This powerful ESL lesson helps learners talk about problems, challenges, setbacks & change using six natural English idioms. Through real-life dialogue, grammar-based activities, and reflection-based speaking tasks, students develop the language and resilience to describe how they face difficult times and come out stronger.
 
What’s Included?
Discussion Questions to activate personal connection
Reading Dialogue with authentic, emotional context
Definition Matching, Sentence Transformations & Gap-Fill
Realistic Usage Matching in full-sentence examples
Speaking Task focused on overcoming adversity and personal growth
 
Why Choose This Lesson Plan?
Equips learners to talk about stress, recovery, and life’s ups and downs
Builds fluency in idiomatic, emotional English
Encourages reflective storytelling and self-expression
 
Turn setbacks into stories and struggles into fluency with this ready-to-use lesson on dealing with life’s toughest moments.