Self-Care

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Self-Care Planning: Working Towards Wellbeing and the themes of self-care and self-care planning. Students learn vocabulary related to wellbeing and emotional health, discuss quotations about self-care, talk about self-care and self-care planning, 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, perform a roleplay, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

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

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the concept of self-care and self-care planning
• To expand vocabulary related to wellbeing and emotional health
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ speaking skills through discussion and roleplay
• To practise critical thinking through reflection and application
• To develop students’ writing skills through structured tasks

Topic: Self-care and self-care planning

Language: Vocabulary related to wellbeing and emotional health

Watch the short video.