Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers explores the concept of valuing time over money. This ESL class material helps students discuss happiness, work-life balance, and priorities through engaging activities, video content, and grammar practice.
Activities
- Students explore the 'time vs. money' debate, beginning with a warm-up discussion on job offers and financial windfalls, forcing them to choose between prioritizing money or life experiences.
- Learners engage in vocabulary development, practicing advanced terms like 'time affluence', 'subjective well-being', and 'detrimental' through matching and gap-fill exercises.
- Students watch a short video on 'time poverty' and answer comprehension questions about research findings on happiness and the differences between money-oriented and time-oriented people.
- The lesson incorporates grammar practice, focusing on the second conditional to discuss hypothetical choices and using 'wish + past simple' to express regrets.
- The lesson culminates in a structured role-play where students advise a friend on a difficult career choice, using specific phrases for weighing options and applying the learned hypothetical language.
Vocabulary focus
The lesson focuses on vocabulary related to well-being, priorities, and time management. Key terms include: pervasive, detrimental, subjective well-being, to be time-poor, to afflict, oriented, to prioritize, to sacrifice, and time affluence. These words enable nuanced discussions on personal values and lifestyle choices.
Grammar focus
This lesson provides targeted practice on using hypothetical language, specifically the second conditional ('If I had more time, I would travel'). Students learn to discuss unreal present or future situations and their imagined results. It also covers using 'wish + past simple' to express regrets about current circumstances.
