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Category: Life

‘Why Suffering is Necessary’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why your Epicurean approach will never make you truly happy and the themes of happiness and suffering. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness and suffering, talk about happiness and suffering, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, check true/false sentences, […]

‘How the discovery of DNA changed the world’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How the discovery of DNA changed the world and the theme of DNA and how DNA has changed the world. Students learn vocabulary related to DNA, talk about DNA and how DNA has changed the world, predict the content of a short video, watch […]

‘The Secret to a Calm Life’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Secret to a Calm Life and the theme of a life of calm. Students learn vocabulary related to a life of calm, talk about the kind of life they would like to live, talk about a life of calm, predict the content of […]

‘What are Universities for?’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What are Universities for? and the themes of universities and the purpose of university. Students learn vocabulary related to universities, talk about universities and the purpose of university, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a […]

‘How to Find Your Passion’ Lesson Plan

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Find Your Passion and the theme of finding your passion. Students talk about finding your passion, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform tasks to find their passion […]

‘The Great Gatsby’ Extensive Viewing Guide

    An 80-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan 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 recommendations […]

‘Learning to Say No’ Lesson Plan

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 […]

‘Winners and Losers’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why You Are Not a Loser and the theme of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. Students talk about ‘winners’ and ‘losers’, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video and reflect on the lesson.     […]

‘Last Minutes with Oden’ Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is designed around a moving short film called Last Minutes with Oden and the theme of pets. Students talk about pets, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, analyse the personality of a character in a short film and reflect on […]