I Love Lucy: Chocolate Factory – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity

I Love Lucy: Chocolate Factory – Comprehension & Understanding of Humor Activity

Bring a classic television comedy into your classroom with this engaging I Love Lucy: Chocolate Factory comprehension and humor activity! Students will learn about the beloved classic sitcom I Love Lucy and then watch the famous “Lucy and Ethel at the Chocolate Factory” clip from “Job Switching” (Season 2, Episode 1).

This resource gives students an opportunity to practice reading comprehension, observation, and understanding humor while exploring why this iconic scene continues to make audiences laugh.

What's Included:

• A short informational reading about I Love Lucy
• Comprehension questions about the show, characters, setting, and popularity
• A Before You Watch introduction to the Chocolate Factory scene
• Questions to answer while watching the clip
• Humor-focused questions that ask students to identify examples of comedy
• Higher-level questions about exaggeration, escalation, facial expressions, movements, and reactions
• A final response asking students to explain why the scene is funny using evidence from the clip

Perfect For:

• Reading comprehension
• Understanding humor
• Media literacy
• Identifying comedic techniques
• Character analysis
• Whole-class discussion
• Independent work
• Bell ringers or enrichment activities
• Middle school and high school English Language Arts

Students will have fun watching Lucy and Ethel attempt to keep up with the increasingly fast-moving chocolates while thinking critically about how humor is crreated through physical comedy, exaggeration, escalating problems, and character reactions.

This is a fun way to connect a classic television moment with meaningful ELA skills—and give students a chance to experience a piece of television history along the way!

Please Note: The video clip is linked. Students will need access to the “Lucy and Ethel at the Chocolate Factory” clip from I Love Lucy: Job Switching to complete the viewing questions.

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