‘The Beauty of a Second’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and the theme of beauty. Students talk about what can happen in a second, watch a short film and write down what is happening in each segment, analyse a short film, describe a photo on their mobile phone and say why it is beautiful for them, make a one-second video and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Talking about what can happen in a second, watching a short film and writing down what is happening in each segment, analysing a short film, describing a photo on their mobile phone and saying why it is beautiful for them, making a one-second video and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Beauty

Language: Vocabulary related to beauty and present continuous tense

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