Lesson Overview
This ESL lesson plan uses an article and video to explore four types of personalities and how to describe personalities. Students are encouraged to think introspectively, and then broadly about personalities through many fun, engaging activities.
This ESL lesson plan on personalities is suitable to use with students of all ages and backgrounds as everybody can relate to this fascinating topic. Using the article as a starting point, the lesson evolves from one engaging activity to another. The lesson presents innovative vocabulary exercises before thought-provoking discussion activities. In the speaking tasks, participants are encouraged to use the new language and knowledge they have learned in class.
Activities:
- Warm up: Words and pictures.
- New words: Synonyms and antonyms.
- Article: Four personality types.
- Personalities and careers.
- Case studies.
- Which personality are you?
- Debate
Homework
As always with the lesson plans from ESL Pals, this ESL lesson plan on personalities contains an awesome homework section. Students are presented with a video before being asked to review it. Later, the adjectives are taken from the video for learners to use in a fun writing task.
Activities:
- Video analysis.
- Writing: Adjectives.
