Category: Family

‘Short-Term Parent’ Lesson Plan

Published on June 11, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Short-Term Parent and the themes of parenting and interim parenting. Students learn vocabulary related to parenting and childcare, talk about parenting and childcare, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what […]

‘Families around the World’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 18, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How are families around the world the same and different? and the themes of family and how families can be different and similar across cultures. Students learn vocabulary related to the concept of families around the world, discuss quotations about family, talk about family […]

‘Sibling Rivalry’ Lesson Plan

Published on July 30, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Then and Now and the themes of siblings and sibling rivalry. Students learn vocabulary related to siblings, talk about siblings and sibling rivalry, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video and reflect on the lesson. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – […]

‘Reunited Twins’ Lesson Plan

Published on May 30, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of twins. Students write and talk about twins, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of a character in a video and reflect on the lesson. Language […]

‘Meet the Parents’ Extensive Viewing Guide

Published on March 29, 2023

By kierandonaghy

A 50-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Meet the Parents starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo 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 […]

‘Dads’ Lesson Plan

Published on January 15, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled A Storybook Surprise and the themes of family and fathers. Students learn vocabulary related to family, talk about family and fathers, watch a short video, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of […]

‘The Christmas List’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 20, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film titled The List and the theme of Christmas and Christmas lists. Students talk about Christmas and Christmas lists, listen to a description of a short film and visualise the action in a short film, watch a short film, predict the end of a short […]

‘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 […]

‘The Christmas Present’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 11, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of […]