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Standard Lesson 75 min
Add to saved lessonsWhat’s the future of baby boomers? (verb patterns)
Global Issues GrammarThis lesson plan for upper-intermediate students focuses on the topic of retirement and includes verb patterns exercises and a debate point.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Add to saved lessonsSlow fashion: an alternative to fast fashion
Global Issues LifestyleThis slow fashion worksheet includes a bunch of adjectives to talk about the fashion industry and gives students a lot of speaking opportunities.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsThe problem with fast fashion
Global Issues LifestyleThis lesson plan focuses on the issue of fast fashion and engages students in a discussion about fashion and the environment in the 21st century.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsThe smartphone problem
Grammar Lifestyle TechnologyThis B2 (upper-intermediate) video lesson plan touches the issue of smartphone addiction and structures for expressing preference.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsThe future of space exploration (lesson on making predictions)
Grammar TechnologyTalk with your students about SpaceX and future of space travel using this ESL lesson plan on making predictions and expressing probability.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsProblems with the education system (learning collocations)
Global IssuesWhat’s wrong with the schooling system? This education lesson plan focuses on learning collocations, a video presenting 6 problems and a group debate.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHow is bubble gum made (passive voice)
Grammar TechnologyTeach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsQuestions no one knows the answers to
General GrammarThis TED Talk lesson plan on asking questions includes exercises on both indirect and direct questions and makes students use them a lot in speaking.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsHow false news can spread
Global IssuesThis lesson plan focuses on fake news and circular reporting. Students will also have to decide whether some news stories are fake or true.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsUnderstanding war through game theory
Global IssuesWar and politics are not standard ESL topics, but these concepts are important. Why not use our ESL lesson plan to put them into your curriculum?
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsSleep more! Your brain needs it! (+ structures of used to)
Grammar LifestyleThe lesson plan includes exercises on idioms and fixed phrases connected with sleep, and focuses on different structures of “used to”.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsDo the green thing!
Global IssuesThe lesson is based on the TEDTalk by Andy Hobsbawm titled “Do the green thing” and it concerns a very important issue of the environment protection. The speaker introduces his idea of a creative approach to promoting nature preservation.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsFor these women, reading is a daring act
Global Issues GrammarThe TED Talk that the worksheet is based on touches upon the problem of women’s illiteracy and education. It is a great starting point for the discussion on gender inequality in general and that’s what the lesson is about.
