B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: A Visual Manifesto
This B2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of a visual manifesto. 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.
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled A Visual Manifesto, and the themes of images and visual literacy. Students choose an image they like, describe an image to another students, watch a short film with the sound off, write a voiceover for the film, read a transcript, analyse a short film, talk about images and visual literacy, reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Choosing an image, describing an image, watching a short film with the sound off, writing a voiceover for the film, reading a transcript, analysing a short film, talking about images and visual literacy, reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Images and visual literacy
Language: Vocabulary related to images
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