From Prisoner to PhD

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled I went from prisoner to PhD and the theme of prison and prisoners. Students learn vocabulary related to prison and prisoners, talk about prison and prisoners, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write questions to ask the narrator of a video and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Learning vocabulary related to prison and prisoners, talking about prison and prisoners, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short video, writing questions to ask the narrator of a video and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Prison and prisoners

Language: Vocabulary related to prison and prisoners

Watch the short video.