B1 ESL Lesson Plan: How to Find Hope

Lesson Summary

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around the short video How to Find Hope and explores hope and ways of finding it. Students develop vocabulary related to hope and difficult times through discussion, viewing, roleplay, reading and creative writing. A follow-up article, ‘Why Helping Others Can Give Us Hope’, explores how supporting others can help us feel more hopeful.

Learning Objectives

• To introduce students to hope and ways of finding it.
• To expand students’ vocabulary related to hope and difficult times.
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
• To improve students’ speaking and critical thinking skills through discussions and roleplay.
• To develop students’ writing skills through creative tasks and new vocabulary.
• To improve students’ visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks.

Lesson Activities

• Learn vocabulary related to hope and difficult times.
• Discuss a quotation about hope.
• Talk about hope and ways of finding it.
• Predict the content of a short video.
• Watch the video and answer comprehension questions.
• Analyse the video and discuss its message.
• Write about learning from the video.
• Perform a roleplay offering support and encouragement.
• Read ‘Why Helping Others Can Give Us Hope’ and answer comprehension questions.
• Discuss ideas raised in the article.
• Complete a post-reading writing activity.
• Reflect on the lesson and complete multimodal homework tasks.

Learner Type

Mature teens and adults

Language Focus

Vocabulary related to hope and difficult times

Language Level

Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)

Time

90–120 minutes

Benefits for Learners:

• Develop communicative competence and confidence through integrated skill-building
• Expand vocabulary and improve listening and reading comprehension through repeated, meaningful exposure
• Think critically and creatively while exploring powerful social and emotional themes
• Strengthen emotional intelligence and intercultural awareness through affective engagement with multimodal texts

Watch the short video.

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