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This ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is built around the short film Inside Dubai’s Push for Sustainable Design and explores the themes of sustainability and sustainable design. Designed for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) learners, it provides a complete 90–120 minute lesson package for mature teens and adults. Students expand vocabulary related to sustainability, recycling and innovation while developing viewing, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Through discussio…

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Symmetry and the theme of binomials. Students work on antonyms and collocations, watch a short film and identify antonyms and collocations, analyse a short film, complete binomial pairs, write a dialogue and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Flight and the themes of childhood games, grandparents and grandchildren. Students watch a short film, predict a story, retell a story, discuss the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and discuss a short film.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Pictures and the theme of photos. Students learn and practise vocabulary related to photos, describe a photo, listen to a description of a photo, and talk about photos.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Say Thank You and the themes of being thankful and organ donation. Students write about being thankful, talk about being thankful, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Simple Idea that Could Transform City Life and the themes of cities and the 15-minute city. Students learn vocabulary related to cities, talk about cities, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, talk about the 15-minute city, watch a second video about the 15-minute city and reflect on the lesson.