B2 Upper Intermediate

This ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan explores the themes of friendship and how to deepen friendships. Aimed at Upper Intermediate to Advanced learners, it helps students build vocabulary related to emotional openness and communication while developing key skills through discussion, viewing, analysis, roleplay and a follow-up article. The lesson provides teachers with a structured, engaging resource that supports critical thinking and meaningful language practice.

This complete ESL video lesson plan, based on How to Achieve Remarkable Things, explores developing a high-performance mindset and achieving remarkable things. Designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners, it includes vocabulary building, viewing, comprehension, roleplay, article reading, writing, and reflection activities that inspire learners to cultivate resilience and focus.

This ESL video lesson plan is a complete ready-to-use package built around a short video titled My 5 Simple Steps to Eat Healthier. It helps Upper Intermediate to Advanced learners develop language skills while exploring nutrition, healthy eating habits and lifestyle choices through viewing and discussion, critical thinking, roleplay and a substantial follow-up reading.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Get in Touch with Your Feelings and the theme of feelings. Students learn vocabulary related to feelings, talk about feelings, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to quickly get out of a rut and the themes of the concept of ruts and how to overcome them, and motivation and self-improvement. Students learn vocabulary related to motivation and self-improvement, talk about of ruts and how to overcome them, motivation and self-improvement, discuss quotations about motivation and self-improvement, 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to “Grow” – The Hard Truth About Growth and the themes of growth and how to grow as a person. Students learn vocabulary related to growth and personal development, talk about growth and how to grow as a person, discuss quotations about growth, 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, 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to make better decisions | 3 quick tips and the theme of decision-making and how to improve it. Students learn vocabulary related to psychology, thinking and life choices, discuss quotations about decision-making, talk about decision-making, 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, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video How Best to Manage Your Moods and the themes of moods and how to manage moods. Students learn vocabulary related to moods, talk about moods and how to manage moods, 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Overcoming Negative Thought Patterns to Find Joy and the themes of joy and overcoming negative thought patterns. Students learn vocabulary related to joy and overcoming negative thought patterns, talk about joy and overcoming negative thought patterns, discuss quotations about joy, 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, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Lesson Summary:This complete ESL video lesson plan for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners is built around the short video How to Make Meetings Less Rubbish and explores the theme of meetings and their purpose in professional contexts. It helps students develop vocabulary related to meetings, communication and collaboration through viewing, discussion, and creative […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Spot the Loveliest People in the World and the theme of lovely people. Students learn vocabulary related to personality traits, talk about personality traits and lovely people, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, make viewing notes, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This Upper Intermediate to Advanced ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video In 4 Minutes I’ll Make You Stop Consuming and Start Creating. The lesson explores the problem of constantly consuming content without taking action and offers practical strategies for starting the creative process. Learners develop vocabulary related to creativity, resistance and self-doubt while engaging in guided discussion, roleplay, critical thinking tasks and reflective writing. The lesson also includes an extended article, From Consumption to Creation: Breaking the Cycle, which deepens learners’ understanding and supports integrated skills development.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 11 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and the theme of preventing procrastination. Students learn vocabulary related to procrastination, talk about procrastination, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, talk about tips for preventing procrastination, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of fulfilling your potential. Students learn vocabulary related to fulfilling your potential, talk about fulfilling your potential, 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Ian inspired by the true story of a boy of the same name, and the theme of disability. In the lesson students watch a short film, and speak, write and read about it and their reactions to it.

This ESL video lesson plan for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners explores self-doubt, impostor syndrome and their impact. Students expand vocabulary, develop critical thinking, practise comprehension, and engage in creative speaking and writing tasks.