Mr. Happy Man
This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film by Matt Morris about Johnny Barnes, an 88-year-old man who dedicates his life to making people happy. Students practise speaking, listening and writing.
Film English Club
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Mrs. Hayes
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, read a description of a short film, visualise a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.
Multimillionaire at 19
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Multimillionaire at 19 and the themes of multimillionaires and stereotypes. Students learn vocabulary related to multimillionaires and business, talk about multimillionaires and stereotypes, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
Music
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a video commissioned by the Barbican arts centre, London and the theme of music. Students practise adjectives to describe emotions, watch a short video, talk about music and discuss quotations about music.
Musical Drama Collection
A Collection 0f 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for musical drama films:
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Rocketman
- Tick, Tick… Boom!
- A Star is Born
- La La Land
- Mamma Mia!
My Earliest Childhood Memory
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film 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.
My Favourite Animal
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled My Favourite Animal and the theme of animals. Students learn vocabulary related to animals, write and talk about their favourite animals, watch a short film, make notes about a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.
My Favourite Film
This activity sheet can be used to get students to talk and write about their favourite feature-length film.
My Literacy Journey
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Jay Blades’ journey of learning to read and the theme of literacy. Students learn vocabulary related to literacy, talk about literacy, 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.
My Minimalist Wardrobe
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled My Minimalist Wardrobe and the themes of minimalism and minimalist dressing. Students learn vocabulary related to minimalism and minimalist dressing, discuss quotations about minimalism, talk about minimalism and minimalist dressing, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.
My Shoes
This ESL 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.
Mystic River
A 29-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Mystic River starring Sean Penn,Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins 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.
Neuroplasticity
This complete ESL video lesson plan helps students explore the brain and neuroplasticity through viewing and discussion. It includes vocabulary development, prediction tasks, comprehension work, analysis of a short video, a roleplay, and an extended article task to deepen understanding of how the brain adapts and heals.
Never Let Me Go
A 44-page Extensive Viewing guide to the science fiction romantic drama drama film Never Let Me Go starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield 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.
New Boy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled New Boy and the theme of bullying. Students learn vocabulary related to bullying, talk about bullying, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
New Year’s Resolutions
This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Why did I fail my New Year’s resolution? and explores why New Year’s resolutions often fail. Designed for Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) learners, the lesson develops vocabulary related to goals, habits and personal change through structured discussion, video viewing, comprehension work, roleplay and reflective writing. Learners also read and respond to the article Why Small Habits Lead to Big Change, helping them connect video ideas to wider real-life contexts.