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Lesson Plan: Read and Understand Ads

Published on July 14, 2025

Today we are going to learn more about advertisement or ads

Let’s get started


Pre-Task #1: Questions about Ads (30 Mins)

Task 1A

Let’s analyze some questions you should ask yourself when analyzing ads

Let’s check some definitions first:

  1. Target Audience is the specific group of people a product, service is intended to reach.
  2. The purpose of an ad is to promote a product, service, idea, or brand.
  3. The Message is the feeling you want the audience to take away from the ad.
  4. Details refer to the key information that describes what is being offered.
  5. Platform refers to the channel used to deliver an advertisement to the target audience.
  6. The Call to Action (CTA) is a clear and direct instruction in an ad.

Task 1B

Let’s categorize the question into different categories

Use the words “Target”, “purpose”, “message”, “details”, “platform” or “CTA”

Who is this ad for? =

Was the ad informative? =

is the ad selling a product? =

What are the service main benefits? =

Was the ad for print media? =

What age group or gender does it target? =

Was the ad funny or serious? =

When should you take action? =

Is the ad promoting a service? =

What are the product main features? =

Was the ad for online media? =

What should you do next? =


Pre-Task #2: Market Segments (30 Mins)

Task 2A

Let’s analyze market segments

These are three ways to segment a market

  • Demographic: Statistical characteristics of a population.
  • Geographic: Physical location and environmental factors.
  • Psychographic: Psychological traits and lifestyle preferences.

Think about the following segments

NumberSegmentType of Segment
#1Income level
#2Interests
#3Country
#4City
#5Family Size
#6Rural areas
#7Values
#8Motivations
#9Beliefs
#10Hobbies
#11Neighborhoods
#12Opinions
#13Occupation
#14Gender
#15Education Level
#16Religious affiliation

Pre-Task #3: Analyze Ads (30 Mins)

Task 3A

Let’s analyze this ad

  1. What service is being promoted?
  2. What products are being promoted?
  3. What’s the target audience?
  4. What family size do you think it targets?
  5. What age do you think it targets?
  6. What income level do you think it targets?
  7. What should the audience do next?
  8. How can you contact the product or service owners?

Break (30 Mins)

Task4A

Take some time off and be back on time

I need a break

Main Task

Task5A

Create an ad using artificial intelligence or any other method

  1. Present your ad to the audience
  2. Explain the (1) target audience, (2) purpose, (3) message and (4) call to actions aspects of it

Check this example:

  1. The Target audience is young people and young adults who listen to music.
  2. The purpose is to promote Revanced apps, a patcher for Android apps.
  3. The core message is pirating software
  4. The call to action is to visit revanced.app, download the revanced apps and start patching popular Android apps.

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Manuel Campos

Manuel Campos

I am Jose Manuel, English professor and creator of EnglishPost.org, a blog whose mission is to share lessons for those who want to learn and improve their English