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If At First You Don't Succeed Lesson PlanIf At First You Don't Succeed Lesson Plan
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Film English
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Video
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If At First You Don't Succeed

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When faced with a challenge, how do your pupils respond? Starting with character analyses, learners participate in a lesson about appearances and perseverance. They watch a short film, talk about common English expressions, and write a short composition about how to apply persistence to their study of English.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

adjectives, parts of speech, characters

Additional Tags

descriptive language, describe a photo, short film, adjectives, expressions, character, english language arts

Classroom Considerations

  • While the film doesn't have any dialogue, the ideas are expressed fully through the characters' actions; this will work well for English language learners

Pros

  • Comes with all the materials you need to teach the lesson
  • The video is funny while expressing a positive message

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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