B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Look Up
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of look up. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.
Check out the lesson planThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and poem by Gary Turk and the theme of isolation caused by the use of new technology. Students discuss digital technology, predict the content of a short poem and short film, watch a short film with no sound and speculate about the story it tells, watch a short film and listen to a poem, read a poem, analyse a poem and short film, and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Discussing digital technology, predicting the content of a short poem and short film, watching a short film with no sound and speculating about the story it tells, watching a short film and listening to a poem, reading a poem, analysing a poem and short film, and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Digital technology and isolation
Language: Vocabulary related to digital technology and social media
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