Up!
Up!
French, Spanish and English with French, Spanish and English subtitles.
A complete ESL lesson plan for Up! — ready to open and teach.
Up! moves fast, but the emotional stakes run deeper than the action suggests. The English is natural and varied — the kind of language that prepares students for real communication. Culturally, the film opens conversations that belong in any serious ESL classroom.
Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Up! and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.
Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in ESL, and an answer key.
Each scene also includes an idioms and expressions section — 10 phrases pulled directly from the film, with their literal meaning, real-world usage, and a teaching note. These are the lines students want to understand but textbooks never cover.
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📅 Teach it when it counts
- Family units — Up! puts family dynamics under pressure — every student has something to bring to the conversation.
- Relationships and community units — Up! puts friendship and loyalty at the center — universal territory, culturally specific language.
Language: ESL | Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Year: 2009
Level: Novice | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery
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Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Cast: Edward Asner(voice), Jordan Nagai(voice), John Ratzenberger(voice)
Audio: French, Spanish and English with French, Spanish and English subtitles.
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