ESL Lesson Plan The Fear Of Mediocrity

Level
C1-C2
Time
90 min
Media
Video + Article
The Fear Of Mediocrity

Lesson Overview

This interesting ESL advanced lesson plan is for students who want to challenge themselves, as it takes on an interesting topic: The fear of Mediocrity. This thought-provoking class is perfect for your advanced students. This ESL advanced lesson plan also explains the grammar point of speculation and gives students plenty of opportunity to…

This interesting ESL advanced lesson plan is for students who want to challenge themselves, as it takes on an interesting topic: The fear of Mediocrity. This thought-provoking class is perfect for your advanced students. This ESL advanced lesson plan also explains the grammar point of speculation and gives students plenty of opportunity to practice. 

Students start with a fun warm up exercise where they talk about article titles. Then, they learn new vocabulary and practice using it with multiple exercises. Next, in this ESL advanced lesson plan - students learn about the grammar point of speculation and get many opportunities to practice. 

Thereafter, learners move on to an interesting video by The School of Life. The lesson ends with plenty of discussion exercises that cover quotes and idioms. This ESL advanced lesson plan gives students plenty of opportunities to practice free talk.

Activity Layout

  1. Warm Up. 
  2. Key Words: Exercise. 
  3. Grammar: Speculation. 
  4. Video Analysis: Part 1. 
  5. Video Analysis: Part 2.
  6. Expressions. 
  7. Discussion Questions.
  8. Debate.

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is a homework task to supplement this C1 C2 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson.

  1. Grammar Practice. 
  2. Writing Task

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