LESSON DESCRIPTION

In this ESL lesson plan for adults and teens, students watch a news report and instructional video about how to be effective when working from home. It includes discussion questions, conversation, and other activities about working from home, productivity tips, and video calls. Students learn some important vocabulary words, phrases, and expressions from the video. The grammar activity features the usage of “while” and “despite” for expressing contrast. There is a quiz and review with a bonus activity included. 

VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Because boundaries are fuzzy, you could either burn out or not get anything done.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• SPEAKING: Working from Home, Video Conferencing
• VIEWING: Short Answers, Matching, True / False
• VOCABULARY: Nouns, Verbs, Phrasal verbs, Prepositions
• GRAMMAR: Conjunctions: “While…” and “Despite…” (Expressing Contrast)
• ADDITIONAL: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

LESSON TOPICS

Working from Home, Productivity Tips