The Grinch. Christmas. Emotions. - English ESL video lesson

Task description & scene summary

Task description:

Do you know who Grinch is? Complete the tasks about different feelings and emotions.

Scene summary:

The Grinch and his friend want to steal Christmas. He has a cruel plan. But will he do it? Watch and find out!

Video source: THE GRINCH Trailer 2 (2018)

Video length: 4 minutes 15 seconds

Video genre: Short film (animated or with human actors)

Lesson type: Vocabulary booster

Level:

Student types:

Dialect:

British English (UK English)

Tags:

Grinch
christmas
feelings
emotions
holiday
winter

Vocabulary:

Feelings, emotions

Grammar:

Communicative function: how to describe things or people in English

Copyright license: iSLCollective Copyright License

First published: 2018-11-26, 19:51:10 (GMT+1)

About the author

Fionatv

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

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Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) How do people feel?

nervous
excited
upset
hungry

2) How does the little Grinch feel?

happy
interested
sad
scared

3) How does he feel about coffee?

pleased
interested
nervous
dissatisfied

4) How does he look?

upset
tired
satisfied
generous

5) How does he feel?

Tired
Sick
Cold
Well

6) The Grinch looks

disappointed
sick
satisfied
generous

7) The Grinch is

pleased
dissatisfied
sad
confused

8) How does the Grinch feel?

happy
angry
surprised
scared

9) How does Max look?

disappointed
angry
excited
surprised

10) How will the Grinch feel today?

disappointed
miserable
dissatisfied
confused

11) The Grinch is

mean
miserable
generous
upset

12) The Grinch looks

satisfied
scared
pleased
miserable

Lesson plan

Pre-tasks

1. When can you feel nervous, dissatisfied, disappointed, confused?

2. When can you feel excited, interested, satisfied, pleased?

Follow-up tasks

1. Sort out the emotions in two columns: positive, negative.

Discussion questions

1. How do you feel when you get a good mark / read a detective / watch a horror film / come late?

Vocabulary list

nervous: feeling excited and worried (нервничающий)
excited: very happy and enthusiastic (возбужденный)
interested: wanting to know about or take part in something (заинтересованный)
pleased: happy and satisfied (довольный)
satisfied: pleased with what has happened or with what you have achieved (удовлетворенный)
generous: giving people more of your time or money than is usual or expected (щедрый)
disappointed: unhappy because something that you hoped for or expected did not happen (разочарованный)
miserable: extremely unhappy or uncomfortable (жалкий)
mean: cruel, or unkind (подлый)
confused: unable to understand something or think clearly about it (сбитый с толку)
sick: if you are sick, you do not feel well (нездоровый)

About the author

Fionatv

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Comments

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Marianstraw

2018-11-27 16:06:33

I like it very much

vincentmschultz

2018-11-27 17:36:54

This lesson was really enjoyable for my students today. The questions were well placed and understandable. Some students replayed over just to try and get the perfect score. Thank you!

dolorscastro

2018-12-14 07:52:16

Lovely activity! Thanks