Archive for April, 2010

Lesson plan 62: The train tunnel joke (part 1)

Posted by admin on April 26th, 2010

Thanks very much to Colleen Murray - an English teacher based in Switzerland - for sending me this clip and suggesting that I use it for a lesson plan.

  • Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) +
  • Learner type: Young learners; Teens; Adults
  • Time: 30 minutes
  • Main activity: Writing
  • Topic: Jokes
  • Language: Verbs of thought (e.g. wonder, wish, hope)
  • Materials: Video clip; Worksheet

link-icon_pdf_05.png the-train-tunnel-joke.pdf

Part 2 of the lesson plan will look at different versions of the joke and examine it from a cultural and linguistic point of view. It will be uploaded next week.