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Lesson Overview

This ESL lesson plan is built around a short, thought-provoking video titled Managing Strong Emotions: Working Towards Wellbeing. Designed for Intermediate to Upper Intermediate learners (B1–B2), the lesson explores strong emotions and how to manage them effectively.

The lesson provides a complete, ready-to-use package that develops vocabulary related to emotions, behaviour and self-management, while supporting learners’ viewing, listening, reading, speaking and writing skills through structured discussion, roleplay and reflective tasks.

Learning Objectives

• To introduce students to the theme of strong emotions and how to manage them effectively
• To expand vocabulary related to emotions, behaviour and self-management
• To develop viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To develop writing skills through creative and reflective tasks using new vocabulary
• To improve speaking skills through discussion and roleplay
• To develop visual representing skills through multimodal composition tasks
• To practise critical thinking through discussion, reflection and personalisation

 Lesson Activities

• Introducing the theme of strong emotions and emotional responses
• Discussing quotations related to anger and emotional control
• Predicting the content of a short video
• Watching a short video and answering comprehension questions
• Analysing ideas and strategies presented in the video
• Participating in guided discussion and structured roleplay
• Reading an article on mindfulness and emotional regulation
• Completing reading comprehension and reflective writing tasks

Learner Type

Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) learners, including mature teens and adults.

Language Focus

• Emotions and emotional responses
• Behaviour and impulsive reactions
• Self-management and wellbeing strategies

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