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Bucket Lists

Lesson Summary:This complete ESL video lesson plan explores the theme of bucket lists and how to create them. Designed for B1–B2 learners, it helps students expand vocabulary, practise viewing comprehension, and develop speaking and writing skills through engaging activities. Learning Objectives: To introduce students to the concept of bucket lists. To expand vocabulary related to […]

Buddy Benches

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of buddy benches. Students learn vocabulary related to buddy benches, talk about buddy benches predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Bullying

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short poem and video titled To This Day and the theme of bullying. Students learn vocabulary related to bullying, talk about bullying, watch a short video about an anti-bullying project, answer comprehension questions, write a poem or narrative inspired by images in a video, watch a short video inspired by a poem, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

Bunny New Girl

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Bunny New Girl and the theme of schooldays. Students talk about schooldays, listen to a short film and imagine what is happening in the film, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write a narrative from the perspective of a character and reflect on the lesson.

Business Etiquette

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Business Etiquette Basics and the themes of business etiquette. Students learn vocabulary related to workplace manners and communication, discuss quotations about etiquette, talk about business etiquette, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Buster the Boxer

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Buster the Boxer and the theme of Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Caine’s Arcade

This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film called <em>Caine’s Arcade </em>directed by Nirvan Mullick and the themes of childhood games, creativity and imagination. Students talk about childhood games and creativity, watch a short film, discuss a short film, read an article and reflect on the lesson.

Can I help you with anything?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Can I help you with anything? and the theme of kindness. In the lesson students predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, speak about the short film and kindness, and perform a roleplay.

Can Work Make You Happy?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Can Work Make You Happy? Should It? and the theme of happiness at work. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness at work, talk about happiness at work, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Captain Fantastic

A 36-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Captain Fantastic starring starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, and Kathryn Hahn for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Carol

A 27-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Carry-on

This B2 ESL extensive viewing guide is based on the film Carry-on. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided analysis, vocabulary building, and post-viewing discussion.

Catch Me If You Can

A 34-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Catch Me If You Can starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Character activity sheet

An engaging ESL film worksheet titled ‘Character activity sheet’ 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.

Character Questions

These 95 generic character analysis questions help English language students understand and talk about the characters they encounter in films and other texts.

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