Sleeping matters

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – expand vocabulary related to sleep through synonym generation exercises and definition matching activities;
• – improve comprehension skills by watching a video about how sleep affects emotions and reading a text about sleep benefits, followed by targeted exercises about bodily functions;
• – develop critical thinking and speaking abilities through analyzing text content to identify specific information and engaging in two truths and a lie discussions about sleep-related facts.

In this C2 lesson plan, students will practice vocabulary related to sleep.

Warm-up 

The lesson begins with an engaging activity where students come up with synonyms for the words in the text.

Video 

Students will view a video titled “How sleep affects your emotions | Sleeping with Science.” After watching the video, they will answer questions on the main ideas presented.

Exercises 

Students will learn new vocabulary by matching terms with their definitions.

Reading 

In this part, the students will read a short text about the benefits of sleep and take part in an exercise where they are asked to pick out which bodily functions were mentioned in the text.

Discussion 

The lesson concludes with two truths and a lie; the students are asked to pick out the lie and explain why it’s not true.