Today, we are diving into some unbelievable, but true life stories
lesson plan, b1
No way!
Let's play!
Write three sentences about yourself: two true, one false. Listen to your partner and try to guess which one is false
True or false?
Do you believe in coincidences?
Have you ever heard or experienced something that sounds too crazy to be true?
Read the titles and answer the questions
What do you think these stories are about?
Do you think they are true or made up?
1.“The Kidnapping that Felt Like a Vacation”
2.“My Dad Was on TV… Years After He Died?”
3.“Brendan Fraser Bought Me Beer”
4.“Left Alone on a Lake”
5.“From Meth to Middle East Mansion”
Do you think they are true or made up?
1.“The Kidnapping that Felt Like a Vacation”
2.“My Dad Was on TV… Years After He Died?”
3.“Brendan Fraser Bought Me Beer”
4.“Left Alone on a Lake”
5.“From Meth to Middle East Mansion”
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
listen to the stories from reddit.com
Match them with their titles
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
Story #1
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
I grew up in the mormon church and one day all the youth went out on this lake trip. There wasn't a bunch of us so we were all pretty close, and my crush invited me to go on a two person kayak. So we're out on the lake just chilling when I realized nobody else was nearby. There wasn't even anybody in the lake. We paddled back to shore and there was nobody there. Everyone else- including his own mother and sister- had left without us. Not only that, but they took our bags with them, which had our phones in them. So my crush and I had to sit on the road for probably an hour until his mom came back to get us.
Story #2
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
No one believes that I had 5 pints of Guinness with Brendan Fraser the actor from the mummy in Belfast. I didn't recognise him first with the baseball cap but he actually struck the conversation first with me. I was only there for one beer at the pub while waiting on my bus home I had a lot of time to kill. Anyways I had a few pints with him and we had a great conversation with some people asking for his pic. He's a very down to earth guy :)
Story #3
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
I got kidnapped by my neighbors when I was little. I had never had more fun. I played with their kids and they let me eat whatever I wanted. It was amazing. My dad had tried finding me, but I didn't know I had been kidnapped. I thought it was a sleepover and we were just playing hide and seek. After a week, my brother found me and took me home. That's how I found out I had been kidnapped. From what I understand, they decided I wasn't eating enough and wanted to feed me.
Story #4
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
I was a homeless meth addict and a friend of mine told a friend of his, who happens to be an Arab billionaire who hired me and my brother and my Dad to move to the Middle East and live in a penthouse and work for him. Everything was good until he decided not to pay salaries, claiming "we don't pay rent and we get a daily staff meal so why do we need money?" Stayed with him for 17 months until my little brother died and then I quit. He owes me a lot of money but refuses to acknowledge it. My Dad still works for him for fear of losing his place to stay, and now we're stuck in the Middle East.
Story #5
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
My dad died when I was very young, I don't really remember him. All I knew was a few photos and what my family told me. A few years ago I get a call from my Nephew 'Hey, I think I just saw Grandad on TV' (my Nephew only knew him from photos). I look at the program (a documentary) and, sure enough, there he was in a pub talking with a bunch of other guys.
- “Left Alone on a Lake”
- “Brendan Fraser Bought Me a Beer”
- “The Kidnapping that Felt Like a Vacation”
- “From Meth to Middle East Mansion”
- “My Dad Was on TV… Years After He Died?”
let's discuss!
Look through the stories and try to find some phrasal verbs
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
1.I grew up in the mormon church and one day all the youth went out on this lake trip. There wasn't a bunch of us so we were all pretty close, and my crush invited me to go on a two person kayak. So we're out on the lake just chilling when I realized nobody else was nearby. There wasn't even anybody in the lake. We paddled back to shore and there was nobody there. Everyone else- including his own mother and sister- had left without us. Not only that, but they took our bags with them, which had our phones in them. So my crush and I had to sit on the road for probably an hour until his mom came back to get us.
2.I got kidnapped by my neighbors when I was little. I had never had more fun. I played with their kids and they let me eat whatever I wanted. It was amazing. My dad had tried finding me, but I didn't know I had been kidnapped. I thought it was a sleepover and we were just playing hide and seek. After a week, my brother found me and took me home. That's how I found out I had been kidnapped. From what I understand, they decided I wasn't eating enough and wanted to feed me.
