When faced with a challenge, how do your pupils respond? Starting with character analyses, learners participate in a activity 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.

Concepts

adjectives, parts of speech, characters

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Additional Tags

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

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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