A Social Life – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 26, 2023
Baxter – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 28, 2023
1. What does the cellphone treat the boy like?
2. What does the cellphone give the boy as a treat?
3. What happens to the world around the boy when he gets distracted?
4. What makes the boy finally turn the cellphone off?
5. What is revealed at the end of the movie?
EXTRA POINTS
6. What road sign is on the treehouse?
Answer Key
1. The cellphone treats the boy like a dog.
2. The cellphone gives the boy “likes” as treats.
3. The world turns to color when the boy gets distracted from his cellphone.
4. Other boys playing with water guns make the boy turn off his cellphone and play with them.
5. At the end it is revealed that the cellphones were watching a horror movie.
6. A stop sign is on the treehouse.
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 upload pictures to social media just for likes?
- How many hours a day do you think you are on your cellphone?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
(n) Pet
(v) Treat
(n) Treat
Catch
Get distracted
Water gun
(v) Treat
(n) Treat
Catch
Get distracted
Water gun
Climb
Scream
Reveal
Road
Sign
Scream
Reveal
Road
Sign
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 upload pictures to social media just for likes?
- How many hours a day do you think you are on your cellphone?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
(n) Pet
(v) Treat
(n) Treat
Catch
Get distracted
Water gun
Climb
Scream
Reveal
Road
Sign
(v) Treat
(n) Treat
Catch
Get distracted
Water gun
Climb
Scream
Reveal
Road
Sign
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. What does the cellphone treat the boy like?
2. What does the cellphone give the boy as a treat?
3. What happens to the world around the boy when he gets distracted?
4. What makes the boy finally turn the cellphone off?
5. What is revealed at the end of the movie?
EXTRA POINTS
6. What road sign is on the treehouse?
Answer Key
1. The cellphone treats the boy like a dog.
2. The cellphone gives the boy “likes” as treats.
3. The world turns to color when the boy gets distracted from his cellphone.
4. Other boys playing with water guns make the boy turn off his cellphone and play with them.
5. At the end it is revealed that the cellphones were watching a horror movie.
6. A stop sign is on the treehouse.