3.I was a homeless meth addict and a friend of mine told a friend of his, who happens to be an Arab billionaire who hired me and my brother and my Dad to move to the Middle East and live in a penthouse and work for him. Everything was good until he decided not to pay salaries, claiming "we don't pay rent and we get a daily staff meal so why do we need money?" Stayed with him for 17 months until my little brother died and then I quit. He owes me a lot of money but refuses to acknowledge it. My Dad still works for him for fear of losing his place to stay, and now we're stuck in the Middle East.
2.I got kidnapped by my neighbors when I was little. I had never had more fun. I played with their kids and they let me eat whatever I wanted. It was amazing. My dad had tried finding me, but I didn't know I had been kidnapped. I thought it was a sleepover and we were just playing hide and seek. After a week, my brother found me and took me home. That's how I found out I had been kidnapped. From what I understand, they decided I wasn't eating enough and wanted to feed me.
3.I was a homeless meth addict and a friend of mine told a friend of his, who happens to be an Arab billionaire who hired me and my brother and my Dad to move to the Middle East and live in a penthouse and work for him. Everything was good until he decided not to pay salaries, claiming "we don't pay rent and we get a daily staff meal so why do we need money?" Stayed with him for 17 months until my little brother died and then I quit. He owes me a lot of money but refuses to acknowledge it. My Dad still works for him for fear of losing his place to stay, and now we're stuck in the Middle East.
[1]
grow up – to become an adult
go on – to take part in an activity or trip
paddle back – to return by paddling (a boat)
leave without (someone) – to go away, not taking someone
come back – to return
[2]
get kidnapped – to be abducted
find out – to discover
feed (someone) up – to make someone eat more, usually to gain weight
[3]
move to – to relocate to a new place
stay with (someone) – to live with someone temporarily
work for (someone) – to be employed by someone
stuck in – unable to leave
grow up – to become an adult
go on – to take part in an activity or trip
paddle back – to return by paddling (a boat)
leave without (someone) – to go away, not taking someone
come back – to return
[2]
get kidnapped – to be abducted
find out – to discover
feed (someone) up – to make someone eat more, usually to gain weight
[3]
move to – to relocate to a new place
stay with (someone) – to live with someone temporarily
work for (someone) – to be employed by someone
stuck in – unable to leave
Match phrasal verbs to THEIR meanings
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
Read THE sentenceS
Rewrite each of them with a suitable phrasal verb from the list below
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
grow up | find out | run away | show up | look after | hang out | break down | give up | take off | turn out
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the phrasal verbs below
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…
grow up | find out | run away | show up | look after | hang out | break down | give up | take off | turn out
- I used to __________ in a small town near the mountains.
- We planned a big party, but half the people didn’t __________.
- I couldn’t __________ how she knew my secret. She never even asked!
- After the car accident, his old car completely __________ on the side of the road.
- I promised to __________ my neighbor’s cat while she’s on holiday.
- He decided to __________ from home after an argument with his parents.
- The plane will __________ in about 15 minutes, so we need to board now.
- I was about to __________ on the project, but then I got some help and finished it!
- We used to __________ at the skate park every weekend when we were teenagers.
- I didn’t expect much from the concert, but it __________ to be amazing!
- I used to grow up in a small town near the mountains.
- We planned a big party, but half the people didn’t show up.
- I couldn’t find out how she knew my secret. She never even asked!
- After the car accident, his old car completely broke down on the side of the road.
- I promised to look after my neighbor’s cat while she’s on holiday.
- He decided to run away from home after an argument with his parents.
- The plane will take off in about 15 minutes, so we need to board now.
- I was about to give up on the project, but then I got some help and finished it!
- We used to hang out at the skate park every weekend when we were teenagers.
- I didn’t expect much from the concert, but it turned out to be amazing!
let's practice!
Create five questions using five phrasal verbs from the lesson, and then ask your partner or teacher
exercise 1
exercise 2
Write 7-10 sentences telling a short unbelievable or funny story using at least 4 phrasal verbs from the lesson
Say, "I guess we’ll starve tonight" (sarcastically)
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
Tell them, "This is the third time this week — what happened?"
Talk about solutions like a shared shopping list
5. Your partner was supposed to buy groceries but came home empty-handed. Do you…