Lesson Summary:This B1–B2 lesson centres on Hiking through Tragedy on the Pacific Crest Trail and guides learners to explore hiking and emotional resilience. Students predict content, watch and analyse a short video, extend topic vocabulary, perform a supportive roleplay, read Hiking as a Path to Emotional Healing, discuss ideas and write reflectively. Learning Objectives: To […]

Lesson Summary:This B2–C1 ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why. and the theme of boredom and its psychological importance. It is designed to help students develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and critical thinking—through guided discussion, quotation analysis, video comprehension, article reading, […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video on the theme of failure and its role in the creative process. It helps learners expand vocabulary on failure, creativity and cognitive processes, discuss quotations, predict video content, watch and analyse a short video, answer comprehension questions, and […]

Lesson Summary:This Advanced (C1)–Proficient (C2) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled Why I Spend $2 Million A Year To Look 18 Years Old Again and the themes of ageing and reverse ageing. The lesson helps learners expand vocabulary related to health, longevity and wellbeing, engage with powerful quotations about ageing, […]

Lesson SummaryThis ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Why Willpower Doesn’t Predict Your Success and the theme of willpower and success. Designed for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) students, the lesson helps learners expand vocabulary related to psychology, self-control, and achievement while developing core language skills. Activities include discussion, video […]

  Lesson SummaryThis engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Why Being a “Loner” Could Be Good for You and explores solitude and personal well-being. Suitable for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) learners, the lesson is ideal for teens and adults. It features viewing, vocabulary-building, critical thinking, structured roleplay, article-based […]

Lesson SummaryThis engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Ryan’s Recycling | Kid Entrepreneur and explores the theme of recycling and its environmental benefits. Suitable for Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) level students, the lesson is ideal for teens and adults. It features vocabulary-building, critical thinking, structured roleplay, article-based tasks, and […]

This engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Can Optimism Save Us? and explores the theme of optimism and its social and personal dimensions. Suitable for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) level students, the lesson is ideal for mature teens and adults. It features vocabulary-building, critical thinking, structured roleplay, article-based tasks, […]

  This engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video How to Force Yourself to Do Hard Things and explores the theme of doing hard things and overcoming mental resistance. Suitable for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) level students, the lesson is ideal for mature teens and adults. It features vocabulary-building, […]