Pre-intermediate ESL lesson: happiness

1. Be Happy!
Living a happy life.

2. Me
What makes me happy?

3. Examples:
Swimming in the sea.
Being with my son.
Drinking coffee in a
terrace.
Seeing baby animals.
Waking up late at the
weekend.

4. You
What makes you happy?

5. 5 sentences.
What makes you
happy?
Use the gerund as the subject.

8. Imagine you are
going to write this
book.

9. Write/say:
10 sentences:
you should do to be happy.
10 sentences:
you shouldn’t do to be happy

10. Examples:
Be kind to each
other.
Believe in yourself.
Don’t be selfish.
Don’t give up.

11. Watch the video:
What can you remember?

12. Watch the video again:
Pause at each sentence.

13. What I do to live a happy
life?
Discussion.