Category: Genre: Short film

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film by titled My earliest Childhood Memory, and the theme of childhood memories. Students describe their earliest childhood memory and listen to other students describe theirs, watch a short film and reconstruct the narration, and talk about other childhood memories.     Language level: Pre-intermediate […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Penelope in the Treehouse and the theme of families. In the lesson students watch but don’t hear the start of a short film, decide what is happening and what the characters are saying, predict the rest of the story and write a story. […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Boy Who Learned to Fly based on the life of Usain Bolt and the theme of the Olympic Games. In the lesson students speak about sports and the Olympic Games, watch a short film, retell a story and write a summary of […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Other Pair and the themes of altruism and empathy. Students watch a short film, write a story, and speak about a story.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner type: All ages Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching a short film, […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a delightful short film by Alyce Tzue titled Soar and the theme of flying. Students listen to a description of a scene, visualise it, predict what is going to happen next, write a narrative, watch a short film and discuss it.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) […]

An ESL video lesson plan designed around a short film titled Taking Pictures and the theme of photos. Students learn and practise vocabulary related to photos, describe a photo, listen to a description of a photo, and talk about photos.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: […]

This ESL video lesson is designed around a short film titled Speed Dating and the theme of dating. In the lesson students talk about meeting a partner and dating, watch a short film, and read and discuss speed-dating questions.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: […]

This ESL video lesson is designed around a short film titled 97% and the themes of apps and dating. Students talk about the apps they commonly use, do a dictation, watch a short film and retell a story.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a beautifully animated short film by artist Celia Bullwinkel titled Sidewalk that portrays a woman’s journey through the passage of time. In the lesson talk about the various stages of life and how we change physically and emotionally, watch a short film and describe how a woman […]