Feed
Ducks
Cookie
Throw
Fountain
Cricket
Deliver
Pay
Sneakers
Cookie
Throw
Fountain
Cricket
Deliver
Pay
Sneakers
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided under the video.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- What do you like to do when you’re alone?
- Have you ever felt lonely? When?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Look in
Order
Alone
Balcony
Light up
Smoke
Yell
Apologize
Feed
Ducks
Cookie
Throw
Fountain
Cricket
Deliver
Pay
Sneakers
Order
Alone
Balcony
Light up
Smoke
Yell
Apologize
Feed
Ducks
Cookie
Throw
Fountain
Cricket
Deliver
Pay
Sneakers
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided below.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
1. Where does the story take place?
2. How do you think the boy feels?
3. What was the girl on the other balcony doing there?
4. What game did they play?
5. What animals did they feed?
6. What was the boy thinking after he received the pizza and was looking at his sneakers?
EXTRA POINTS
7. What would you have done, if you were him? Stay in the house or go to the party? Why?
Answer Key
1. The story takes place in the boy’s apartment.
2. He feels alone and unhappy.
3. The girl on the other balcony was at a party.
4. They played rock, paper, scissors.
5. They fed ducks.
6. He was thinking about going over to the party but decided not to.
