C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Deal with Envious Friends

📝 Lesson Summary
This engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video 3 Ways to Deal with Envious Friends and explores the theme of envy in friendships. It is ideal for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) level students and is suitable for mature teens and adults. Through vocabulary building, video analysis, critical discussion, reading comprehension, and creative writing, students develop a deeper understanding of envy and how to manage it in social relationships.

🧠 Learning Objectives
Students will:

• Explore the concept of envy and its impact on friendships

• Expand vocabulary related to emotions, social relationships, and self-awareness

• Develop viewing, listening, and reading comprehension skills

• Improve speaking fluency through guided discussions and structured roleplay

• Enhance writing skills through reflective and creative use of new vocabulary

• Practise visual representing skills through multimodal homework tasks

🎬 Lesson Activities
During this 90–120 minute lesson, students will:

• Talk about envy and how it affects friendships

• Discuss thought-provoking quotations about envy

• Predict and analyse the content of a short video

• Watch the video and answer comprehension questions

• Write about personal insights gained from the video

• Read the article How to Turn Envy into Empathy

• Complete reading comprehension tasks

• Discuss key issues raised in the article

• Perform a roleplay exploring scenarios involving envy and empathy

• Reflect on the lesson through writing and discussion

👥 Learner Type
Suitable for mature teens and adults at C1–C2 level

📚 Language Focus
Vocabulary related to:

• Emotions

• Social relationships

• Self-awareness

Watch the short video.

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