Category: Gratitude

‘Be Grateful’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 12, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled A Shorter Letter and the themes of Christmas and Christmas presents. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas and Christmas presents, discuss quotations about Christmas and Christmas presents, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write about what […]

‘Letters of Appreciation’ Lesson Plan

Published on August 13, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of appreciation. Students learn vocabulary related to gratitude and appreciation, write sentences about what they are grateful for, talk about what they are grateful for, write sentences about a teacher they are grateful to, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse […]

‘Gratitude’ Lesson Plan

Published on August 2, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a video by Louie Schwartzberg and the themes of gratitude, beauty and nature. Students write and talk about gratitude, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens […]

‘The Science of Gratitude’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 20, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Science of Gratitude and the theme of gratitude. Students write sentences about what they are grateful for, talk about what they are grateful for, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write a letter of gratitude and reflect on […]

‘How to be alone’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 9, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film by artist and filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, a poem by Tanya Davies, and the theme of being alone. Students talk about being alone, give advice about being alone, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read a poem, discuss the meaning of a poem, analyse a short […]

‘Perspective’ Lesson Plan

Published on January 26, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL 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: Intermediate […]

‘Pay it Forward’ Lesson Plan

Published on September 29, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL 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, and […]

‘365 Grateful’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 14, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 365 Grateful by Hailey Bartholomew and the theme of gratitude. Students write and talk about what they are grateful for, watch a short video about gratitude, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video, plan a gratitude project and reflect on the lesson.     […]

‘What teens are thankful for’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 6, 2020

By kierandonaghy

This lesson is designed around a short video commissioned by the Greater Good Science Center and the theme of gratitude. In this lesson students talk about what they are grateful for, watch a video in which high students read a letter of gratitude to another person and write their own letters of gratitude.