Lesson Plan
This is a
lesson around disabilities and how someone can deal with their own. It is a
short film by Jacob Frey based on a comic strip by Fabio Coala.
Language
Level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Lower Intermediate (B1)
Learner
type: Teenagers, young adults
Time: 50
minutes
Activity:
Listening to the beginning of the film, speculating what it is about, predicting
what is going to happen next, watching the film to the end, writing a narrative
Language :
Vocabulary related to disabilities, emotions, present simple and present
continuous
Material:
Short film
The present
https://vimeo.com/152985022
Step 1
Write the
word “present” on the board. Elicit vocabulary related to the topic.
What do
people usually give as presents?
On which
occassions?
Step 2
Let the
learners listen to the beginning of the film with no pictures till the moment
that the boy opens the box and the puppy is barking. You can even ask them to
close their eyes and see if they can
visualise the scene better that way. Stop the video and ask them what it is
about.
What sounds
can you hear?
Who is
talking?
What is the
present?
Step 3
Let them
see the film from the beginning till the moment that the boy rejects the puppy.
Elicit
vocabulary about emotions, e.g. excited, disgusted, gross, happy, playful
How does
the boy react to the present at first?
Why does he
reject it?
How does
the puppy feel?
Step 4
Let them
see the scenes with the puppy and the ball.
Elicit
vocabulary about movements and actions, e.g. push away, fall upside down,
notice, limp, run into, push with its nose, cupboard, cardboard, ball
Step 5
Let them
see the film to the end.
How is the
boy reacting to the puppy’s play?
What
surprises you?
Elicit
vocabulary related to physical disability, e.g. crutches, amputee, amputate
Step 6
After the
film expand about the topic.
Do you
remember what the boy does at the beginning of the film? Where is he? What is the room like ? Why?
Is he trying to hide from something?
How does
the puppy help the boy after all?
How do you
feel about the film?
Step 7
As
homework, ask the students to write a narrative of the story. Write the link of
the film on the board so that they can refer to it in case they forget some parts.
