Mr. Bean Packing for holiday

Tell students that they are going on holiday to the UK. They can only bring a very small suitcase. Ask students to write a list in pairs of essential items they would pack. Get feedback from students on their lists. Write items on the board.
Alternatively, you could do a version of ‘I went to the shops’ i.e. start by saying ‘I went on holiday and packed an adapter’. Then a student continues and repeats what the teacher says and adds another word beginning with ‘b’ e.g. I went on holiday and I packed an adapter and a blanket. Students continue repeating what was said before and adding an item to pack beginning with the next letter in the alphabet. Do as a whole class or split into 2 or 3 groups for larger classes. Write items on the board.
Tell students that you are going to play a YouTube clip of Mr Bean packing his suitcase for a holiday. If the students know who Mr Bean is elicit what items Mr Bean would pack. Students can make some predictions at this point if you’d like e.g. ‘I think Mr Bean will pack a camera’.
Play the YouTube clip.
Pause the clip at 03:14.
Ask students in pairs to compare the items on their lists or the list on the board to Mr Bean’s.
Give the students a post-it note per pair. Now ask the students to predict what happens next in the scene. Students discuss in pairs and write their predictions on a post-it note. Ask for whole class feedback and stick predictions on the board or on the walls around the class.
Play the rest of the scene. Ask students to read to check student post-it note predictions and see if anyone predicted correctly.
Do a whole class feedback and ask the students if there were any post-it predictions that would have been funnier to see.

Extension
Students can act out an alternative ending based on their post-it note predictions.
Ask students to imagine where Mr Bean travelled to and what he did there. Students can write a story or a postcard about his trip.
At the start of the scene Mr Bean packs tins of baked beans. After watching, I usually ask students if they know what it is and why Mr Bean packed them. This is a nice cultural reference about food in the UK. For further information on baked beans and a possible homework exercise see the Baked Beans video on LearnEnglish.