Level: B2 / Upper Intermediate
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Flipped Lesson 45 min
How to master working from home
Business GrammarThanks to this ESL lesson plan your students will learn some useful vocabulary, study verb patterns and watch a video about tips for working from home.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Functional language for online meetings
BusinessTeach your students some basic functional language for online meetings that they need to know. Later practise that in real-life situations and have some fun watching a comedy sketch.
Standard Lesson 45 min
How animals help humans
GeneralPractise new vocabulary. Work on your students’ listening skills and let them talk about how animals can help heal veterans and let them get back to society.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Hold your horses! – Horse idioms
GeneralThe worksheet is built around the word ‘horse’. It includes eight horse idioms which are introduced through various tasks. Your students will discover the meanings of new idioms, see in what context they can be used and practise them in writing.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Now I get it! – phrases with get
GeneralA lesson plan which is built around phrases with the verb ‘get’. It is prepared for stronger students (B2) and consists of various tasks.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
Can you find hidden messages in these logos?
LifestyleThis ESL logos lesson plan is based on a video about the hidden meanings of some logos and consists of different vocabulary and speaking activities that will get students talking about brand logos.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
How to live 100 years and more
LifestyleThis longevity lesson plan will make your students work at home on a video as well as on word formation, and discuss ideas about living 100+ years.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Natural disasters – vocabulary extension
GeneralThis worksheet focuses on vocabulary. Apart from natural disasters, students will also learn words and phrases commonly used in news headlines.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Take a quiz (and other phrases with take)
GeneralTeach your students new expressions and phrasal verbs with take, and challenge them to take a quiz checking their knowledge about different countries.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Commonly confused words in English
GeneralThe worksheet deals with commonly confused words in English and includes activities in which students study 16 pairs of confusing verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs.
Standard Lesson 60 min
How to be more productive at work
BusinessThis productivity lesson plan is based on two short videos in which Charles Duhigg presents his ideas for boosting work productivity.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Idioms with fruit and veggies
GeneralWith this 2-page worksheet, your students will discover 14 common idioms with fruit and veggies and learn in what contexts they can be used.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Vegan economy
Business Global IssuesWith our veganism lesson plan, students will learn new food-related words and expressions, watch a news report and discuss veganism and its pros and cons.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Love it or hate it!
LifestyleThis worksheet can supplement lesson plans on art and includes various phrases that more advanced students might use when expressing likes and dislikes.
Standard Lesson 60 min
When graffiti ends up in art galleries
LifestyleThis ESL graffiti lesson plan is based on a TV report on street art and will encourage your students to learn new vocabulary and discuss this modern art form.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
Why Finland has the best education system
Global IssuesUse our lesson plan about education to learn about the Finnish school system, watch a part of Michael Moore’s documentary and discuss it with your students.
Standard Lesson 30 min
To make or to do, that is the question
GeneralIn this worksheet, we focus on make and do collocations students often confuse and then on more demanding fixed phrases with make and do.
Standard Lesson 60 min
How to make faster decisions
BusinessThis decision-making lesson plan is based on the concept of FOBO – fear of a better option. In this lesson, your students will learn new vocabulary, discover some decision-making strategies and talk about their own experiences.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
Workplace ghosting (fractions in English)
BusinessThis flipped lesson plan will make your students aware of such a phenomenon as workplace ghosting and introduce them to the world of statistics.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Problem solving with 5 Whys
BusinessIn this worksheet students will learn a very popular problem solving technique called 5 Whys (5W) and practise asking questions.
Standard Lesson 60 min
How to ask better questions
GeneralTeach your students not only how to form questions in English but also what types of questioning techniques they can use to get better answers.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Me, my work and I – first Business English lesson plan
Business GeneralGet to know your new students with this first Business English lesson! They talk about themselves and their work, as well as do some activities that will help you assess their level of English.
Standard Lesson 60 min
How celebrities want to make a difference
Global IssuesOur lesson plan about celebrities looks into what they can do to make a difference and why their civil disobedience might be important.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Phrasal verbs with over
GeneralWith this worksheet, your students will learn 10 phrasal verbs with ‘over’ and discover what kind of meanings ‘over’ connotates.
Standard Lesson 75 min
Do you feel FOMO? – phrasal verbs with out
LifestyleIn this lesson plan, you will talk with your students about FOMO, and its opposite – JOMO, while teaching them various phrasal verbs with ‘out’.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Penny, nickel & dime – money phrases and idioms
GeneralThis three-task vocabulary worksheet focuses on money phrases and idioms. Actually, a common denominator here is names for American money.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Going Cashless? – Money and Payments Vocab
BusinessOur cashless society lesson plan will engage your students into a discussion on the future of money while teaching them some new money-related vocabulary.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
What do good hackers do? (cybercrime vocabulary)
TechnologyTeach your students about cybercrimes and let them discover what a good hacker does with our Flipped Lesson Plan.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Latest crime news headlines
GeneralThis worksheet focuses on two goals: extending crime vocabulary and practising writing. It can also serve as a good supplement to crime lesson plans.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Stress? Let’s deal with it!
Business LifestyleUse our stress management lesson plan to teach phrases with the word stress and discuss how to cope with workplace stress and how it affects your life.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
Political cartoons and freedom of speech
Global Issues GrammarHave some fun and develop your students’ critical thinking skills with our new political cartoon lesson plan based on the work of Patrick Chappatte!
Flipped Lesson 45 min
How to learn a language like a hyper-polyglot
LifestyleInspire your students by introducing them to a hyperpolyglot! Use our flipped classroom worksheet to teach new vocabulary and practise speaking skills.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Happy and sad idioms
GeneralThe goal of this worksheet is to teach eight happy and sad idioms. There are four tasks all together in which your students will discover new idiomatic expressions and practise using them both in speaking and in writing.
Standard Lesson 75 min
Happiness vs consumerism lesson plan
Global IssuesAward-winning video inspired us to create a consumerism lesson plan for teaching English. Use it to bring an important topic to the classroom and teach new vocabulary!
Flipped Lesson 30 min
The story of Frida Kahlo (+ Advanced Tense Review)
General GrammarGet your students interested in the life and work of Frida Kahlo and check their knowledge using our interactive video focused on advanced tense review!
Standard Lesson 60 min
The changing face of sport (sports vocabulary)
LifestyleThis B1 lesson plan is our attempt to touch upon the topic of sport, and introduces a lot of sports vocabulary. It is based on a video featuring teenage girls who are professional boxers.
