In this lesson students produce a storyboard for an advertisement. It's suitable for pre-intermediate level and above.

The exercises in this lesson introduce some of the elements of advertisements such as slogans. There is a discussion on where advertisements can be found. The concept of a storyboard is introduced and an example of a storyboard for an advert is examined in detail. In the final stage of the lesson, students are given the opportunity to produce their own storyboard to advertise a product. Extension tasks are also suggested.

Plan components:

Lesson Plan: guide for teacher on procedure.

Worksheets: exercises and answers, also an example storyboard which can be printed out and used in class. The worksheets contain:

• A matching activity
• A cloze activity
• An example storyboard
• Comprehension questions
• A storyboard template

By Adam Malster, British Council Taipei

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