Category: Level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

This ELT video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Employment and the themes of jobs and employment. Students revise job vocabulary, talk about jobs and employment, and watch and discuss a short film about employment.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: […]

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 Alike and the theme of the impact of societal pressures on childhood and family relationships. In the lesson students practise using alike, adjectives to describe character and routines, watch a short film, predict how the film will end and speak about the film […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Albert and Aidan Sykes, and the themes of family and racism. In the lesson students do a dictation, predict the answer to questions, listen to an interview, answer comprehension questions, watch two short videos, and speak about the videos.     Language level: Intermediate […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Flight and the themes of childhood games, grandparents and grandchildren. Students watch a short film, predict a story, retell a story, discuss the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and discuss a short film.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Penelope in the Treehouse and the theme of families. In the lesson students watch but don’t hear the start of a short film, decide what is happening and what the characters are saying, predict the rest of the story and write a story. […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Boy Who Learned to Fly based on the life of Usain Bolt and the theme of the Olympic Games. In the lesson students speak about sports and the Olympic Games, watch a short film, retell a story and write a summary of […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video commissioned by Channel 4 to advertise the Paralympic Games. In the lesson students watch a video, visualise the content of a video, speak and write about the challenges people with disabilities overcome.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short viral video commissioned by Momondo, and the themes of nationalities, ethnic groups and DNA. In the lesson students watch a short video, make predictions, and speak about their families, nationalities and ethnic groups.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens […]