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The Future of Our Streets

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled We’re using our streets all wrong and the theme of the future of our cities and streets. Students learn vocabulary related to urbanism, talk about the future of streets, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

The Gentleman’s Wager

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short filmed titled The Gentleman’s Wager commissioned by Johnnie Walker Whisky and starring Jude Law. Students watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, create a presentation for a branded short film and reflect on the lesson.

The Gift

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short animation and the themes of love and relationships. Students watch a trailer and predict a story, watch a short film and write a narrative based on it and discuss relationships.

The Human Library

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and the themes of books, libraries and human libraries. Students learn vocabulary related to books, talk about books and libraries, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

The Importance of Being Single

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Importance of Being Single and the theme of being single. Students learn vocabulary related to being single, talk about being alone, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video without sound and speculate on the narration, watch a short video with sound, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

The Importance of Character

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Character in the Selfie Age and the theme of the importance of character. Students learn vocabulary related to character, talk about character, talk about the virtues needed to have a good character, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations from a short video, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, write a eulogy and reflect on the lesson.

The Importance of Failure

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Failing Upwards and the themes of success and failure. Students learn vocabulary related to success and failure, talk about success and failure, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from a short video and reflect on the lesson.

The Journey

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and the themes of snow and Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to snow, talk about snow and Christmas, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, write a story, discuss a short film, listen to a song and complete the lyrics of a song and reflect on the lesson.

The Kite

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Kite and the theme of grandparents. Students describe their grandfathers, talk about grandparents, write the beginning, middle and end of a story, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write a sequel to a short film and reflect on the lesson.

The Lost Letter

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Lost Letter and the themes of Christmas and Christmas stories. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, discuss quotations about Christmas, predict the story a short film tells, watch a Christmas short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a Christmas short film and reflect on the lesson.

The Man on the Moon

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the theme of Christmas. Students watch a Christmas advert, predict the end of a story, answer comprehension questions, analyse a Christmas advert, discuss Christmas, talk about ways of showing people they are loved and reflect on the lesson.

The Most Beautiful Thing

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Most Beautiful Thing and the theme of proms. Students talk about proms, predict the content of different parts of a short film, write stories, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

The Myth of Multitasking

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What multitasking does to your brain and the themes of multitasking and what multitasking does to the brain. Students learn vocabulary related to multitasking and what multitasking does to the brain, talk about multitasking and what multitasking does to the brain, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

The Piano

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.

The Power of Branding

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How Apple and Nike have branded your brain and the theme of brands and branding. Students learn vocabulary related to brands and branding, talk about brands and branding, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, make viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from a short video and reflect on the lesson.

The Power of Kindness

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Extraordinary Power of Kindness and the theme of kindness. Students talk about kindness, 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.

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