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Tribute To Chandler: The Cheesecake Bandit (B2 - C1)

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Try to name each dessert below. Then, choose three. Don't tell your classmate/teacher which!
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Take turns describing them. Try to guess each other's desserts.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

PART 2 Discuss these questions about desserts.

1 What are some typical desserts in your culture? What are they made of?

2 Do you have a sweet tooth? Or do you generally crave salty foods more?

3 Do you ever share, split, or switch desserts with others, or do you usually
eat them all by yourself?

PART 3 Match the adjectives related to food with their definitions.

1 entire a. feeling dizzy and slightly faint

2 bad b. looking so delicious that one’s mouth fills with saliva
3 tempted c. whole or complete
4 light-headed d. being decayed and, therefore harmful to eat
5 mouth-watering e. wanting to eat something

Sho uld I
Imagine you receive a box with a cake addressed Sh o u ld I try it?
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to a neighbor. You're tempted to try it, but it's not re tu r n it ?
yours. What would you do with it? Discuss.
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THE CHEESECAKE BANDIT Tribute To Chandler: The Cheesecake Bandit (B2 - C1)
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PREVIEW DISCUSSION

Have you ever received a package or delivery

that was meant for someone else? If so, what did
you do with it? If not, what would you do with it?

VIEWING ACTIVITY

PART 1 Discuss/Write short answers below according to the information in the video. (start - 1:06)

0:00 1 What is Chandler eating when Rachel arrives?

0:13 2 Where did Chandler get this food from? Who does it belong to?

0:58 3 How does Chandler feel about this situation? Why?

PART 2 Complete these sentences with words from the video. (1:07 - 2:04)

1:08 1 Chandler says the cheesecake was to the wrong address again.
1:28 2 The cheesecake had a , crumbly graham cracker crust with a very
yet light cream cheese filling.
1:47 3 Chandler says they are just because they have not had lunch yet.
1:57 4 They decide to drop off the cake downstairs so that they’re not to eat it.

What do you think happens next? Make some of your own predictions. Then, choose the
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ending you think will happen.

A Mrs. Bravesman knocks on Chandler’s door and asks him to pay for the cheesecake.
B Rachel and Chandler find another cheesecake and eat it together.
C Monica, Chandler’s wife, finds out what happened and calls Mama's Little Bakery.

PART 4 Finish watching the video and check your prediction from Part 3. (2:05-end)
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PART 1 Discuss the questions below.

1 If you were Chandler and Rachel, would you eat the cake or give it back?

2 Would you feel more guilty if the cheesecake was made by a small business
rather than a conglomerate? Why / why not?

3 Are there any foods you love so much that you would steal it from a neighbor?

Read the quotes from the video. Then match the adjectives and nouns in bold used to describe
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desserts with their definitions below.

“ It was cheesecake. It was fine. It had a buttery, crumbly graham cracker crust with a
very rich yet light cream cheese filling. Wow, my whole mouth just filled with saliva."

“ I think Monica would be very interested to know that you called her cheesecake dry
and mealy."

1 the layer of food inside a cake or dessert

2 not smooth; having a powder-like or dry texture
3 a hard outer layer on a loaf of bread, dough, pastry, or dessert
4 full of flavor
5 not high in amount or quantity of an ingredient
6 breaking easily into small pieces
7 smooth and creamy taste or texture

Below are some adjectives to describe food textures. Translate each one to your native
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language. Then, try to give any examples of foods or desserts with these textures.

TEXTURES: TRANSLATION: EXAMPLE(S):

1 fluffy:
2 sticky:
3 spongy:
4 crispy:
5 moist:
6 flaky:
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PRESENTATION & ROLEPLAY Tribute To Chandler: The Cheesecake Bandit (B2 - C1)
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Choose the activity option (A or B) you wish to do below.

OPTION A: A HOUSEWARMING PARTY

Imagine your friend gets a new house. You attend their housewarming party. You bring your favorite
dessert. Use the prompts below to describe it. Then switch roles and repeat.

