Coca-Cola Open Happiness Advert

THESE IS MAINLY WHAT IS HAPPENIG IN THE VIDEO AND THE MAIN ANIMALS INVOLVED

YOU SHOULD NOW CREATE AN ACTIVITY UPON THIS INFORMATION

OR TAKE A LOOK AT PAGES 3-4 FOR AN ACTIVITY ALREADY CREATED

Animals:

Ladybird

Grasshopper

Bee

Butterfly

Dragonfly

Silkworm

Rhinoceros Beetle (maybe just “beetle”)

Actions:

  • The man is sleeping while having a the picnic
  • The ladybird flies onto the bottle top.
  • The ladybird signals to the other insects.
  • The grasshoppers jump to the bottle.
  • The bees fly (buzz) to the bottle.
  • The bees push over the bottle.
  • The grasshoppers push and roll the bottle.
  • The butterfly lands on the man’s nose, tickling him.
  • The man moves his hand to scratch his nose, allowing the bottle to pass underneath.
  • The grasshoppers jump onto the bottle to keep it rolling.
  • The dragonflies move a lily pad (the big green leaf) into position to catch the bottle when it rolls into the stream.
  • The ladybird and dragonflies steer the bottle down the stream, and over the waterfall.
  • The bottle lands in a branch, and the silkworm swings on a thread, knocking the bottle out of the branch into a patch of dandelions (the plants/weeds with the soft white heads).
  • The rhinoceros beetle uses its horn to open the bottle.
  • The butterflies form the shape of a bottle to fool the man.
  • The cola pours out of the bottle into buttercups (the little yellow flowers).
  • The dragonflies, bees and ladybird pick the buttercups and drink the cola.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITY

LOW LEVEL STUDENTS

BEFORE WATCHING

Ask them to watch and pay attention at how many different animals they see in the video.

AFTER WATCHING 1ST TIME

Ask them the number of animals and if they know the names of the animals. Ask them to write them down.

PLAY THE VIDEO AGAIN

Tell them the names of the rest of the animals, pausing each time one is on the screen.

You may at this point dictate the names by spelling them and students add them to the list.

Later you can either write the names on the board or show them on the screen.

MORE ADVANCED STUDENTS

BEFORE WATCHING

Ask them to watch and pay attention at how many different animals they see in the video.

Ask them the number of animals and if they know the names of the animals. Ask them to write them down.

Or divide the class in two groups , one group focuses on the animals, another group focuses on the actions.

AFTER WATCHING

Retell what is happening in the video.

Why do the animals do what they do ?