Level: B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHow beauty filters are changing the way we want to look
GeneralIn this lesson inspired by a video about body dysmorphia students revise and practise the different uses of Present Continuous as well as reflect on the influence of beauty filters on teenagers’ lives.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsThe humble hoodie
Design & Art GeneralIn this lesson about the history of the hoodie, your students will discover the origins of this iconic garment (and some others) and learn several adjectives for talking about clothes.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsDo you need all this stuff? (verb formation)
General Global IssuesIn this lesson based on a video about minimalism students get an opportunity to practise verb formation (exploring prefixes and suffixes) and reflect on their lifestyles.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsHe couldn’t have seen a ghost!
GeneralIn this grammar lesson, students learn a few idioms for expressing emotions, discover how to use past modals as well as practise them in speaking activities.
Standard Lesson 75 min
Add to saved lessonsHow do you like your milk?
GeneralIn this lesson, students will learn advanced cooking verbs, discuss different types of milk and do an English class project.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsThe next big thing after smartphones
General TechnologyWith this lesson plan, students will watch an interesting video about microchipping, learn vocabulary for expressing advantages and disadvantages and discuss the technology that might replace smartphones.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsImmediate response (non) required
BusinessThis lesson plan deals with synchronous and asynchronous communication. Apart from doing listening comprehension tasks, students will build adjectives with negative prefixes and learn some communication idioms.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsPlogging ‐ make yourself and the planet better
Global IssuesThis lesson plan on saving the planet deals with plogging, i.e. the idea of picking up litter while jogging. The worksheet consists of a few vocab exercises and includes a lot of words used when talking about waste and littering.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsDecision time (business case study)
BusinessThanks to this business case study worksheet, students learn phrasal verbs to talk about companies, watch a video presenting a case study and discuss situations when companies face different problems.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsWill they find out I’m a fraud? Imposter syndrome
GeneralLearn about the imposter syndrome, discover what Michelle Obama has to do with it and discuss how to cope with it.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsA glossary of coronaspeak
GeneralThis lesson plan is built around new words coined during the coronavirus pandemic. Students will guess their meanings and have a chance to use them in speaking.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsCan you imagine the world without music?
GeneralThanks to this lesson plan on music, students learn adjectives for describing music and watch a video in which musicians talk about emotions music evokes.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHave an eye on the future
General TechnologyThe objective of this lesson plan is to make students learn and use Future Continuous and Future Perfect. Apart from a few grammar tasks, students will also watch an interesting video and have a lot of opportunities to speak.
Standard Lesson 90 min
Add to saved lessonsQuestion Time – Let’s have a panel show!
GeneralIn this lesson, students read two short texts about a TV series, The Crown and a panel show, Question Time, learn useful language for agreeing and disagreeing, and have a panel show.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsDitch the lawn
GeneralIn this flipped lesson plan on gardening, students learn a few verbs, watch a video about turning lawns into gardens as well as discover the meanings of some expressions with the word ‘green’.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsApple’s legendary keynotes
Business Design & ArtThe objective of this lesson plan is to teach students some adjectives for describing products and show them a video analysing Apple’s legendary keynotes.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsEmbrace the Danish way of living
GeneralIn this lesson plan on hygge, students do a word formation task built around the words such as ambience, cosiness or indulgence, and talk about the concept of hygge.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsEngland’s most eccentric dresser
Design & ArtThanks to this lesson plan, students will learn and practise adjectives for describing clothes and outfits as well as watch a TED Talk by Daniel Lismore.
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