Level: B2 / Upper Intermediate
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Today’s teens are going through a lot (cause and effect)
Grammar LifestyleIn this lesson, students learn and practise expressing cause and effect, discover new collocations and discuss problems faced by modern teenagers.
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Should junk food be taxed?
Global IssuesIn this lesson about diet and obesity, students reflect on the factors contributing to the problem of obesity, listen to a news report and learn some words and phrases related to health.
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How does silence make you feel?
General GrammarIn this lesson students discover the power of silence, work on improving their listening skills and focus on reported speech practice.
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Do we need each other? (synonyms of the word important)
Global Issues TechnologyIn this lesson students engage in a discussion about human relationships. They discover synonyms of the word important, watch a video and reflect on the future of face-to-face interaction.
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Whodunit (practise past modals with riddles)
General GrammarIn this lesson based on whodunits, students get an opportunity to practise past modals with riddles and speculate about murder mysteries.
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How beauty filters are changing the way we want to look
Grammar LifestyleIn 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.
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Do you need all this stuff? (verb formation)
Global Issues LifestyleIn 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.
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He couldn’t have seen a ghost!
GrammarIn 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.
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The next big thing after smartphones
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
Plogging ‐ make yourself and the planet better
Global Issues LifestyleThis 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.
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Have an eye on the future
Grammar 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.
Flipped Lesson 75 min
Is it too late to save wildlife?
Global IssuesIn this lesson plan on extinction, students learn a lot of related vocabulary, watch a video featuring David Attenborough and work on a group project.
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Do health and wellness apps really work?
TechnologyThis health and wellness lesson plan focuses on a discussion about health‐related issues and applications offered by employers in the workplace.
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Mixed conditionals for Business English
Business GrammarThe lesson plan introduces the rules of mixed conditionals and makes Business English learners practise them through various activities.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
TikTok and other social media: fun or threat?
Lifestyle TechnologyLesson plan on social media based on a video about TikTok. Students will discuss different social media and talk about concerns over the use of them.
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How to combat plastic packaging
Global IssuesUse our lesson plan about packaging to teach your students some packaging types and materials, revise vocabulary related to recycling as well as watch an interesting video presenting three companies and their approach to plastic packaging.
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Narrative tenses – using Past Simple/Continuous/Perfect for storytelling
GrammarThis lesson plan focuses on narrative tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect. It can serve as a great revision of these three tenses.
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Be a better storyteller
GrammarThis lesson plan is all about telling stories in English and it might be a great supplement to lesson plans on narrative tenses.