art lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Is art easy to define?

Lifestyle

With this art lesson plan students learn and put into practice expressions that can be used to talk about art. They also watch a video, paraphrase and share personal opinions on art.

vocabulary related to design and building
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Is micro living the future?

Lifestyle

With this architecture lesson plan students learn and practise vocabulary related to design and building. They also engage in a project and design a micro apartment.

people watching and talking about films
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Do you watch trailers?

Lifestyle

In this lesson, students learn and practise useful language for talking about films and discuss their preferences related to watching films.

adjectives to describe rooms
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The room where I love to hang out

Lifestyle

With this lesson plan students learn adjectives to describe rooms in a house and put them into practice through a variety of written as well as oral activities.  

food idioms practice
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Unusual ways of using food

Lifestyle

In this lesson about foodscape design, students practise listening, reflect on unusual ways of using food and learn several food idioms through a series of written and oral exercises.

People making small talk in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Mastering small talk

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson students practise their listening skills with an engaging video about making small talk in English, learn several phrasal verbs and sharpen their small talk skills through a series of speaking activities.

present, past and future forms revision
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The Green Lady (present, past and future forms revision)

Grammar

In this lesson students get an opportunity to talk about colours and their role in our daily lives, learn some vocabulary related to house interior and revise present, past and future forms.

verbs for sounds
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The magic of making sounds

General Lifestyle

In this lesson based on a video about the art of creating sounds students learn some verbs for sounds and put them into practice through a series of creative activities. 

practise past modals with riddles
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Whodunit (practise past modals with riddles)

General Grammar

In this lesson based on whodunits, students get an opportunity to practise past modals with riddles and speculate about murder mysteries.

be going to
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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I’m going to be quite busy this summer (‘be going to’ & Present Continuous)

Grammar

This worksheet focuses on vocabulary connected with activities we can do in the four seasons as well as introduces ‘be going to’ and Present Continuous for intentions and future plans.

second conditional
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What would happen if you quit texting for a week? (Second Conditional)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson about texting students discover and practise Second Conditional. They also learn vocabulary related to mobile phone communication and discuss the role of texting in their lives.

gerunds and infinitives
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Friends will be friends (gerunds and infinitives)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this grammar lesson students discover different verb patterns by doing a friendship quiz. To practise gerunds and infinitives, students will also express their views on different aspects of friendship.

dinner table phrases
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Are you up for some dessert?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan is based on a video explaining why we always seem to have room for dessert and introduces dinner table phrases for B1 students.

A2 lesson plan
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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What’s in your bag?

Lifestyle

Throughout this A2 lesson plan, students will learn vocabulary for things we carry in our bags and backpacks and watch two Vogue videos.

phrasal verbs for beginners
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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My perfect weekend. Phrasal verbs for beginners

Lifestyle

The lesson plan deals with phrasal verbs for beginners. Students will discover meanings of nine phrasal verbs and practise them in various speaking activities.

common English collocations
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Lessons in success from those you admire

Business Lifestyle

With this lesson plan, your students will talk about success, what they might learn from people they admire and their own experience. What’s more, they will learn a few common English collocations.

Future Continuous and Future Perfect
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Have an eye on the future

Grammar Technology

The objective of this lesson plan is to make students learn and use Future Continuous and Future Perfect. Apart from a few grammar tasks, students will also watch an interesting video and have a lot of opportunities to speak.

cyberbullying lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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How to fight cyberbullying – lesson plan for teenagers

Global Issues Lifestyle

This cyberbullying lesson plan is perfect both for your teenage ESL learners as well as parents. Learn, watch and discuss with ESL Brains lesson plans!

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