ESL Lesson Plans

ESL lesson plans for English language teachers and students designed around short films and videos.

Amar

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film Amar by Andrew Hinton which focuses on a single day in the life of a fourteen-year-old Indian boy. Students practise talking about their present and past daily routines, and compare their routines with those of the boy featured in the film.

Anger

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why anger is overrated and the theme of anger. Students learn vocabulary related to anger, talk about anger, 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.

Archie

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Archie and the theme of inheritances. Students learn vocabulary related to inheritances, talk about inheritances, watch the start of a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write a sequel to a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Are you a good listener?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 4 things all great listeners know and the theme of good listening. Students talk about being a good listener, 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.

Are You Living an Insta Lie?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Are You Living an Insta Lie? and the theme of social media. Students learn vocabulary related to social media, talk about Instagram, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

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.

Bags of Joy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Bags of Joy and the themes of Christmas and joy. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas and joy, write a story inspired by the start of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Barcelona

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a time-lapse short film about Barcelona by Rob Whitworth and the theme of sightseeing. Students learn sightseeing vocabulary, talk about sightseeing, describe a city, watch a short video, discuss a short video, plan a sightseeing weekend, plan a video about their city and reflect on the lesson.

Be Grateful

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled A Shorter Letter and the themes of Christmas and Christmas presents. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas and Christmas presents, discuss quotations about Christmas and Christmas presents, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, write about what they have learned from viewing a short film, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Be Happy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Be Happy and the theme of happiness. Students write and talk about what makes them happy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, discuss tips for being happy, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

Beautiful Moments

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Moments and the theme of important moments in life. Students discuss quotations about moments, watch a short film and recall the moments in the film, write and talk about important moments in their lives, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

Beauty Patch

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film titled Beauty Patch commissioned by Dove and the theme of beauty. Students practise using abstract nouns, describe their perfect partner, discuss beauty, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read and discuss tweets on a short film, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Becoming An American Citizen

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Becoming An American Citizen and the theme of citizenship. Students learn vocabulary related to citizenship, talk about citizenship, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of a character in a video 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.

Being a Good Listener

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Being a Good Listener and the themes of listening and paralinguistics. Students learn vocabulary related to being a good listener and paralinguistics, talk about being a good listener and paralinguistics, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video, perform two roleplays and reflect on the lesson.

Being Kind

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Kindness Boomerang and the theme of kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness, talk about kindness, read and discuss quotations about kindness, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write kind things about their classmates and reflect on the lesson.

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