word formation
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Artificial Intelligence in your everyday life (word formation)

Technology

In this lesson plan, your students will learn how AI technology is being used in our everyday lives and do word formation tasks focused on using suffixes.

slow fashion
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Slow fashion: an alternative to fast fashion

Global Issues Lifestyle

This slow fashion worksheet includes a bunch of adjectives to talk about the fashion industry and gives students a lot of speaking opportunities.

worksheet about shopping addiction
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Are you addicted to online shopping?

Lifestyle

With this worksheet about shopping addiction, students discover new vocabulary through reading, but also practise their speaking and writing skills.

lesson on making predictions
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The future of space exploration (lesson on making predictions)

Grammar Technology

Talk with your students about SpaceX and future of space travel using this ESL lesson plan on making predictions and expressing probability.

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.

passive voice
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How is bubble gum made (passive voice)

Grammar Technology

Teach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.

English interactive video lesson
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The ethical dilemma of driverless cars

Technology

In this interactive video lesson, students will have to consider the ethical dilemmas that a self-driving car needs to make, and they will learn new phrases.

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”.

expressing likes and dislikes
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Building a museum of museums on the web

Lifestyle

The lesson plan is about art and museums. Students have a lot of opportunities to express their likes and dislikes in these areas.

B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Your online life is permanent

Technology

ESL video lesson plan for B1students that focuses on privacy online and how what we do on the internet leaves a permanent trace.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Will we lose our jobs to machines?

Technology

This lesson focuses on the future of work and whether robots will take our jobs or not. Watch a TED Talk with your students and have a debate!

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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The happiest country in the world

Lifestyle

The worksheet is based on an article about the happiest country (Finland) in the world and consists of various exercises.

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.

General English lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The hidden power of smiling

Lifestyle

This general English lesson plan is prepared for less proficient students (B1+) and focuses on the topic of smiling and the way it affects our lives.

expressing likelihood
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Trends and fads: they come and go

Business Technology

Teach the difference between a trend and a fad and discuss how they affect business. Your students will also learn advanced phrases for expressing likelihood.

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