The Present – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 25, 2023
Present Continuous Worksheet – M-A2PC005 / ESL EFL Classroom material
January 25, 2023
1. What job does the father look like he has?
2. Why do the people turn gray in the video?
3. What is the boy’s problem at school?
4. What starts to happen to the boy after some time?
5. What does the father finally realize?
6. Who is another nonconformist in the story besides the boy?
7. What is the moral of the story?
EXTRA POINTS
8. What time does the father leave work and the son get out of school everyday?
Answer Key
1. The father looks like he has a government job.
2. It seems like apathy and monotony turn people gray in the video.
3. The boy’s problem is that he is a nonconformist and everyone else is not.
4. The boy starts to lose his happiness and starts to become gray after some time.
5. His father finally realizes that he does not want his son to live a “gray” life like him and that he wants his son to be happy.
6. The violin player is the other nonconformist in the story.
7. The moral of the story is to not let the rigors of life take away your happiness.
8. They get out at 7pm!
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 try to fit in at school or in society?
- What do you think of people who don’t fit in? How do you see them treated by others?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Alike
Pack
Fall down
Pile
(V) Type
Fit in
Pack
Fall down
Pile
(V) Type
Fit in
Look forward to
Disappoint
Disappointment
Indoctrinate
Mimic
Mime
Disappoint
Disappointment
Indoctrinate
Mimic
Mime
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 try to fit in at school or in society?
- What do you think of people who don’t fit in? How do you see them treated by others?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Alike
Pack
Fall down
Pile
(V) Type
Fit in
Look forward to
Disappoint
Disappointment
Indoctrinate
Mimic
Mime
Pack
Fall down
Pile
(V) Type
Fit in
Look forward to
Disappoint
Disappointment
Indoctrinate
Mimic
Mime
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 job does the father look like he has?
2. Why do the people turn gray in the video?
3. What is the boy’s problem at school?
4. What starts to happen to the boy after some time?
5. What does the father finally realize?
6. Who is another nonconformist in the story besides the boy?
7. What is the moral of the story?
EXTRA POINTS
8. What time does the father leave work and the son get out of school everyday?
Answer Key
1. The father looks like he has a government job.
2. It seems like apathy and monotony turn people gray in the video.
3. The boy’s problem is that he is a nonconformist and everyone else is not.
4. The boy starts to lose his happiness and starts to become gray after some time.
5. His father finally realizes that he does not want his son to live a “gray” life like him and that he wants his son to be happy.
6. The violin player is the other nonconformist in the story.
7. The moral of the story is to not let the rigors of life take away your happiness.
8. They get out at 7pm!
