Does success in school matter in real life?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are for students to:

• – explore the connection between school performance and real-life success through listening, reading, and vocabulary-building activities;

• – strengthen their intermediate English language skills by completing gap-fills, word-definition matching exercises, and sentence reorganization activities;

• – discuss different perspectives on success after thinking about the main points in a video about “Success at School vs Success in Life”.

In this Intermediate ESL lesson plan, students analyze and discuss the relationship between academic achievement and life success, using useful expressions presented in a range of exercises.

Warm-up: 

Students organize words to create sentences about success in life.

Video: 

Students identify key information in a video titled “Success at School vs Success in Life”.

Exercises: 

Students complete a gap-fill story with appropriate vocabulary, and then match useful topic-related words with their definitions.

Reading: 

Students read a short text about success in life and answer comprehension questions to confirm their understanding.

Discussion: 

Students reorganize the words to create a quote about success, before discussing their opinions with the teacher.