
A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Man on the Moon
This A2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of Christmas. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.
Check out the lesson planThis ESL video lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the theme of Christmas. Students watch a Christmas advert, predict the end of a story, answer comprehension questions, analyse a Christmas advert, discuss Christmas, talk about ways of showing people they are loved and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)
Learner type: Children, teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Watching a Christmas advert, predicting the end of a story, answering comprehension questions, analysing a Christmas advert, discussing Christmas, talking about ways of showing people they are loved and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Christmas and showing people they are loved
Language: Vocabulary related to Christmas, and ‘will’ and ‘going to’ for predictions
Benefits for Teachers:
- Save hours of preparation with a fully developed, flexible lesson plan
- Engage students through compelling stories and real-world themes such as emotional intelligence, character, values, empathy, personal development, identity, relationships, global issues and social issues
- Build classroom routines that integrate multimodal literacy naturally and progressively
- Foster more inclusive and differentiated learning by using varied modes of input
- Rely on a trusted methodology backed by educational research and grounded in the theories of Vygotsky, Kress, Mayer and Krashen
Benefits for Learners:
- Develop communicative competence and confidence through integrated skill-building
- Expand vocabulary and improve listening and reading comprehension through repeated, meaningful exposure
- Think critically and creatively while exploring powerful social and emotional themes
- Strengthen emotional intelligence and intercultural awareness through affective engagement with multimodal texts
Watch the ad.
Check out the lesson plan
RRemember that Individual Membership and Institutional Membership of Film English Club allow unlimited access to all 800+ Film English Club Video Lesson Plans, Extensive Viewing Guides and Film Study Worksheets.
Upgrade to Film English Club
We hope you enjoy this ESL video lesson plan.
Thanks for being part of the Film English community, and happy teaching!
— The Film English Team
Get Started with Free Lessons
Transform Your English Classroom with the Multimodal Approach
This ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video and designed using the innovative Multimodal Approach, integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing. Engage learners with real-world themes, develop communicative competence, build vocabulary and foster critical thinking through dynamic, research-informed activities. Find out more about the Multimodal Approach and join thousands of teachers transforming their classrooms with Film English.