A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Be Happy
This A2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of be happy. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Be Happy and the theme of happiness. Students write and talk about what makes them happy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, discuss tips for being happy, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Writing and talking about what makes them happy, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, discussing tips for being happy, analysing a short video, and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Happiness
Language: Vocabulary related to happiness, gerund as object of a sentence and imperative forms
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