Category: Character

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 […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Not Enough and the themes 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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

This ESL video 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 […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video about the cityscape artist Stephen Wiltshire. Students describe the character of a person they know, describe the character of a person in a photo, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.   Language […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Alma and the theme of character. Students learn vocabulary related to character, talk about their own character, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write a sequel to a short film and […]