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

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Foods that Can Improve Brain Function

Published on March 2, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The foods that can improve brain function and the theme of nutrition and cognitive function. Students learn vocabulary related to nutrition and cognitive function, discuss quotations about food, talk about nutrition and cognitive function, predict the content of a short video, watch a short […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Be Better at Conversation

Published on February 16, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How To Be Social – How To Never Run Out Of Things To Say and the theme of making conversation more engaging and effective. Students learn vocabulary related to social interaction and communication, talk about conversation and how to make conversation more engaging and […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Healthy Friendships

Published on February 6, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How some friendships last — and others don’t and the themes of friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, talk about friendship and how […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Make Smart Decisions

Published on February 4, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to make smart decisions more easily and the themes of decision-making and how to make smart decisions. Students learn vocabulary related to decision-making, talk about decision-making and how to make smart decisions, discuss quotations about decision-making, predict the content of a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Overcome Your Mistakes

Published on January 30, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to overcome your mistakes and the themes of mistakes and how to learn from your mistakes. Students learn vocabulary related to mistakes and how to learn from your mistakes, talk about mistakes and how to learn from your mistakes, discuss quotations about mistakes, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Benefits of Walking

Published on January 28, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the themes of walking and the benefits of walking. Students learn vocabulary related to related to health, exercise and urban planning, talk about walking and the benefits of walking, discuss quotations about walking, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Key Skills To Promote Constructive Conversations

Published on January 26, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 5 conversation skills that enhance your rational brain and the themes of reducing defensiveness in discussions and promoting constructive conversations. Students learn vocabulary and phrases related to constructive conversations, talk about constructive conversations, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Sharpen Your Critical Thinking

Published on January 23, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five simple strategies to sharpen your critical thinking and the themes of critical thinking and how to sharpen your critical thinking. Students learn vocabulary related to critical thinking, talk about critical thinking and how to sharpen your critical thinking, discuss quotations about critical thinking, […]

B1 ESL Lesson Plan: How Friendship Affects Your Brain

Published on January 12, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How friendship affects your brain and the themes of friendship and its impact on the brain. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and psychology, talk about friendship, discuss quotations about friendship, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension […]