B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Piano
This B2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of the piano. 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.
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Piano and the theme of emotions. Students learn vocabulary to describe emotions, listen to a piece of music and describe the emotions they feel, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, write the story a short film tells, analyse a short film, write a sequel or prequel to a short film and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to emotions, listening to a piece of music and describing the emotions they feel, predicting the content of a short film, watching a short film, writing the story a short film tells, analysing a short film, writing a sequel or prequel to a short film and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Emotions
Language: Vocabulary to describe emotions and narrative tenses
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