Lesson Plans

This ESL video lesson plan titled ‘The Alphabet of Illiteracy’ 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.   Transform Your English Classroom with This Film English Multimodal Lesson This ESL lesson plan is built around a carefully […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Arrival. Students talk about decision-making, watch a short film, write a monologue, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Art of Argument and the themes of argument and how to construct an effective argument. Students learn vocabulary related to argument and how to construct an effective argument, discuss quotations about argument, talk about argument and how to construct an effective argument, 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, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Lesson Summary:This complete ESL video lesson plan, based on the video The Art of Listening: How does listening help us embrace different perspectives?, helps learners explore listening as an active and emotional skill. Designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) students, it includes vocabulary development, discussion of quotations, video analysis, comprehension tasks, roleplay, article […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Art of Love and the theme of love. Students learn vocabulary related to love, talk about love, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, predict the middle and end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan  is a complete, ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan for B1–B2 learners on appreciating small things and slowing down. It helps students develop vocabulary, viewing and reading comprehension, reflective writing, discussion skills and creative multimodal expression.

This stimulating ESL video lesson plan explores the themes of attention, distraction, and the attention economy through the short video The Attention Economy Needs to Change. But How? It is a complete, ready-to-use resource for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners. Students develop key skills through vocabulary-building, viewing, discussion, reading, roleplay, and creative tasks that encourage reflection on technology and media influence.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and the theme of beauty. Students talk about what can happen in a second, watch a short film and write down what is happening in each segment, analyse a short film, describe a photo on their mobile phone and say why it is beautiful for them, make a one-second video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Beginner and the themes of being a beginner and children in care. Students talk about being a beginner, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, predict the end of short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

A complete ESL video lesson plan built around The Benefits of a Simple Wardrobe and the topics of minimalism and minimalist dressing. Designed for B1–B2 learners, it develops vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading and critical thinking.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Surprising Benefits of Exercising with Friends and the theme of exercising with others and its physical and mental benefits. Students learn vocabulary related to fitness, health and social connection, talk about exercising with others and its physical and mental benefits, 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, discuss topics raised in an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Selfish Benefits of Kindness and the theme of kindness and its benefits. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness and its benefits, discuss quotations about kindness, talk about kindness, 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, discuss topics raised in an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the themes of walking and the benefits of walking. Students learn vocabulary related to related to health, exercise and urban planning, talk about walking and the benefits of walking, discuss quotations about walking, 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 viral short film commissioned by the brand Gillette. In the lesson students watch a short film, speak about masculinity, and write their own Twitter comment.

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film called The Black Hole directed by Philip Sansom and Olly Williams, and the themes of black holes, money and greed.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Blind Braille Artist Clarke and the theme of art and artists. Students learn vocabulary related to art and artists, talk about art and artists, 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.