Like and Follow – B2 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 27, 2023
Better You, Better for Them
January 28, 2023
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Why does Baxter want to get into the store?
3. What psychological disorder might Baxter have?
4. What does Baxter want to fix on the birthday cake?
5. What wound up happening in the end?
EXTRA POINTS
6. How many candles are on the birthday cake?
Answer Key
1. The story takes place in a candy store.
2. He wants to put the gumballs in the correct basket.
3. He has obsessive compulsive disorder.
4. He wants to fix the broken wick.
5. He wound up totaling the whole store.
6. There are 4 candles on the birthday cake
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):
- Do you like candy? Which candy in particular?
- Do you know someone with a psychological problem? What problem does he/she have?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Break in
Raccoon
Organize
Align
Crooked
Lollipop
Raccoon
Organize
Align
Crooked
Lollipop
Climb
Fall down
(n) Mess
Punch
Wind up (result)
Fall down
(n) Mess
Punch
Wind up (result)
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):
- Do you like candy? Which candy in particular?
- Do you know someone with a psychological problem? What problem does he/she have?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Break in
Raccoon
Organize
Align
Crooked
Lollipop
Raccoon
Organize
Align
Crooked
Lollipop
Climb
Fall down
(n) Mess
Punch
Wind up (result)
Fall down
(n) Mess
Punch
Wind up (result)
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.
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Why does Baxter want to get into the store?
3. What psychological disorder might Baxter have?
4. What does Baxter want to fix on the birthday cake?
5. What wound up happening in the end?
EXTRA POINTS
6. How many candles are on the birthday cake?
Answer Key
1. The story takes place in a candy store.
2. He wants to put the gumballs in the correct basket.
3. He has obsessive compulsive disorder.
4. He wants to fix the broken wick.
5. He wound up totaling the whole store.
6. There are 4 candles on the birthday cake
