Category: Kindness

‘Learning to Say No’ Lesson Plan

Published on May 22, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Stop Trying to Be Nice All the Time and the theme of learning to say no. Students talk about being nice, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, read an article, use expressions […]

‘The Power of Kindness’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 26, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Extraordinary Power of Kindness and the theme of kindness. Students talk about kindness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.     Language level: […]

‘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 […]

‘What Matters in Life’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 20, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the themes of fitness and Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to fitness, talk about fitness, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.     Language […]

‘Kindness. The Greatest Gift.’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 15, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert titled ‘Kindness. The Greatest Gift.’ and the themes of anxiety and kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to anxiety, talk about anxiety, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, perform a roleplay, talk about kindness […]

‘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 […]

‘Being Kind’ Lesson Plan

Published on September 27, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Kindness Boomerang and the theme of kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness, talk about kindness, read and discuss quotations about kindness, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write kind things about […]

‘Kindness’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 7, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Thought Bubble , and the theme of kindness. Students revise adjectives to describe character, talk about positive qualities, watch a short video, answer comprehension question, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.   Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner […]

‘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.