Category: Compassion

‘Can I help you with anything?’ Lesson Plan

Published on October 25, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Can I help you with anything? and the theme of kindness. In the lesson students predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, speak about the short film and kindness, and perform a roleplay.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – […]

‘All That We Share’ Lesson Plan

Published on October 10, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled All That We Share by Danish TV channel TV2Danmark. In the lesson students talk about the communities they belong to, find out what they share with their classmates, watch and discuss a video about what a community shares.   Language level: Intermediate (B1) – […]

‘Refugees’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 5, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around an animated short film and the theme of refugees. Students practise vocabulary related to refugees, speak about refugees, watch a short film, retell a story, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, empathise with a refugee child, reflect on the lesson and write an account of a refugee […]

‘Blessing Bags For The Homeless’ Lesson Plan

Published on January 9, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Blessing Bags for the Homeless and the theme of homelessness. Students learn vocabulary related to homelessness, talk about to help homeless people, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay, write a composition and reflect on the lesson. […]

‘The Beginner’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 4, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Beginner and the themes of being a beginner and children in care. Students talk about being a beginner, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of short film, analyse a short film, write […]

‘Stand Up’ Lesson Plan

Published on November 13, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Stand Up and the themes of discrimination and taking a stand against discrimination. Students learn vocabulary related to discrimination, work on phrasal verbs that include ‘stand up’, talk about discrimination, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, and reflect on […]

‘Homes for Homeless’ Lesson Plan

Published on October 9, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Tiny Homes for the Homeless and the theme of homelessness. Students learn vocabulary related to homelessness, talk about homelessness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the […]

‘Racism’ Lesson Plan

Published on September 4, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Strangers and the theme of racism. Students predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, write a narrative, analyse a short film, talk about racism and reflect on the lesson. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner type: […]

‘Bullying’ Lesson Plan

Published on August 21, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short poem and video titled To This Day and the theme of bullying. Students learn vocabulary related to bullying, talk about bullying, watch a short video about an anti-bullying project, answer comprehension questions, write a poem or narrative inspired by images in a video, watch a short […]