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Film Festival: An ESL Lesson Plan to Get Students Talking About Movies

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If your ESL pupils love talking about movies, here is an activity ideal for providing practice with both informational reading and elements of a story. Given fictional movie posters, they decipher the information and put it into a graphic organizer. They look for plot, genre, character, setting, critics, and show times. The assignment could be expanded to include the movies they already know and love. The first lesson in this plan is linked.

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plot, plot elements, setting, literary elements, genres

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elements of a story, Films, genre, informational reading, movies, plot, setting, programs
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6th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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