lesson plan about packaging
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to combat plastic packaging

Global Issues

Use our lesson plan about packaging to teach your students some packaging types and materials, revise vocabulary related to recycling as well as watch an interesting video presenting three companies and their approach to plastic packaging.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Art or prank?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan about Banksy and Maurizio Cattelan deals with controversial art. Students watch 2 videos, discuss some artwork and decide: art or prank!

lesson plan on saving money
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Are you a saver or a spender?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan on saving money is prepared for B1 students. Thanks to it, they will learn a lot of vocabulary connected with money, have a lot of opportunities to speak (including a quiz) and do tasks in an interactive video.

lesson plan on binge watching
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Let’s binge watch it together!

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan students learn advanced TV vocabulary, discuss statistics connected with binge watching and talk about their TV series watching habits.

selfie lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Why do we take selfies?

Lifestyle

Our selfie lesson plan focuses on word formation, listening, and language straight from Instagram. All that based on an authentic street interview with New Yorkers.

veganism lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Vegan economy

Business Global Issues

With 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.

graffiti lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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When graffiti ends up in art galleries

Lifestyle

This 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.

lesson plan about celebrities
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How celebrities want to make a difference

Global Issues

Our lesson plan about celebrities looks into what they can do to make a difference and why their civil disobedience might be important.

stress management lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Stress? Let’s deal with it!

Business Lifestyle

Use 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.

sports vocabulary
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The changing face of sport (sports vocabulary)

Lifestyle

This 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.

English lesson plan for adults
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Colour psychology – idioms

General Lifestyle

This lesson plan for adults only looks into the world of colours and how they are used in the movie industry. Students will also learn different colour idioms.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Understanding war through game theory

Global Issues

War 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?

B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

Lifestyle

The focus of this worksheet is discussion. Students will have a lot of opportunities to speak about such topics as childhood and parenting.

health vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How healthy living nearly killed me

Lifestyle

This ESL worksheet is based on a TED Talk titled “How healthy living nearly killed me” by AJ Jacobs. The speaker discusses his experiences and approach to healthy living.

structures of used to
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Sleep more! Your brain needs it! (+ structures of used to)

Grammar Lifestyle

The lesson plan includes exercises on idioms and fixed phrases connected with sleep, and focuses on different structures of “used to”.

TED Talk lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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For these women, reading is a daring act

Global Issues Grammar

The 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.

esl worksheet
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to buy happiness

Lifestyle

This ESL worksheet focuses on synonyms of words poor and rich and a discussion on money and happiness. It is prepared for B1+ (intermediate) students.

idioms lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The psychology of your future self

Lifestyle

Do you think you will change a lot in the future? Or maybe not at all? This lesson plan based on a short TED Talk will give your students many occasions to talk about their attitude towards change and their future selves.

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