B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Importance of Character
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of the importance of character. 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 Character in the Selfie Age and the theme of the importance of character. Students learn vocabulary related to character, talk about character, talk about the virtues needed to have a good character, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations from a short video, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, write a eulogy and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to character, talking about character, talking about the virtues needed to have a good character, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, discussing quotations from a short video, analysing a short video, writing about what they have learned from viewing a short video, writing a eulogy and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: The importance of character
Language: Vocabulary related to character and abstract nouns
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