‘The Beginner’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Beginner and the themes of being a beginner and children in care. Students talk about being a beginner, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

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

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Talking about being a beginner, predicting the content of a short film, watching a short film, answering comprehension questions, predicting the end of short film analysing a short film, writing from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Being a beginner and children in care

Language: Vocabulary related to being a beginner and children in care

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