silver2_instructions | countrycousins

Ask students to use pages 33-35 in the workbook to make notes

Click on the jokes link (choose appropriate level) and go through some jokes with the whole group. Explain vocabulary, practise pronunciation. Try to make students understand the joke.
Ask students to find a joke on the Internet (Kindles, phones) that they understand and ask them to learn it by heart. They may use the pronunciation and dictionary apps to check words they are not sure of.
Students practise telling the joke in pairs. Monitor and correct pronunciation and intonation. Encourage students to use gestures, body language. They may record themselves for self-correction
Students tell the joke to the whole group. Explain new words.

For higher levels: click on the "how to write a joke" link. Go through the text with the students. Ask students to make notes of the most important pieces of advice. In groups of three or four students write their own jokes. They may use ideas from their native language jokes. Students tell the jokes in front of the whole group. The audience decide if they are funny.
For lower levels: Divide the students into three groups. Give students blank sheets of paper and ask them to find (on the internet) simple "question and answer" jokes. They write the question on one piece of paper and the answer on another piece of paper. They pass those to another group. The other groups tries to match the question with the answer. Tell students to try and memorise the answers. Take away the answers. Each student picks up one piece of paper, reads the question, the other students give the answer. Ask individual students to try and tell a joke they remember.

Discussion about the sense of humour in the UK and students' home countries. Students may show video clips from their own countries and explain why they are funny.
You may show your favourite comedy clips.
Explore the comic relief website with students and explain what it is all about.
Students may plan their own comic relief event.