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The Science of Kindness

Published on March 19, 2026
By kierandonaghy
Lesson Summary:This Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video The Science of Kindness and explores kindness, its importance in everyday life and the science behind helping others. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, students learn vocabulary related to kindness, emotions and social behaviour, while developing listening, speaking, […]

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A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Smart Cities

Published on February 9, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Smart city: making cities more life enhancing and the theme of smart cities. Students learn vocabulary related to smart cities, urban planning and technology, talk about smart cities, discuss quotations about smart cities, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Healthy Friendships

Published on February 6, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How some friendships last — and others don’t and the themes of friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, talk about friendship and how […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Make Smart Decisions

Published on February 4, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to make smart decisions more easily and the themes of decision-making and how to make smart decisions. Students learn vocabulary related to decision-making, talk about decision-making and how to make smart decisions, discuss quotations about decision-making, predict the content of a short video, […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: 7 Ways to Learn a New Language Effectively

Published on February 2, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled That’s How You Learn a New Language: 7 Effective Methods and the themes of learning a language and effective language learning methods. Students learn vocabulary related to learning a language and effective language learning methods, discuss quotations about learning a language, talk about learning […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Overcome Your Mistakes

Published on January 30, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to overcome your mistakes and the themes of mistakes and how to learn from your mistakes. Students learn vocabulary related to mistakes and how to learn from your mistakes, talk about mistakes and how to learn from your mistakes, discuss quotations about mistakes, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Benefits of Walking

Published on January 28, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the themes of walking and the benefits of walking. Students learn vocabulary related to related to health, exercise and urban planning, talk about walking and the benefits of walking, discuss quotations about walking, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Key Skills To Promote Constructive Conversations

Published on January 26, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 5 conversation skills that enhance your rational brain and the themes of reducing defensiveness in discussions and promoting constructive conversations. Students learn vocabulary and phrases related to constructive conversations, talk about constructive conversations, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Sharpen Your Critical Thinking

Published on January 23, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five simple strategies to sharpen your critical thinking and the themes of critical thinking and how to sharpen your critical thinking. Students learn vocabulary related to critical thinking, talk about critical thinking and how to sharpen your critical thinking, discuss quotations about critical thinking, […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Healthy Romantic Relationships

Published on January 21, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Number One Rule for Healthy Relationships and the theme of healthy romantic relationships. Students learn abstract nouns to describe qualities and vocabulary related to expressing emotions and feelings, discuss quotations about romantic relationships, predict the content of a short video, watch a short […]

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