Short film

Soulmates

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film by Arturo Perez and the theme of soulmates. Students discuss love and soulmates, watch a short film, listen for specific information, discuss a short film, answer an interactive questionnaire and reflect on the lesson.

Speed dating

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film by Meghann Artes and the theme of dating. In the lesson students talk about meeting a partner and dating, watch a short film, and read and discuss speed-dating questions.

Stand Up

This ESL 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 on the lesson.

Success

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video titled Success, and the theme of the nature of success. Students talk about the nature of success, watch a short film and reflect on their own successes.

Symmetry

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Symmetry and the theme of binomials. Students work on antonyms and collocations, watch a short film and identify antonyms and collocations, analyse a short film, complete binomial pairs, write a dialogue and reflect on the lesson.

Table 7

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Table 7 and the themes of arguments and forgiveness. Students learn vocabulary and expressions related to arguments and forgiveness, talk about arguing, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, perform an argument roleplay, read and discuss quotations about forgiveness and reflect on the lesson.

Taking Flight

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Flight and the themes of childhood games, grandparents and grandchildren. Students watch a short film, predict a story, retell a story, discuss the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and discuss a short film.

Taking Pictures

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Pictures and the theme of photos. Students learn and practise vocabulary related to photos, describe a photo, listen to a description of a photo, and talk about photos.

Thankful

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Say Thank You and the themes of being thankful and organ donation. Students write about being thankful, talk about being thankful, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

The Adventures of a Cardboard Box

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called The Adventures of a Cardboard Box in which a small boy finds myriad of uses for a cardboard box and the theme of creativity. Students do activities to encourage creativity, watch a short film, talk about a short film and discuss creativity.

The Alphabet of Illiteracy

This ESL video lesson plan titled ‘The Alphabet of Illiteracy’ 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.   Transform Your English Classroom with This Film English Multimodal Lesson This ESL lesson plan is built around a carefully […]

The Arrival

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Arrival. Students talk about decision-making, watch a short film, write a monologue, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

The Art of Love

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Art of Love and the theme of love. Students learn vocabulary related to love, talk about love, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, predict the middle and end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

The Beauty of a Second

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and the theme of beauty. Students talk about what can happen in a second, watch a short film and write down what is happening in each segment, analyse a short film, describe a photo on their mobile phone and say why it is beautiful for them, make a one-second video and reflect on the lesson.

The Beginner

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Beginner and the themes of being a beginner and children in care. Students talk about being a beginner, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

The Black Hole

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film called The Black Hole directed by Philip Sansom and Olly Williams, and the themes of black holes, money and greed.

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