What causes your leg to fall asleep?

Advanced lesson plan (B2 and above): What causes your leg to fall asleep? - BUY ME A COFFEE if you like my FREE ESL content

If you've ever sat cross-legged for too long, you'll know how quickly your leg can lose sensation. Inevitably, that numbness is followed by an oh-so painful case of pins and needles as your leg "wakes up". 

In this B2+ worksheet, students will 

• Study a video about the science of pins and needles
• Learn six leg-related idioms
• Match six pictures with phrasal verbs based on STEP
• See pun-ny leg-related jokes 
• Read and answer questions about innervated prosthetic legs
• Learn how to use the verb "wish" in unreal and real situations

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Lesson objectives:

1) To match six pictures with STEP-related phrasal verbs (to step down, to step in, step on it, step back, to step out, to step up)

2) To conjugate the verbs correctly using WISH in reference to real and unreal situations

3) To improve students' understanding of nuance and humour by matching three pun-ny jokes about legs with the correct punchlines

4) To practise listening comprehension by studying a video about the science of pins and needles

5) To expand the students' repertoire of idioms, matching six leg-related idioms/phrases with their definitions (to pull someone's leg, to not have a leg to stand on, to be on one's last legs, to be able to talk the hind legs off a donkey, to have hollow legs, break a leg!)

6) To improve reading comprehension by studying a short article about scientists' invention of innervated prosthetic legs