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Category: Poetry

‘Love’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Love is Like Life and the theme of love. Students learn vocabulary related to love, talk about love, create similes about love, predict the content of a short film, write a narrative, watch a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the […]

‘Overcoming Adversity’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and poem titled Today I Rise and the theme of adversity. Students learn vocabulary related to adversity, talk about adversity, watch a short film with no sound and try to work out its meaning, read a poem and discuss its meaning, analyse a short film, […]

‘Look Up’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and poem by Gary Turk and the theme of isolation caused by the use of new technology. Students discuss digital technology, predict the content of a short poem and short film, watch a short film with no sound and speculate about the story it tells, […]

‘Blue Bird’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film inspired by a poem and the theme of poetry. Students learn vocabulary related to poetry, talk about poetry, watch a short film, discuss a short film, write a verse of poetry, listen to a poem, read a poem, discuss a poem, and reflect on the […]