{"id":751,"date":"2026-10-30T06:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-forget-a-film-b2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:42:38","slug":"news-lesson-forget-a-film-b2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-forget-a-film-b2\/","title":{"rendered":"News Lesson: Forget Your Favourite Film? (B2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Path\u00e9, a Dutch cinema chain, is running &#8220;Rewind&#8221;, a free event where a hypnotist tries to make 30 film fans forget a favourite film so they can watch it as if for the first time. Students read about the event, judge whether it could work and discuss rewatching, spoilers, memory and hypnosis. This B2 version adds vocabulary for persuasion and doubt, and language for talking about memory and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Level:<\/strong> B2 \u00b7 <strong>Time:<\/strong> 45 to 90 minutes. Pick the activities that suit your class. They work in almost any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lesson Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/reveal\/picquiz.php?w=d041fdde\">Warmer: What&#8217;s Happening Here?<\/a> &#8211; picture reveal (answer: a hypnotist in 1895 has hypnotised a man so his body stays stiff between two chairs). Ask what is happening and if students believe in hypnosis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/categorise\/activity.php?w=1e0eb138\">Forget a Film: True or False?<\/a> &#8211; students guess if 13 sentences about the event are true or false, then check after reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/sentence\/match.php?w=8d6b31ed\">Key Words Match<\/a> &#8211; pre-teach 10 words from the reading: rewatch, enthusiast, publicity stunt, wipe, fade, relive, treat, receptive, suggestible, outcome.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reading: Can Hypnosis Make You Forget a Film? &#8211; a news story with 12 gaps: <a href=\"\/cloze\/exercise.php?w=4ea89b96\">without word bank<\/a> or <a href=\"\/cloze\/exercise_hint.php?w=4ea89b96\">with word bank<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/cards\/cardset.php?w=58caf27a\">Discussion Cards<\/a> &#8211; 12 questions from rewatching and spoilers to whether hypnosis works and if cinemas can compete with streaming.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/ranking\/exercise.php?w=03afdbd6\">Again for the First Time<\/a> &#8211; students rank nine experiences they would most like to have again for the first time, from a favourite film to a first day at work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Shorter lesson:<\/strong> do the warmer, the key words match and the reading without the word bank, then pick five or six discussion cards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language focus:<\/strong> second conditionals and wishes (&#8220;If I could forget one film, I&#8217;d&#8230;&#8221;, &#8220;I wish I could see it again for the first time&#8221;), plus hedging language for doubt (it seems unlikely, there&#8217;s no evidence that&#8230;).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Follow-up:<\/strong> students plan their own unusual cinema event to get people off the sofa, then pitch it to the class, who vote on the best idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-forget-a-film-a2\/\">Need an easier version? See the A2 lesson.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Path\u00e9, a Dutch cinema chain, is running &#8220;Rewind&#8221;, a free event where a hypnotist tries to make 30 film fans forget a favourite film so they can watch it as if for the first time. Students read about the event, judge whether it could work and discuss rewatching, spoilers, memory and hypnosis. This B2 version &#8230; <a title=\"News Lesson: Forget Your Favourite Film? (B2)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-forget-a-film-b2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Lesson: Forget Your Favourite Film? (B2)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-751","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}