lesson about kindness and irregular past forms
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Kindness means everything (irregular past forms)

General Grammar

In 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.

blockchain applications
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Blockchain: there’s more to it than crypto

Business Technology

In this lesson about blockchain applications, students get an opportunity to practise their listening skills and learn some advanced collocations.

expressing cause and effect
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Today’s teens are going through a lot (cause and effect)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson, students learn and practise expressing cause and effect, discover new collocations and discuss problems faced by modern teenagers.

lesson about diet and obesity
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Should junk food be taxed?

Global Issues

In this lesson about diet and obesity, students reflect on the factors contributing to the problem of obesity, listen to a news report and learn some words and phrases related to health.

lesson plan about warehouse automation
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
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How smart can a warehouse be?

Technology

In this lesson plan about warehouse automation, students practise listening skills while expanding their technical vocabulary related to robotics and automation.

positive and negative adjectives
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Anxiety-free news

Global Issues

In this lesson about anxiety-free news, students learn and practise positive and negative adjectives and reflect on the impact of news stories on our lives.

B1 technology lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Can robots compete with humans?

Technology

With this B1 technology lesson plan, students talk about different types of robots, watch two videos about robots in sports, learn some commonly confused sport words and reflect on the future of robots.

multiple choice questions
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Trees – an essential part of cities

Global Issues

In this lesson, students will watch a video about the important role of trees in urban areas, answer multiple choice questions and learn several (advanced) collocations and expressions related to the topic of green cities. 

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.

synonyms of the word important
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Do we need each other? (synonyms of the word important)

Global Issues Technology

In this lesson students engage in a discussion about human relationships. They discover synonyms of the word important, watch a video and reflect on the future of face-to-face interaction. 

quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What is your city like? (too much, too many, enough/not enough)

Global Issues Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson students practise the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns (too much, too many, (not) enough) while talking about typical problems faced by most cities. 

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.

uses of Present Continuous
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How beauty filters are changing the way we want to look

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson inspired by a video about body dysmorphia students revise and practise the different uses of Present Continuous as well as reflect on the influence of beauty filters on teenagers’ lives.

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.

verb formation
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Do you need all this stuff? (verb formation)

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson based on a video about minimalism students get an opportunity to practise verb formation (exploring prefixes and suffixes) and reflect on their lifestyles.

language for presentations
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
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The city of the future is here

Technology

With this lesson plan based on a video about Toyota’s city of the future students learn some useful language for presentations and then practise their presentation skills.

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.

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