Category: Compassion

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

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and the themes of the Pay It Forward movement and kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness, talk about the Pay It Forward movement and kindness, watch a short film, discuss a short film, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations about kindness, […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Kindness Boomerang and the theme of kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness, talk about kindness, read and discuss quotations about kindness, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write kind things […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short film titled Lost Property by Asa Lucander and the theme of dementia. Students do a dictation, work out different meanings of the verb ‘lose’, write sentences using the verb ‘lose’, speak about lost items, watch a trailer, write a story, watch a short film, […]

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video called Educate the Heart and the themes of education and compassion. Students discuss a quotation, use vocabulary related to education and compassion, predict the content of a short video, watch a video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a video, interview a partner, watch an interview, reflect on […]

A 36-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Manchester by the Sea starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams 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 […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video by Story Corps and the theme of empathy. In the lesson students talk about an imaginary situation, listen to a story, watch a video, speak, and write an account of an incident from another person’s perspective.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Other Pair and the themes of altruism and empathy. Students watch a short film, write a story, and speak about a story.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner type: All ages Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching a short film, […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a moving short film titled We’ve All Been There by Nicholas Clifford and the theme of empathy. Students write a story, watch a short film and speak about empathy.   Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: […]