Love advice from a divorce lawyer

In this Upper-Intermediate ESL lesson plan, students will discuss what makes a marriage work. They will practice expressing insights about commitment, communication, and compromise using advanced relationship vocabulary. 

Warm-up: 

The lesson starts with an exercise where students think of marital statuses they know.

Video: 

Students watch a video titled “Divorce Lawyers Give Relationship Advice.” After viewing, they identify which aspects were mentioned.

Exercises: 

Students finish sentences with the correct adjectives. In the second exercise, students Insert EITHER or NEITHER into gaps in sentences. Finally, they rephrase sentences using an idiom.

Reading: 

Students read a short text about relationships, followed by comprehension questions.

Discussion: 

Students explore thought-provoking questions.