Category: Level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)

‘Universities’ Lesson Plan

Published on May 15, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled A Time-Honored Achievement and the theme of universities. Students learn vocabulary related to universities, talk about universities, 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 […]

‘Ultra-Marathoner’ Lesson Plan

Published on May 7, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Ultra Marathoner and the theme of marathons. Students learn vocabulary related to marathon and abstract nouns to describe qualities, talk about marathon, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and […]

‘Subway Knitter’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 24, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Subway Knitter and the theme of knitting. Students learn vocabulary related to knitting, talk about knitting, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, talk about a character in a short video, analyse a short video, and reflect […]

‘Introversion’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 6, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Happier Alone and the themes of introversion and introverts. Students learn vocabulary related to introverts and extroverts, talk about introverts and extroverts, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film without sound and write the narration of the film, watch and […]

‘Inside My Autistic Mind’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 4, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Inside My Autistic Mind and the theme of autism. Students learn vocabulary related to autism, talk about autism, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of an autistic person […]

‘Mrs. Hayes’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 12, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, read a description of a short film, visualise a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film […]

‘You make the holidays’ Lesson Plan

Published on December 10, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the themes of grumpiness and Christmas. Students talk about grumpy people, watch the first part of a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short […]

‘Give Joy’ Lesson Plan

Published on November 28, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the themes of joy and Christmas. Students talk about joy and Christmas, predict the content of an advert, watch an advert, write a summary of the story an advert tells, analyse an advert, and reflect on the lesson. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate […]

‘Joy is Shared’ Lesson Plan

Published on November 21, 2023

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert titled Joy is Shared and the themes of friendship and Christmas. Students talk about friendship and Christmas, predict the content of a film, watch a film, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of a film, analyse a film, and reflect on the lesson. Language level: […]