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Add to saved lessonsUniversal basic income
Business Global IssuesThis 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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Add to saved lessonsHow to combat plastic packaging
Global IssuesUse 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.
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Add to saved lessonsNarrative tenses – using Past Simple/Continuous/Perfect for storytelling
GrammarThis lesson plan focuses on narrative tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect. It can serve as a great revision of these three tenses.
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Add to saved lessonsBe a better storyteller
GrammarThis lesson plan is all about telling stories in English and it might be a great supplement to lesson plans on narrative tenses.
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Add to saved lessonsIs Kopi Luwak on your bucket list? (wish structures)
Grammar LifestyleIn 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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Add to saved lessonsVegan economy
Business Global IssuesWith 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.
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Add to saved lessonsHow celebrities want to make a difference
Global IssuesOur lesson plan about celebrities looks into what they can do to make a difference and why their civil disobedience might be important.
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Add to saved lessonsWhat geotagging does to nature (adjectives for describing places)
Global IssuesThis lesson plan deals with the effect of Instagram and Facebook on nature! It focuses on teaching adjectives synonyms used for describing places.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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”.
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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.
