Category: Character

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Highly Sensitive People

Published on May 5, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Highly sensitive people are the best employees! and the themes of sensitivity and highly sensitive people. Students learn vocabulary related to sensitivity and highly sensitive people, talk about sensitivity and highly sensitive people, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Introversion

Published on February 6, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Happier Alone and the themes of introversion and introverts. Students learn vocabulary related to introverts and extroverts, talk about introverts and extroverts, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film without sound and write the narration of the film, watch and […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Mental Toughness

Published on March 27, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 7 Secrets to Becoming Mentally Tougher and the theme of mental toughness. Students learn vocabulary related to mental toughness, talk about mental toughness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, write about a short video, analyse a […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Ten Things I Cant Live Without

Published on January 29, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 10 Things Jeremy Allen White Can’t Live Without and the theme of essential objects. Students write and talk about objects they couldn’t live without, write a paragraph about the life and character of another student, predict the content of a short video, watch a […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Learning to Say No

Published on May 22, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Stop Trying to Be Nice All the Time and the theme of learning to say no. Students talk about being nice, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, read an article, use expressions […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Not Enough

Published on April 3, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Not Enough and the theme of dreams and ambitions. Students talk about the jobs they want or wanted to do, write sentences with ‘not + adjective + enough’, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film with the sound off and […]

B2 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: […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Perseverance

Published on March 15, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL 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 and […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to be alone

Published on February 9, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film by artist and filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, a poem by Tanya Davies, and the theme of being alone. Students talk about being alone, give advice about being alone, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read a poem, discuss the meaning of a poem, analyse a short […]