Effective Classroom Movie Lesson Plan Ideas If you are unable to show an entire film because of time or school guidelines, you may want to show scenes or clips. You may also want to use the closed caption feature during a film because the combination of reading with film can reinforce student understanding, especially if the film is an adaptation of a play (Shakespeare) or novel (Pride and Prejudice). The following list gives ideas for how you can effectively use films to reinforce what is being taught. Create a cause and effect worksheet This type of worksheet has the students specifically look at the plot points of the movie, focusing on cause and effect. You might start them off with the first event, and from there the students continue with what effect that had. For example:The Grapes of Wrath. Event 1: A terrible drought has hit Oklahoma. Event 2: Because of event 1, ________________. Event 3: Because of event 2, ________________. Compare and contrast films or scenes.
Main Page 14 Hilarious TV Series Scenes to Boost Your English – RealLife English If you’re like most learners, you know that studying grammar can be really BORING. Even worse, although it may improve your reading and writing, it won’t help you understand natural native conversations. On the other hand, watching TV Series is extremely FUN and ENGAGING. You look forward to it, you feel immersed in the story, and if you do it right, it can be a very powerful way to learn English. FREE: 10 Scene Power Lesson Packet (from scenes below) In fact, as we’ve taught in our popular Fluent with Friends (TV Series) Course, the most effective English learners combine the best of both worlds: the structure and logic of English lessons, and the fun and engagement of authentic, real life spoken English. Each lesson will unblock your listening comprehension by explaining the following 3 things: Why You Don’t Understand Natives Learn English with Friends 1. Description Chandler is looking for a recommendation for a tailor, or a professional who can alter his clothes. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
The 16 Funniest Youtube Videos For English Learners & Teachers – RealLife English When was the last time you laughed really hard when learning or teaching English? Learning English as a second language (ESL) can be very boring sometimes, but a little comedy can change everything and make it fun AND funny. We have brought together the funniest, most popular, and instructive youtube videos and ESL commercials into one place for the first time. These videos are an excellent way to start the class, so if you are a teacher, we created a special PDF of this lesson you can download here (in Portuguese here). *WARNING: 6 of these videos have bad/explicit words in many of these (they are labeled). 1. A German coastguard trainee’s broken English causes some serious problems at work. Vocab Guide: 2. This is the story of an Italian man who went to Malta. Vocab Guide (Bad Words in Red): Piece (i.e. piece of toast) | Peace | (i.e. world peace) | Piss (means “to urinate”)Fork (i.e. Peace | PissBeach | BitchSheet | ShitBonus: Fork | Fuck 3. Vocab Guide: Transcript JOEY: I was. 4. 5. 6.
Writing English Drama Scripts in ESL Class English learners need to use their English in productive settings to improve their communicative skills. One of the most fun ways to do this is by working on collaborative projects. Students work together towards some tangible goal such as a business presentation, creating a powerpoint slide or by performing a short work for each other. This lesson plan focuses on helping students write a short script, practice the dialogue and perform for fellow students. Having students perform a short drama script that they've developed combines a number of production skills through working in groups. Writing skills - writing up the scriptPronunciation - working on stress and intonation when actingFocus on specific terminology depending on subject - including target vocabulary taken from previous lessonsNegotiation skills with other students - working together to choose a romantic film, choosing appropriate language for linesImproving confidence - acting in front of others Outline:
ESL Lesson PLan: Movie/Film Extra Movie Activities: Crossword: Reviews movie vocabulary. Movie Cloze: Reviews movie vocabulary. Movie Word Search: Reviews movie vocabulary. Movie Survey Activity: Good walk and talk exercise. Movie Synopsis Reading Activity: Students read movie synopses and try to guess the movie. Movie Synopsis Information Gap: Students relay information about movie contents and show times. Actors and Characters Pattern Worksheet Children's Animation Reading Activity Related: The Parts of a Book Section also covers the themes of plot, setting, character, and title. Step 9: Creating and Using Video – Teacher Challenges Welcome to the nineth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! The aim of this step is to provide an overview of creating and using videos with students to help get you started using video or get more out of using videos. Thanks to everyone who helped plan and shared resources on using video . Back to Top Why educators use video Educators use videos for a wide range of purposes including: To motivate and engage students – students enjoy using technology to create their own videos.Supplement or enhance a lesson to bring the topic to lifeProvide instructions students can review anytime, any where – handy for when students are absent, to help students with skills they find hard and exam revision. There are so many different ways you can use to create videos with students, ranging from quick and fast ways to create video to more creative, time consuming techniques, that it is impossible to cover them all. Video creation and editing Animoto iOS | Android| Web Vine
Voscreen: teaching with video clips I might be a bit late to the Voscreen party as I discovered this free platform a couple of months ago. I’ve been experimenting with it quite a bit and I’d like to share my 10 ideas about using it with English learners in and out of the classroom. What is Voscreen? Voscreen is a free platform (you need to sign up / log in with your Facebook account which takes 5 seconds) offering a variety of very short video clips which come from TV series, movies, songs, you name it. As you enter the website, you select your native language, watch the clip, and then choose the accurate translation to the short phrase uttered in the clip. There are 5 levels of difficulty to choose from, as well as a number of grammar categories to browse through (Present Simple, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs, Passive Voice etc.). Using Voscreen with students I’m not a big fan of translating from English to one’s native language so I never considered using Voscreen as it was initially intended. #2 What happened next?
7 ESL Video Activities That Your Students Will Love There’s never been a better time to use video in the ESL classroom. Remember the old days of VCRs, VHS tapes and trips to Blockbuster? When I started teaching, my classroom video material were well-worn, borrowed cassette tapes or ones I recorded at home. Finding a good quality video was like striking pure, untarnished gold. Once you’d acquired the precious item, you’d need to find a room, set up a TV, plug in the video player and then hope to goodness that everything worked. Sometimes, you’d accidentally stick a VHS tape in a Betamax machine (yes, I’m that old!) To be honest, it was such a hassle that you just didn’t bother most of the time. Fast forward a few years, (sorry about the pun!) Websites like FluentU have made life much easier for students and teachers alike by curating authentic video clips and providing all the scaffolding that students could ever need. Why Use Video to Teach ESL Students? There are a number of reasons why video is a great resource in the ESL classroom: 1. 2. 3.