Category: Creativity

‘Joy’ Extensive Viewing Guide

Published on July 1, 2024

By kierandonaghy

70-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez and Diane Ladd 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 […]

‘How to Boost Your Creativity’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 25, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Can You Boost Your Creativity? and the theme of creativity. Students learn vocabulary related to creativity, talk about creativity, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from […]

‘You make the holidays’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 10, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the themes of grumpiness and Christmas. Students talk about grumpy people, watch the first part of a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short […]

‘The Blind Braille Artist’ Lesson Plan

Published on September 12, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Blind Braille Artist Clarke and the theme of art and artists. Students learn vocabulary related to art and artists, talk about art and artists, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a […]

‘Street Art’ Lesson Plan

Published on July 23, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Urban Interventions Transform City Streets and the theme of street art. Students learn vocabulary related to street art, talk about street art, talk about photos of street art, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a […]

‘How to Stop Procrastinating’ Lesson Plan

Published on July 16, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 11 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and the theme of preventing procrastination. Students learn vocabulary related to procrastination, talk about procrastination, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, talk about tips for preventing procrastination, analyse a short video, […]

‘How to Be Creative’ Lesson Plan

Published on June 6, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Be Creative on Demand and the theme of creativity. Students learn vocabulary related to creativity, talk about creativity, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, talk about tips to boost creativity, analyse a short video, […]

‘Creativity’ Lesson Plan

Published on March 19, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How limits can boost your creativity and the themes of creativity and how constraints can boost creativity. Students learn vocabulary related to creativity, talk about creativity, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, takes notes on a video, analyse a […]

‘Joy is Made’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 13, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert titled Joy is made and the theme of Christmas. Students talk about Christmas, predict the content of a video, watch a video, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of a video, analyse a video, write from the perspective of a character in a video and […]