This is a lesson I used for my second grade classes. It went over really well. I teach at an all boys high school but with some adaptations this will work just as well or better in a girls or co-ed school.

I use this Mr. Bean video to start off class and get students talking, asking them what Mr. Bean did wrong or what they would have done differently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filLi5rg_Bg

Then I go onto the PPT and present the different dating scenarios. I tried to use situations which would cause some disagreement among the students so they could debate and defend their choices. After we go through those I explain some of the key terms for internet dating and students internet dating profiles for the celebrities and share with the rest of the class.

Hope this works as well for you as it did for me.

Here's a worksheet I found somewhere that talks about pick up lines and ways to turn men/women down. It could be useful for this topic.

Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU! This is exactly the type of lesson I was going to do for my second graders so I'm SO grateful that you posted it and I can use it  :)

older version ppt

Today I did a lesson on Suggestions: Making, Accepting and Rejecting. I made somewhat of a non-traditional suggestion box. Students wrote down real-life problems on a piece of paper and placed them inside of the box. Most of the "real-life" problems pertained to not having a girlfriend. I think this lesson will really be a great one for next weekend. They will love it! They seemed to really need help in that area.

I haven't taught this lesson yet, but definitely plan to.

I was wondering if any of your schools have a rule that states "no relationships [bf/gf] in school".

My school has such rule, so I'm a bit hesitant to teach certain parts of the lesson, such as online profiles or "what makes a good bf/gf" (I wanted to ask girls what their ideal partner would be like, vice versa with the guys).

I definitely plan on teaching the "Should you _____ on the first date" part though. That sounds exciting ^^

Anyone have any input regarding the appropriateness of the other parts I wanted to do for this lesson?

i think i asked you for this lp at training because it looked awesome.  CAN'T WAITTTT

....or better yet, let them CHOOSE a celebrity (or another student) to fill out a dating profile for.  I'm sure they'll have lots of fun with it!

Thanks so much for sharing.  The video is hilarious and the powerpoint is great... love the pictures.  I don't know if my students will have the English level for this lesson, since they're only in middle school, but I might try it with A-ban.

Yes!! Mr. Bean is soo wonderful!  I even use his clips with my elementary students. They just love him and think he is so fuuny. I highly recommend Mr. Bean to all students of all ages because he really does motivate the students to start speaking in English.

I would recommend Mr. Bean in the library. There are easy vocba words that students can use such as: books, library, man...etc..plus they think it's so funny.