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Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Why do people cheat in online games?
LifestyleIn this lesson, students practise some language related to breaking and following rules, and discuss the reasons behind cheating in online games.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How much control should the state have over children’s upbringing?
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson students engage in a discussion on the control the state should have over children’s upbringing and discover some vocabulary related to the topic.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Is it ‘OK not to be OK’ when you’re an athlete?
Business LifestyleIn this lesson students learn words and expressions related to mental health while talking about mental health issues suffered by athletes. They also discuss ways to promote mental health by public institutions.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Are we lonelier than ever?
LifestyleIn this lesson about loneliness, students get the opportunity to practise word formation and reflect on changes in their relationships with friends.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How tiny tasks become monsters
Business LifestyleIn this lesson students learn and put into practice dependent prepositions (in phrasal verbs and other expressions) while discussing reasons and ways of dealing with the common problem of procrastination.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Co-living: an answer to housing and social issues
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson students learn and practise some interesting vocabulary related to co-living apartments, while discussing positive and negative aspects of this modern trend.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Kindness means everything (irregular past forms)
General GrammarIn this lesson based on a video about kindness, students revise irregular past forms, practise them by re-telling a story in the past and eventually tell their own stories.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Do you watch trailers?
LifestyleIn this lesson, students learn and practise useful language for talking about films and discuss their preferences related to watching films.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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How do you like your milk?
LifestyleIn this lesson, students will learn advanced cooking verbs, discuss different types of milk and do an English class project.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Should we be faking it? The placebo effect
GeneralThis lesson plan on the placebo effect is packed with vocabulary (verb + noun collocations) and speaking activities. Students will also watch a video about placebos and their pros and cons.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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England’s most eccentric dresser
LifestyleThanks to this lesson plan, students will learn and practise adjectives for describing clothes and outfits as well as watch a TED Talk by Daniel Lismore.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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Let’s not promote stereotypes
LifestyleThis lesson plan about stereotypes includes tasks to learn and practise vocabulary, sparks a discussion and ends with a video about racial preferences in dating.
Standard Lesson 30 min
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AMA: Ask Me Anything
GeneralThis lesson plan is our attempt to make students ask more questions in English during the class. Students step into their teacher’s shoes and lead the class!
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Finding the perfect match (online dating lesson plan)
LifestyleThanks to this online dating lesson plan, you will introduce your students to the world of dating apps as well as teach them love and relationship vocab.
Standard Lesson 30 min
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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.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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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.
Standard Lesson 30 min
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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
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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.