‘Not Enough’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Not Enough and the theme of dreams and ambitions. Students talk about the jobs they want or wanted to do, write sentences with ‘not + adjective + enough’, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film with the sound off and write the dialogue, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Talking about the jobs students want or wanted to do, writing sentences with ‘not + adjective + enough’, predicting the content of a short film, watching a short film with the sound off and writing the dialogue, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short film, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Dreams, ambitions and jobs

Language: not + adjective + enough, vocabulary related to jobs

Watch the short film.

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