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B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Self-compassion

Published on April 12, 2026
By kierandonaghy
Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the themes of compassion and self-compassion. 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. Learners reflect on ambition, […]

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B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Ingredients of Mental Health

Published on March 27, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Ingredients of Mental Health and the theme of mental health. Students learn vocabulary related to mental health, talk about mental health, talk about how to improve mental health, watch a short film, makes notes about a short film, analyse a short film, perform […]

Extensive Viewing Guide: The Green Mile

Published on March 24, 2022
By kierandonaghy
An 47-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan and David Morse 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. The viewing guide includes: • Viewing recommendations • A […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Kid Reporter

Published on March 22, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Kid Reporter and the theme of journalism. Students learn vocabulary related to journalism, talk about journalism, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, analyse a short video and reflect on the lesson.   Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1) Learner […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Be an Interesting Person

Published on March 20, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Be an Interesting Person and the themes of personality traits and being an interesting person. Students talk about personality traits, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.   Language level: […]

Extensive Viewing Guide: The Terminal

Published on March 17, 2022
By kierandonaghy
An 47-page Extensive Viewing guide to the critically acclaimed film The Terminal starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci 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. The viewing guide includes: • Viewing recommendations • A film […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Perseverance

Published on March 15, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and the theme of perseverance. Students talk about perseverance, come up with vocabulary to describe physical appearance, describe a person in a photo, predict the content of a short film, write a narrative, watch a short film, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Touchable Memories

Published on March 13, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Touchable Memories and the themes of photos, memories and 3D printers. Students talk about photos, describe a photo which is important to them and describe the memories it brings back, describe the character of five people in a photo, watch a short film […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Look Up

Published on March 9, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and poem by Gary Turk and the theme of isolation caused by the use of new technology. Students discuss digital technology, predict the content of a short poem and short film, watch a short film with no sound and speculate about the story it […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Conditioned

Published on March 6, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Conditioned and the theme of homelessness. Students learn vocabulary related to homelessness, talk about homelessness, describe two photos, write a story, predict the narrative of a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on […]

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