B2 Upper Intermediate

3 tips on how to study effectively

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 3 tips on how to study effectively and the themes of studying, and how the brain learns and stores information. Students learn vocabulary related to studying, and how the brain learns and stores information, talk about studying and study tips, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

A Visual Manifesto

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled A Visual Manifesto, and the themes of images and visual literacy. Students choose an image they like, describe an image to another students, watch a short film with the sound off, write a voiceover for the film, read a transcript, analyse a short film, talk about images and visual literacy, reflect on the lesson.

Ali’s Story

This ESL lesson plan is designed around an animated short film and the theme of refugees. Students practise vocabulary related to refugees, speak about refugees, watch a short film, retell a story, answer comprehension questions, talk about a short film, empathise with refugee children, reflect on the lesson and write an account of a refugee child fleeing their country.

Arguments

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why We Should Refuse to Get into Arguments and the themes of arguments and how to avoid getting into arguments. Students learn vocabulary related to arguments, talk about arguments and how to avoid getting into arguments, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, make viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Becoming Excellent

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Become excellent. Be unreasonable. and the theme of excellence. Students learn vocabulary related to excellence, talk about excellence, read and discuss quotations about excellence, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, make viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Black Button

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film called The Black Button and the theme of moral dilemmas. Students practise reading, reading and listening.

Blue Bird

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film inspired by a poem and the theme of poetry. Students learn vocabulary related to poetry, talk about poetry, watch a short film, discuss a short film, write a verse of poetry, listen to a poem, read a poem, discuss a poem, and reflect on the lesson.

Bullying

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short poem and video titled To This Day and the theme of bullying. Students learn vocabulary related to bullying, talk about bullying, watch a short video about an anti-bullying project, answer comprehension questions, write a poem or narrative inspired by images in a video, watch a short video inspired by a poem, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

Curiosity

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video titled Curiosity: Exploration and Discovery by Georgina Venning. Students learn vocabulary related to curiosity, talk about curiosity, discuss quotations about curiosity, watch a short video, read a transcript, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.

Emotional Maturity

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What Is It to Be Emotionally Mature and the theme of emotional maturity. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional maturity, talk about emotionally mature people, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, talk about the most important characteristics of emotional maturity, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Gratitude Journaling

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Gratitude Journaling: Working Towards Wellbeing and the themes of journaling and gratitude journaling. Students learn vocabulary related to related to positive perception and positive psychology, talk about journaling and gratitude journaling, discuss quotations about journaling, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video and reading an article, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Head Over Heels

This ESL lesson plan is designed around Head Over Heels, an Oscar-nominated puppet animation directed by Timothy Reckart. Students practise using idiomatic expressions, watch a short film and talk about love and relationships.

How to Be a Good Friend

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to be a good friend and the themes of friends and friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship, write and talk about the qualities and characteristics of a good friend, read an article about the qualities of a good friend, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

How to be alone

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film by artist and filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, a poem by Tanya Davies, and the theme of being alone. Students talk about being alone, give advice about being alone, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read a poem, discuss the meaning of a poem, analyse a short film and reflect on the lesson.

How to Be an Entrepreneur

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Be an Entrepreneur and the theme of entrepreneurship. Students learn vocabulary related to entrepreneurship, talk about entrepreneurship, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop an entrepreneurial project and reflect on the lesson.

How To Be More Likeable

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The secret to being more likeable and the themes of likeability and how to be more likeable. Students learn vocabulary related to interpersonal skills, talk about likeability and how to be more likeable, discuss quotations about likeability, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

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