Dad Jokes: The Art of Bad Jokes
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Dad Jokes: The Art of Bad Jokes

This ESL lesson plan is designed for group learning and helps teens and adults at the B2-C1 level improve their listening, reading and speaking skills through the fun topic of dad jokes. The 60-minute session includes reading tasks, joke analysis, and video activities. The lesson follows a clear structure with warm-up video discussion, comprehension tasks, and interactive exercises to build confidence and fluency. Perfect for learners who enjoy humor and want to boost their English in a relaxed, engaging setting.

Skills

  • Can understand standard spoken language, live or broadcast on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Can understand humour, irony and implicit cultural references and pick up nuances of meaning.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Watch the video below, which is part of a YouTube challenge. Describe what's going on and try to figure out what the rules might be.

2

Read the definition of the term "dad joke." Based on the definition, do you think the jokes in the video fit this category? Why or why not?

3

In small groups, discuss these questions.

4

Read the article below and answer the questions.

5

Read these opinions. In pairs, discuss which one you agree with the most and why.

6

Take a look at these jokes from the video in Task 1. Do you think they're funny? What is the wordplay?

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