Daily Dose of Internet #1

I love Daily Dose of Internet. I feel like adding some ‘Daily Dose Springboard’ posts. These vids are a nice resource for a bit of speaking practice at the start/end of a lesson but can also be exploited much more. Here are a few ideas for prompts for this vid.

General Question:

Which clip did you find the most interesting / strange / surprising?

Springboard activities:

Activity 1: pause the video at 0:19

Write a four-line dialogue between two people travelling in the car ahead.

Perform the dialogue.

Activity 2: pause at 0:45

Explain how this happened.

The guy wearing green was…

However, he didn’t realise that…

Activity 3: play from 0:46 – 0:56

Transcribe the narration from the video.

Answer:

This person was trying to land a small plane in rough conditions. The rain made it difficult to see anything at the front, and a wind kept pushing the plane around.