Adjectives and numbers – a video lesson plan for A2 students

Today I feel quite excited as I am finally able to share with you my first video lesson plan. The other day, while browsing on youtube, I came across an interesting film footage which, as it turned out later, I found good enough to use in order to teach numbers and adjectives.
I put this video on islcollective.com which is a perfect place to make online video quizes.

Below you can find all materials you need:

Adjectives and numbers – worksheet (printable)

They have never seen anything like this – video

‘They have never seen anything like this’ – a lesson with a video

1  Pre-task – watching for the main idea.

Instruction: Look at the title of the video and answer the question below. Then watch the video and check if your prediction is correct.

What place in Poland do you think the people are visiting?
a) The Wawel Castle in Krakow.
b) The Wieliczka Salt Mine.
c) Wroclaw city centre.

2  Watching for details.

Instruction: Watch the video carefully and complete the quiz.

1. How many floors are they going down?
   a) 45
   b) 54
   c) 43
2. The wood supports the ceiling so …
   a) it doesn’t collapse.
   b) it’s strong enough.
   c) it’s safe.
3. He wants to make sure it’s salt so he’s going to …
   a) scratch the wall.
   b) lick the wall.
   c) draw a picture on the wall.
4. The floor is made of rock salt and it is ………………………. marble.
   a) as hard as
   b) hard as
   c) harder than
5. How much salt could this primitive elevator lift?
   a) Up to 400 kilos.
   b) Less than 300 kilos.
   c) Up to 300 kilos.
6. Put the words in order.

wood   This   has   salt   all   it.   over   crystallized

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

7. Fill the gap.

She says that it’s ……………………………… than the ocean.

8. Fill the gap.

Salt is ……………………………… at preserving food.

9. Put the words in order.

healing   The   air   makes   the   salty   healthier.   boy …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

10. How much time did it take them to extract all the salt from there?
    a) A century.
    b) A hundred years.
    c) Answers a and b are correct.

3 Follow-up task

Instruction 1: Match the adjectives with their definitions.

1. deep – ………..                   A very surprising, really good
2. thick – ………..                    B going or being a long way down from the top
3. salty – ………..                    C therapeutic, making you feel healthy again
4. amazing – ………..             D having a large distance between two sides; the opposite of ‘thin’
5. hard – ………..                    E tasting or smelling like salt
6. healing – ………..               F not easy to cut, bend, or break

Instruction 2: Put the adjectives in their comparative and superlative forms.

Instruction 3: Make up sentences with all the adjectives in Ex. 1. Use the adjectives in their comparative or superlative forms.

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2. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .
3. …….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .
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5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .
6. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .