Making better decisions

In this Upper-Intermediate ESL lesson, students will enhance their ability to discuss decision-making processes. They’ll acquire relevant vocabulary and practice expressing potential outcomes and consequences. The lesson will focus on articulating opinions with supporting reasons.

Warm-Up

Students will reveal the hints to guess the final word.

Video

Students will watch a short video titled “How to make smart decisions more easily.” After watching, students will answer questions to check for comprehension.

Exercises

Students will match given words with their synonyms in the text. In the second exercise, students will fill in the blanks with the correct verbs. 

Reading

Students will read a short text about decision making and answer questions about the text.

Discussion

At the end of the lesson, students will answer a series of questions to spark a discussion.