
B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Pay it Forward
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the themes of the Pay It Forward movement and kindness. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.
Check out the lesson planThis ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and the themes of the Pay It Forward movement and kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness, talk about the Pay It Forward movement and kindness, watch a short film, discuss a short film, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations about kindness, and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to kindness, talking about the Pay It Forward movement and kindness, watching a short film, discussing a short film, reading an article, answering comprehension questions, discussing quotations about kindness, and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: The Pay It Forward movement and kindness
Language: Vocabulary related to kindness
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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
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