Category: Work

‘Diverse Thinking’ Lesson Plan

Published on June 21, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Power of Diverse Thinking and the theme of cognitive diversity. Students talk about cognitive diversity, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, read an article, discuss an article, and reflect on the […]

‘Inclusive Employment’ Lesson Plan

Published on June 7, 2022

By kierandonaghy

  This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Hiring Chain and the themes of jobs and inclusive employment. Students learn vocabulary related to jobs, talk about tasks involved in specific jobs, talk about qualities required for specific jobs, watch a short video, identify the tasks involved in specific jobs shown […]

‘Not Enough’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 3, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Not Enough and the theme of dreams and ambitions. Students talk about the jobs they want or wanted to do, write sentences with ‘not + adjective + enough’, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film with the sound off and […]

‘Kid Reporter’ Lesson Plan

Published on March 22, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Kid Reporter and the theme of journalism. Students learn vocabulary related to journalism, talk about journalism, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, analyse a short video and reflect on the lesson.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1) […]

‘Post-it Love’ Lesson Plan

Published on February 2, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Post-it Love and the theme of romantic partners. Students talk about romantic partners, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, come up with creative uses of Post-it notes and reflect on the lesson. […]

‘Five Ways to Stop Getting Distracted’ Lesson Plan

Published on January 17, 2022

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five Ways to Stop Getting Distracted and the theme of distraction. Students learn vocabulary related to distractions, talk about distractions, make recommendations about how to avoid distractions, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, make notes, discuss a short video, perform a roleplay and […]

‘Procrastination’ Lesson Plan

Published on August 25, 2021

By kierandonaghy

An ESL lesson plan designed around a short film titled Procrastination by John Kelly and the theme of procrastination. Students learn vocabulary related to procrastination, talk about procrastination, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, read an article, write tips to avoid procrastination and reflect on the lesson.     Language […]

‘Housekeeping’ Lesson Plan

Published on March 15, 2021

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Housekeeping by Tracy Kleeman. In the lesson students learn hotel jobs vocabulary, speak about hotel jobs, watch a short film, predict the end of a story, speak about a short film and perform a roleplay.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate […]

‘The Employment’ Lesson Plan

Published on March 21, 2017

By kierandonaghy

This ELT 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: 90 […]