Creativity & Inspiration
This B1 lesson explores creativity vocabulary and inspiration through video, discussions, and personal reflection. Students learn terms like mindset, feel stuck, and overwhelming while discussing what creativity means and how to find inspiration. The lesson combines vocabulary practice with motivational content about staying creative and achieving goals.
Lesson overview
- Learn vocabulary related to creativity, inspiration, and motivation for B1 learners
- Practice comprehension with video presenting seven tips for finding creative inspiration
- Develop speaking skills through debates on creativity and personal creative experiences
- Build confidence discussing famous creative people and their impact on society
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| Level | Vocabulary | Video Length | Lesson Time |
| B1 / Intermediate | 10 words | 2:07 min | 60 min |
Vocabulary
- inspiration
- feel stuck
- clarity
- temporary
- unrelated
- shift
- mindset
- micro
- macro
- overwhelming
Contents
- Lead-in
- Vocabulary match
- Brainstorm
- Video
- Comprehension
- Questions
- This or That
- Discussion
- Homework
Start with the lead-in questions about what creativity means and personal creative experiences. These questions work because everyone has opinions about creativity, even students who think they’re not creative at all. The vocabulary matching introduces terms like inspiration, mindset, and feel stuck that show up throughout the lesson. Pre-teach these before the video so students can actually follow the content instead of pausing every 10 seconds to ask what words mean.
Show the two-minute video about finding inspiration. Have students take notes on the seven tips. The video covers specific strategies like taking showers, walking away from problems, and thinking micro instead of macro. After watching, do the fill-in-the-blanks where students complete the seven tips. Then discuss each tip. Ask which ones they already use and which sound new. The shower statistic (72% of people get ideas there) always sparks conversations, and suddenly everyone’s sharing their weirdest places for getting creative ideas.
The This or That activity has students choose between paired options like music versus art or morning versus night for creativity. This format works well because students don’t need extended answers. Quick opinions. B1 students handle this better than trying to build full arguments for debates.
Wrap up with the discussion about famous creative people and the homework presentation. Students pick someone creative to research and present about. This homework connects the vocabulary to actual people. Give specific guidelines on what to include because “research a famous person” is way too open for B1 students and they’ll panic.
