Purl – C1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 22, 2023
Present Continuous Worksheet – M-A1PC003 / ESL EFL Classroom material
January 24, 2023
1. What do you think the guy does for a living?
2. Why did he throw the coffee cup away?
3. What came out of the cup that was sticking to his hand?
4. What does the monster represent?
5. How did he stop the monster from coming in the window?
6. Was the guy able to beat his addiction in the end? What was his prize?
EXTRA POINTS
7. Do you have an addiction to something? What is it?
Answer Key
1. It seems that the guy is some kind of software engineer or blogger.
2. He threw the cup away because he wasn’t able to sleep last night and he knows it was because of the coffee.
3. A monster came out of the cup that was sticking to his hand.
4. The monster represents his coffee addiction.
5. He stopped the monster from coming in the window by barricading it.
6. Yes, he was able to beat his addiction in the end and his prize was a good night’s sleep.
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 do for a living?
- Do you enjoy drinking coffee? Why?
- Do you believe coffee addiction is a serious problem or not at all? Why?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Sip
Incoming
Deadline
Step on
Incoming
Deadline
Step on
Electrocute
(v) Ram (something)
Barricade
(v) Ram (something)
Barricade
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 do for a living?
- Do you enjoy drinking coffee? Why?
- Do you believe coffee addiction is a serious problem or not at all? Why?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Sip
Incoming
Deadline
Step on
Electrocute
(v) Ram (something)
Barricade
Incoming
Deadline
Step on
Electrocute
(v) Ram (something)
Barricade
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. What do you think the guy does for a living?
2. Why did he throw the coffee cup away?
3. What came out of the cup that was sticking to his hand?
4. What does the monster represent?
5. How did he stop the monster from coming in the window?
6. Was the guy able to beat his addiction in the end? What was his prize?
EXTRA POINTS
7. Do you have an addiction to something? What is it?
Answer Key
1. It seems that the guy is some kind of software engineer or blogger.
2. He threw the cup away because he wasn’t able to sleep last night and he knows it was because of the coffee.
3. A monster came out of the cup that was sticking to his hand.
4. The monster represents his coffee addiction.
5. He stopped the monster from coming in the window by barricading it.
6. Yes, he was able to beat his addiction in the end and his prize was a good night’s sleep.
