The Balcony – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 22, 2023
Purl – C1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 22, 2023
1. Why didn’t Emily intially say hi to Brandon?
2. How did Emily and Brandon communicate?
3. What did Brandon surprise Emily with on the bench?
4. Where did Brandon want to invite Emily to?
5. Why didn’t Emily want to speak?
6. How did Emily react to the boy hitting on her?
7. Will Emily go to the prom with Brandon?
EXTRA POINTS
8. How did this short film make you feel? Why?
Answer Key
1. She didn’t say hi to him because she couldn’t hear him.
2. They communicated by writing.
3. Brandon surprised Emily with a notebook for them to write their conversations in.
4. Brandon wanted to invite Emily to the prom.
5. Emily didn’t want to speak because people laugh at her when she does.
6. She reacted by hitting him.
7. Yes, she is going to go to the prom with him.
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):
- Have you ever liked somebody or been in love? Who was he/she?
- Has anyone ever had a crush on you? Who?
- Do you know anyone who is deaf? Who?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Pass by
Look around
Get home
Deaf
Wait for
Yawn
Drop
Look around
Get home
Deaf
Wait for
Yawn
Drop
Smile
Laugh
Hit on
Miss (someone)
Invite
Sign (v)
Laugh
Hit on
Miss (someone)
Invite
Sign (v)
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!
Stop the video every now and then and have them discuss what’s happening. Have them use the present continuous, simple present or simple past. You can also have them guess what is going to happen. They would use the future in this case. Restart the video and see how they did. Repeat as much as you want.
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):
- Have you ever liked somebody or been in love? Who was he/she?
- Has anyone ever had a crush on you? Who?
- Do you know anyone who is deaf? Who?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Pass by
Look around
Get home
Deaf
Wait for
Yawn
Drop
Smile
Laugh
Hit on
Miss (someone)
Invite
Sign (v)
Look around
Get home
Deaf
Wait for
Yawn
Drop
Smile
Laugh
Hit on
Miss (someone)
Invite
Sign (v)
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!
Stop the video every now and then and have them discuss what’s happening. Have them use the present continuous, simple present or simple past. You can also have them guess what is going to happen. They would use the future in this case. Restart the video and see how they did. Repeat as much as you want.
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.
1. Why didn’t Emily intially say hi to Brandon?
2. How did Emily and Brandon communicate?
3. What did Brandon surprise Emily with on the bench?
4. Where did Brandon want to invite Emily to?
5. Why didn’t Emily want to speak?
6. How did Emily react to the boy hitting on her?
7. Will Emily go to the prom with Brandon?
EXTRA POINTS
8. How did this short film make you feel? Why?
Answer Key
1. She didn’t say hi to him because she couldn’t hear him.
2. They communicated by writing.
3. Brandon surprised Emily with a notebook for them to write their conversations in.
4. Brandon wanted to invite Emily to the prom.
5. Emily didn’t want to speak because people laugh at her when she does.
6. She reacted by hitting him.
7. Yes, she is going to go to the prom with him.
