The Present. This ELT lesson plan is designed around a moving short film by Jacob Frey titled The Present and the theme of teenagers. Students practice adjectives related to character and teenagers, watch the start of a short films, write a narrative and discuss the film. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner type: All ages Time: 90 minutes Activity: Practising vocabulary, watching a short film, prediciting the ending of a film, and speaking Topic: Teenagers and disability Language: Adjectives to describe character Materials: Short film Downloadable materials: the present film instructions The School for Training is a small specialist teacher training institute in Barcelona, providing innovative courses of the highest quality for teachers from around the world.
Find out more about the courses and how to enrol here. Step 1 Divide the class into an even number of groups. Step 2 Step 3 Get feedback from the whole class, and write up the most common positive and negative adjectives. Step 4.