Category: Compassion

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Bunny New Girl

Published on May 3, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Bunny New Girl and the theme of schooldays. Students talk about schooldays, listen to a short film and imagine what is happening in the film, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Thankful

Published on April 12, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Say Thank You and the themes of being thankful and organ donation. Students write about being thankful, talk about being thankful, 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: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Last Minutes with Oden

Published on February 20, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a moving short film called Last Minutes with Oden and the theme of pets. Students talk about pets, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, analyse the personality of a character in a short film and […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Perspective

Published on January 26, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Ironied and the theme of perspective. Students talk about perspective, talk about things that can go wrong in a day, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.     Language level: […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Kindness. The Greatest Gift.

Published on December 15, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert titled ‘Kindness. The Greatest Gift.’ and the themes of anxiety and kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to anxiety, talk about anxiety, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, perform a roleplay, talk about […]