Category: Genre: Short film

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film called My Shoes, and the themes of envy and empathy. Students write a story, watch a short film, talk about empathy and envy, discuss comments on a YouTube video, and practise idiomatic expressions.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film called Inseparable by Nick White and the theme of family relationships. Students practise using prefixes, predict a story, watch a short film, write down two short conversations and write a narrative.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a moving short film titled We’ve All Been There by Nicholas Clifford and the theme of empathy. Students write a story, watch a short film and speak about empathy.   Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around an inspiring short film titled Make It Count and the themes of life, inspiration and travel. Students put words into order to create quotations, discuss quotations, watch a short film, speak and write.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around Head Over Heels, an Oscar-nominated puppet animation directed by Timothy Reckart, and the theme of romantic love. Students practise using idiomatic expressions, watch a short film and talk about love and relationships.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film called A Thousand Words by Ted Chung. Students predict a story from its title, watch the start of a short film and make predictions about how a story will continue and write a story.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner […]

This ESL video lesson is designed around a short film called Black Button and the theme of moral dilemmas. Students practise reading, reading and listening.     Language level: Upper-intermediate (B2.1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type:Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: Watching a short film clip, speaking, reading, listening and writing Topic: Moral dilemmas […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film by Ramon and Pedro which tells the story of a boy’s journey from childhood to old age. Students practise speaking, writing and vocabulary related to bathrooms.     Language level: Intermediate (B1)- Upper-intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching […]

This ESL video lesson is designed around a short film titled Amar by Andrew Hinton which focuses on a single day in the life of a fourteen-year-old Indian boy. Students practise talking about their present and past daily routines, and compare their routines with those of the boy featured in the film.     Language […]