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Character Strengths

This complete ESL video lesson plan for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners explores the theme of character strengths and how they influence happiness and well-being. It includes engaging classroom activities where students predict, watch and analyse a short video, discuss quotations, practise key vocabulary, perform a roleplay, and read an article titled How to Discover and Develop Your Signature Strengths. It’s ideal for mature teens and adults who want to develop language fluency, psychological insight, and self-awareness through reflective communication.

Choice

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short film and poem by Gnarly Bay. Students discuss choices, use collocations with ‘choice’, do a dictation, visualise a short film, watch a short film, read a poem, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Civil Rights Collection

A Collection of 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for films related to civil rights:
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Green Book
  • Hidden Figures
  • Selma
  • The Butler
  • The Help

Coca-cola Ad

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Coca-Cola video and the theme of healthy eating and lifestyles. Students compare their eating habits and lifestyle with those of their grandparents, watch an advert, read a press release and talk about the values Coca-Cola adverts try to transmit.

Coin Operated

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Coin Operated by Nicholas Arioli and the theme of dreams and ambitions. Students learn vocabulary related to dreams and ambitions, talk about dreams and ambitions, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions and discuss a short film.

Comedy Drama Collection

A Collection of 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for comedy drama films.
  • Captain Fantastic
  • Forrest Gump
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • The Terminal
  • Up in the Air

Coming-of-Age Films Collection

A Collection of 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for coming-of-age films:
  • About a Boy
  • Booksmart
  • Boyhood
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Lady Bird
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Contagion

A 64-page Extensive Viewing guide to the critically acclaimed film Contagion starring Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Kate Winslet for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Creating Magical Experiences

This complete ESL video lesson plan, designed for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners, explores Engineering Magical Experiences through the themes of transcendence and the power of attention. The package equips teachers with ready-to-use resources for developing vocabulary, critical thinking, roleplay, and multimodal tasks.

Creativity

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How limits can boost your creativity and the themes of creativity and how constraints can boost creativity. Students learn vocabulary related to creativity, talk about creativity, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, takes notes on a video, analyse a short video, write about creativity, and reflect on the lesson.

Crime Drama Collection

A Collection of 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for crime drama films.
  • American Psycho
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • The Town
  • The Wolf of Wall Street

Critical Thinking

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking and the theme of critical thinking. Students learn vocabulary related to critical thinking, talk about language learning, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, talk about critical thinking skills, and reflect on the lesson.

Curiosity

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video titled Curiosity: Exploration and Discovery by Georgina Venning. Students learn vocabulary related to curiosity, talk about curiosity, discuss quotations about curiosity, watch a short video, read a transcript, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.

Dads

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled A Storybook Surprise and the themes of family and fathers. Students learn vocabulary related to family, talk about family and fathers, watch a short video, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of a person in a short video and reflect on the lesson.

Dallas Buyers Club

A 32-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Dance

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Thought of You and the theme of dance. Students learn vocabulary related to dance, talk about dance, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, complete the lyrics of a song, write a narrative inspired by a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

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