LESSON DESCRIPTION

In this ESL lesson plan for adults and teens, students watch a video and do a listening exercise about two mushroom hunting fanatics. It includes discussion questions and conversation activities about mushrooms and mushroom hunting. Students also learn some important vocabulary terms and phrases from the video. There is also an activity using prefixes. The grammar exercise features the difference between ‘there are…’ vs ‘there is…’ and ‘it is…’. It includes a quiz and review with a bonus activity.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Two big-time mushroom fanatics show you what it’s like to be a real mushroom hunter! This guy actually has dreams about wild mushrooms and describes the experience of mushroom picking as an unbelievable rush. Perhaps your students are from a mushroom picking culture?

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• SPEAKING: Mushroom Picking, Mushrooms
• VIEWING: Multiple Choice, Short Answers
• VOCABULARY: Nouns, Multiple Choice, Prefixes, Context Usage
• GRAMMAR: There are / There is / It is
• ADDITIONAL: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

LESSON TOPICS

Mushroom Picking, Outdoors