Lesson Plans
Modern, engaging and inspiring ESL Video Lesson Plans for English language teachers which support students in building all key language skills—viewing, listening, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing.
Habits of the Highly Successful
A2 Pre-intermediate | Personal DevelopmentThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five Tips for Success and the themes of success and the habits of highly successful people. Students learn vocabulary related to success, talk about success and the habits of highly successful people, 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.
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B1 Intermediate | LifestyleThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five habits that make you feel incredible and the themes of self-development and positive habits. Students learn vocabulary related to self-development and positive habits, talk about positive habits, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, discuss comments on a YouTube short video, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | Emotional IntelligenceThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled There is a formula for happiness — but it’s highly misunderstood and the themes of happiness and the science of happiness. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness and the science of happiness, talk about happiness, discuss quotations about happiness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, and reflect …
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B2 Upper Intermediate | RelationshipsThis 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.
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A2 Pre-intermediate | HealthThis engaging ESL video lesson plan based on How Drinking Coffee Could Benefit Your Health explores coffee culture and health benefits. Designed for A2–B1 learners, it helps students build vocabulary related to health, nutrition and lifestyle while developing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through viewing, discussion and creative activities. It is a complete, ready-to-use resource with structured tasks, roleplay and critical thinking activities.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How some friendships last — and others don’t and the themes of friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, talk about friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, discuss quotations about friendship, predict the content of a short video, watc…
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A2 Pre-intermediate | LifestyleThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 5 Healthy Morning Routine Habits and the theme of morning routines and healthy habits. Students learn vocabulary related to morning routines and self-care, talk about morning routines, discuss quotations about mornings, 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 explor…
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B1 Intermediate | RelationshipsThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Number One Rule for Healthy Relationships and the theme of healthy romantic relationships. Students learn abstract nouns to describe qualities and vocabulary related to expressing emotions and feelings, discuss quotations about romantic relationships, 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, develo…
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B1 Intermediate | Clothes & FashionThis ESL lesson is designed around a short film titled Her Shoes by The Mercadantes and the themes of shoes and clothes. Students learn vocabulary related to shoes and clothes, talk about shoes and clothes, watch a short film, describe shoes in a film, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of heroes. Students learn abstract nouns to describe qualities, talk about well-known heroes, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, talk about unsung heroes and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | Holiday & International DaysThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas advert and the themes of Christmas and Christmas adverts. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas and Christmas adverts, watch a short advert, predict the end of a short advert, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short advert, write from the perspective of a character in a short advert and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Highly sensitive people are the best employees! and the themes of sensitivity and highly sensitive people. Students learn vocabulary related to sensitivity and highly sensitive people, talk about sensitivity and highly sensitive people, 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 a short video and reflect on the lesson.
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