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Category: Christmas

‘You make the holidays’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the themes of grumpiness and Christmas. Students talk about grumpy people, watch the first part of a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short […]

‘The Polar Express’ Extensive Viewing Guide

A 40-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film The Polar Express starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye and Jimmy Bennett 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. The viewing guide includes: • Viewing recommendations […]

‘A Christmas to Remember’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas and dementia. Students talk about Christmas and dementia, watch the first part of a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a […]

‘Little Women’ Extensive Viewing Guide

A 85-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Little Women starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, and Meryl Streep 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. The viewing guide includes: […]

‘Give Joy’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the themes of joy and Christmas. Students talk about joy and Christmas, predict the content of an advert, watch an advert, write a summary of the story an advert tells, analyse an advert, and reflect on the lesson. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate […]

‘Hey, Santa’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the themes of Christmas and Christmas adverts. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas and Christmas adverts, watch a short advert, predict the end of a short advert, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short advert, write from the perspective of a character […]

‘Joy is Shared’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert titled Joy is Shared and the themes of friendship and Christmas. Students talk about friendship and Christmas, predict the content of a film, watch a film, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of a film, analyse a film, and reflect on the lesson. Language level: […]

‘The Christmas List’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film titled The List and the theme of Christmas and Christmas lists. Students talk about Christmas and Christmas lists, listen to a description of a short film and visualise the action in a short film, watch a short film, predict the end of a short […]

‘A Christmas Love Story’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the themes of Christmas and Christmas love stories. Students talk about Christmas love stories, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective […]