Unlocking Creativity
Updated: Sep 13
This ESL Lesson Plan Unlocking Creativity helps B2 learners explore how creativity works and how it can be practiced in everyday life. They discuss thought-provoking questions, practise agreeing and disagreeing politely, and complete creative challenges where they invent and describe new products or services.
📁B2 ⏱️90 min 📄18 pages
Outcomes and skills:
Expanded vocabulary related to creativity and innovation.
Practised expressing opinions and agreeing or disagreeing in discussions.
Applied creative thinking by inventing a new product or service.
Vocabulary
creativity
talent
process
combine
absorb
innovation
unexpected
inspiration
original
Lesson plan
Lead-in
Students answer five questions about creativity, when they get their best ideas, and whether AI tools help creativity.
Brainstorm
Students list activities that inspire new ideas, adding four more to the three examples given.
Vocabulary
Students match nine target words (creativity, talent, process, combine, absorb, innovation, unexpected, inspiration, original) to their meanings.
Video: How to Generate the Most Creative Ideas
Before watching, students predict what strategies the video will suggest. They then watch a 2:01 video and pay attention to the target words.
Reading: Creativity Is a Process You Can Practice
Students read a text explaining that creativity is a learnable skill, followed by a breakdown of three steps: absorbing ideas, writing ideas, and connecting ideas.
Comprehension Questions
Students answer six questions about the video and reading, covering learning from different fields, writing down ideas, and "idea stacking".
Phrases: Agree, Disagree, or Neutral
Students study phrases for agreeing, disagreeing, and giving a neutral response.
Agree or Disagree
In pairs, students discuss six statements about creativity, AI, and innovation, explaining their opinions using the phrases above.
Think: Combine the Ideas
Students combine pairs of unrelated objects (lipstick and key; plant and car; bed and rubber duck) to invent a new device, product, or service.
Create
Students choose one of their invented ideas, use Bing Image Creator to design an image of it, and share their creation with the class, explaining their choices.
Quote
Students reflect on a quote from Albert Einstein about mistakes and trying new things.
