A Christmas Love Story

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the themes of Christmas and Christmas love stories. Students talk about Christmas love stories, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Talking about Christmas love stories, predicting the content of a short film, watching a short film, predicting the end of a short film, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short film, writing from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Christmas and Christmas love stories

Language: Vocabulary related to Christmas and narrative tenses

Watch the short film.