Lesson Plans

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Pictures and the theme of photos. Students learn and practise vocabulary related to photos, describe a photo, listen to a description of a photo, and talk about photos.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film for a song titled Two Fingers and the theme of teenage problems. Students learn vocabulary related to teenage problems, talk about teenage problems, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film without sound, write down the story the film tells and the thoughts of the protagonist, watch a short film with sound and write down the song lyrics, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Simple Idea that Could Transform City Life and the themes of cities and the 15-minute city. Students learn vocabulary related to cities, talk about cities, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, talk about the 15-minute city, watch a second video about the 15-minute city and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called The Adventures of a Cardboard Box in which a small boy finds myriad of uses for a cardboard box and the theme of creativity. Students do activities to encourage creativity, watch a short film, talk about a short film and discuss creativity.

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 viewi…

This ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How Letting Go Can Dissolve Anxiety: The Art of Improvisation. The lesson explores improvisation as a creative and communicative skill, with a strong focus on confidence, anxiety, self-doubt, spontaneity and speaking fluency.