LESSON DESCRIPTION

In this ESL lesson plan for adults and teens, students watch a video and do a listening exercise about Phoebe, from the TV series ‘Friends’ getting her first bike as a gift from Ross. It includes discussion questions and conversation activities about giving gifts and bicycle riding. Students also learn some important vocabulary terms from the video. The post-viewing section includes activities on a video quote, bicycle parts, vocabulary context usage, and verb forms for the verbs “ride” and “get”. The grammar activity features the usage of the past modal “might have” + [past participle]. There are additional speaking tasks included, as well as a quiz and review section.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Ross gets Phoebe her first bicycle ever as a gift. Phoebe forgets to tell her friends that she doesn’t know how to ride a bike!

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• SPEAKING: Gifts, Bicycles
• VIEWING: Short Answers, Events in Order
• VOCABULARY: Multiple Choice, Word Choice, Bicycle Parts, Context Usage
• GRAMMAR: Past Modal “might have” + [past participle]
• ADDITIONAL: Quiz & Review

LESSON TOPICS

Friends TV Series Clip, Gifts, Bicycle Riding