Category: Genre: Short film

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Dog Lovers

Published on November 20, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and the theme of dogs and their owners. Students learn vocabulary related to dogs and to express dislike, talk about of dogs and their owners, watch a short film without sound, write a transcript, watch a short film with sound, answer comprehension questions, analyse […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Stand Up

Published on November 13, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Stand Up and the themes of discrimination and taking a stand against discrimination. Students learn vocabulary related to discrimination, work on phrasal verbs that include ‘stand up’, talk about discrimination, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, and reflect […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Understanding Visual Impairment

Published on October 6, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Accepting My Blindness and the themes of blindness and visual impairment. Students learn vocabulary related to blindness and visual impairment, talk about blindness and visual impairment, write a narrative, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, watch a second […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Sustainable Clothing

Published on October 4, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Break the Pattern and the themes of fashion and sustainable clothing. Students learn vocabulary related to fashion and sustainable clothing, talk about fashion and sustainable clothing, watch the first part of a short film and predict the second part of the film, answer […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Understanding Autism

Published on September 27, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Autism Spectrum Disorder: 10 Things You Should Know, a short film titled Can you make it to the end? and the theme of the autism spectrum and autistic people. Students learn vocabulary related to the autism spectrum, talk about the autism spectrum, read statements […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Racism

Published on September 4, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Strangers and the theme of racism. Students predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, write a narrative, analyse a short film, talk about racism and reflect on the lesson. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Love

Published on August 30, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Love is Like Life and the theme of love. Students learn vocabulary related to love, talk about love, create similes about love, predict the content of a short film, write a narrative, watch a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Overcoming Adversity

Published on August 23, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and poem titled Today I Rise and the theme of adversity. Students learn vocabulary related to adversity, talk about adversity, watch a short film with no sound and try to work out its meaning, read a poem and discuss its meaning, analyse a short […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: New York

Published on August 16, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Beat of New York and the themes of New York and cities. Students talk about New York, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short film, learn vocabulary related to film shots, create a storyboard, plan […]