The cave

In this Advanced ESL lesson plan, the goal is to broaden students’ vocabulary on the theme of wisdom. The lesson also introduces and practices the use of inversion with negative adverbials.

Warm-up
The lesson starts with an exercise where students match words to their definitions.

Video
Students will watch a video named “PLATO ON: The Allegory of the Cave.” Post-viewing, they will answer questions to check for comprehension.

Grammar
Focus here is introducing inversion with negative adverbials. Examples are given to aid understanding.

Exercises
In this part of the lesson, students will rewrite sentences using inversion with negative adverbials while keeping a similar meaning.

Reading
Students will read a short text about the allegory of the cave by Plato, followed by a Q&A session.

Discussion
To wrap up, students will discuss a famous quote.