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Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min
A ban on cigarettes
Global IssuesWith this lesson, students talk about bans and prohibitions. After reading an article, they discuss smoking and vaping. They also talk about trends and practise using adjectives.
2 lessons
Technology and the future
Grammar TechnologyIn the first lesson, students learn phrases to speculate about the future. Depending on your choice of the second lesson, students further practise the phrases while talking about smart lenses, robot chefs or ChatGPT.
2 lessons
City and transport
General GrammarIn the first lesson, students talk about cities and learn quantifiers. In the second lesson, they talk about transport in cities using the quantifiers.
2 lessons
Revising conditionals
Global Issues LifestyleWith this lesson set, your students will review three types of conditional sentences during 2 lessons. Each lesson in the set requires some pre-class student work (watching a video or reading an article).
Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min
Climate change narratives
Global IssuesEngage students in important discussions about climate change with this lesson! After reading an article, they review key vocabulary, analyze different narratives and explore concepts such as climate justice, climate anxiety, and climate fatigue.
2 lessons
Storytelling
General GrammarThe set was created to provide revision and practice of three past tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect) and let students practise storytelling.
2 lessons
Which device is better?
Grammar TechnologyIn the first lesson, students learn to use comparatives and superlatives, and in the second lesson they are provided with several opportunities to practise them further. All while talking about technology.
2 lessons
Expressing opinions (B2)
Business General Global Issues Lifestyle TechnologyTeach your students diverse vocabulary and phrases for expressing their opinions. Practise it in an Argument Battle and reinforce it again with a topic that fits their needs and interests.
Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min
If humans suddenly vanished…
Global IssuesIn this CRC lesson, students read an article about what would happen if humans disappeared, learn new vocabulary, talk about hypothetical situations, and brainstorm more ideas.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
The cleanest country in the world
Global IssuesIn this lesson students talk about cleaning and the standards of cleanliness. They also discuss the article they read at home and practise some useful vocabulary.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Slacktivism – to engage or not to engage?
General Global IssuesIn this lesson students discuss the term slacktivism and different forms of activism. They also do a word formation exercise and talk about the article they read at home.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Retrofitting – well worth the effort
Global IssuesIn this lesson, students talk about the concept of retrofitting and how it helps to achieve net-zero emissions. They also learn and practise some vocabulary from the article.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Senior roommates
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, students talk about the idea of senior citizens living together, do a word formation activity, and discuss retirement.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Will we wear fish skin?
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, students talk about the fashion industry and use advanced vocabulary to praise or criticise someone or something.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Dealing with heat waves
Global IssuesIn this lesson students learn some advanced adjectives and discuss the problem of heat waves.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
On the way to zero food waste
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, intermediate students discuss food waste, share some tips on how not to waste food and learn some useful vocabulary.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Menstrual leave sparks debate
Business Global IssuesIn this lesson, students learn advanced words and phrases to express opinions, talk about the idea of menstrual leave and hold a debate.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
Are we becoming less materialistic?
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, students talk about materialism and how the pandemic influenced our view of material gains, and do a transformation task.