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Where are all the aliens? (writing an essay)

Global Issues Technology

In this lesson,students discuss alien life and the possible first contact scenario and write an essay about different aspects of space exploration. The lesson also includes two videos about extraterrestrials.

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Lying in your garbage

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson plan on zero waste students learn new vocabulary related to the word garbage while reflecting on small changes they could make to live a more eco-friendly life. They also watch two videos and practise their listening skills.

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Never stop learning (sequence adverbs)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson about learning new skills, students discover and practise several expressions with the verb learn and talk about their learning experiences using sequence adverbs.

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Let’s revise Present Simple and Present Continuous

Grammar

This lesson plan is a typical grammar consolidation worksheet. Students revise Present Simple and Continuous and talk a lot using the tenses.

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Immediate response (not) required

Business

This 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.

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Plogging ‐ make yourself and the planet better

Global Issues Lifestyle

This 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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Apple’s legendary keynotes

Business Lifestyle

The objective of this lesson plan is to teach students some adjectives for describing products and show them a video analysing Apple’s legendary keynotes.

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The stories of famous entrepreneurs

Business Grammar

This lesson plan is perfect for Past Simple revision. Students practise using the tense as well as learn vocabulary related to running a business.

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Universal basic income

Business Global Issues

This social welfare lesson plan deals with UBI, that is universal basic income. Students will learn a lot of related vocabulary as well as express their opinions on UBI and other social welfare issues.

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TikTok and other social media: fun or threat?

Lifestyle Technology

Lesson 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 unconscious bias affects your chances of getting a job

Business

This lesson plan about recruitment deals with unconscious bias among recruiters. The worksheet includes a lot of vocabulary as well as word formation tasks and includes a TED Talk by Gail Tolstoi-Miller.

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Big Brother is watching you

Business Technology

This surveillance lesson plan looks into the topic of employee monitoring software and questions the use of this technology raises.

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Is Kopi Luwak on your bucket list? (wish structures)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson plan students will learn and practise ‘wish’ structures as well as watch a video about the most expensive coffee in the world, Kopi Luwak.

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Writing effective emails – formal and informal language

Business

Teach your B1 students some formal and informal email language and give them some tips on writing effectively with our ESL lesson plan on writing emails.

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Let’s go to the movies! – ESL lesson plan on films

Lifestyle

This ESL lesson plan on films is based on a video review of Pain and Glory. Your student will learn new vocabulary and write a short film review themselves.