1 Tell your friend the name of your dessert
2 Explain why it is your favorite dessert (family recipe, good memories, etc.)
3 Describe the ingredients you used to make it
4 Use some vocabulary from Viewing Follow-up, Parts 2 & 3 to describe it
5 Ask your friend what they think about your dessert after trying it

OPTION B: A DESSERT CONTEST

Take one of the roles below and do the role play. Then switch roles and repeat.

STUDENT A: CONTEST PARTICIPANT STUDENT B: CONTEST JUDGE

You invented a new dessert for a contest. You're a judge for a dessert contest.
Tell the judge the name of your dessert and A participant will describe their dessert.
the ingredients it contains. Use vocabulary Try the dessert and ask some questions
from Viewing Follow-up, Parts 2 & 3 to to find out more about it. Give the
describe it. Be convincing! participant a score from 1 (bad) - 10 (great).

BONUS DISCUSSION:
DISCUSSION

Discuss the questions about desserts.

1 Which desserts did you use to eat when you were a kid?
2 Which desserts do you think are the healthiest ones? Do you like them? Why / why not?
3 Which desserts are the unhealthiest ones? How often do you eat them?
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Below are some idioms that use "cake" and some other foods and desserts. Match each idiom
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to its definition on the right.

1 to be a piece of cake a. to become crazy or lose your mind

2 to be the icing on the cake b. to be the best or finest in a group or category
3 to have your cake and eat it too c. to be very easy or simple to accomplish
4 to be a tough cookie d. to try doing more than you can handle
5 to score brownie points e. to please someone in order to earn approval
6 to be the cream of the crop f. to enhance something that's already good
7 to go nuts g. to respond to challenges in a strong way
8 to bite off more than you can chew h. to desire contradictory things; to keep
something while also consuming or using it

PART 2 Complete the dialogue below using the idioms from Part 1. Two idioms above are not used.

TAYLOR: (handing a coffee) Here you go, Alex, I got you a coffee. What's going on?

ALEX: Thanks, Taylor. I'm just relaxing after my job interview yesterday. I got the job!

TAYLOR: (smiling) That's awesome! So tell me how it went.

ALEX: Well, I was nervous, but the HR director who conducted the interview was very kind. And in the
end, the interview was a . I got the job easily!

TAYLOR: I knew it! That's awesome! I mean, you are the in your industry.
Did you say anything that helped you gain the HR director's approval?

ALEX: Well, I did tell her that I was a Chicago Cubs fan, and she is too. So yeah, that helped me
! I'm just worried I'll be taking on more than I can handle in the position.

TAYLOR: (serious) Yes, Alex, be careful not to ! You don't want to

from working too much. Anyway, tell me about the job perks.

ALEX: (excited) Ok, so I get 25 paid vacation days, 2 home office days per week, health insurance,
and a free company car! The free company car was really the !

TAYLOR: (excited) This is all awesome news, Alex, I'm so happy to hear this. Let's celebrate!

Take a role in the dialogue above and perform it twice with a classmate or teacher. On the
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second attempt, try to perform it without looking at the dialogue.
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PART 1 Describe the events of the video with Chandler and Rachel.

PART 2 Try to make some sentences about the video using the words below.

1 light-headed
2 mouth-watering
3 tempted

PART 3 Complete Chandler's quote from the video below using the correct words.

"It was cheesecake. It was fine. It had a buttery, graham cracker

with a very yet light cream cheese . Wow,
my whole mouth just filled with saliva.”

PART 4 Write the food-related vocabulary word for each definition below.

1 the layer of food inside a cake or dessert

2 not smooth; having a powder-like or dry texture
3 a hard outer layer on a loaf of bread, dough, pastry, or dessert
4 full of flavor
5 not high in amount or quantity of an ingredient
6 breaking easily into small pieces
7 smooth and creamy taste or texture

PART 5 What other food textures did you learn and what desserts could be described by them?

LESSON REFLECTION:
REFLECTION

Discuss the questions below about the lesson.

1 Did you learn or use any new vocabulary, idioms, or phrases in this lesson? If so, what?
2 Did you learn anything new in this lesson about desserts?
3 What did you enjoy about the lesson?
4 Is there anything you found difficult about the lesson?