How Pets Improve Your Health

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

•     – get students to talk about pet ownership,
•     – develop advanced level speaking skills,
•     – watch a video about the benefits of pet ownership.

In this C1 ESL lesson plan, students will explore how pets improve our health through various exercises including sentence construction, categorization tasks, and reading comprehension focused on the physical and mental health benefits of pet ownership.

Warm-up:

The lesson starts with an exercise where students organize words to create sentences. 

Video:

Students will watch a video named ” What Having A Dog Does To Your Brain And Body.” After watching, they will fill gaps in sentences to check for comprehension.

Exercises:

In this part of the lesson, the students will organize phrases into the correct categories.

Reading:

Students will read a short text about pet ownership, followed by a Q&A session.

Discussion:

To wrap up, students will look at some common excuses people use to avoid having pets. Then, they will choose three and say what they would say to change the person’s mind.