phrasal verbs for beginners
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

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.

vocabulary for expressing advantages and disadvantages
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

The next big thing after smartphones

Technology

With this lesson plan, students will watch an interesting video about microchipping, learn vocabulary for expressing advantages and disadvantages and discuss the technology that might replace smartphones.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Will they find out I’m a fraud? Imposter syndrome

Lifestyle

Learn about the imposter syndrome, discover what Michelle Obama has to do with it and discuss how to cope with it.

lesson plan on the placebo effect
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
Loading

Should we be faking it? The placebo effect

General

This lesson plan on the placebo effect is packed with vocabulary (verb + noun collocations) and speaking activities. Students will also watch a video about placebos and their pros and cons.

new words coined
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

A glossary of coronaspeak

General

This lesson plan is built around new words coined during the coronavirus pandemic. Students will guess their meanings and have a chance to use them in speaking.

lesson plan on music
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Can you imagine the world without music?

Lifestyle

Thanks to this lesson plan on music, students learn adjectives for describing music and watch a video in which musicians talk about emotions music evokes.

talking about problems and solutions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

General

In this lesson plan, ESL students will do a lot of different activities and learn words and expressions for talking about problems and solutions.

Christmas lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

General

Thanks to this Christmas lesson plan, students discuss Christmas preparations, watch some TV commercials and write their own Christmas wishes.

giving good and bad news in English
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Good news or bad news, which do you want first?

Business General

This lesson plan deals with functional language for giving good and bad news in English. Students will learn useful expressions and do a role-play.

foreign food names
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Easier to eat than pronounce

General

The lesson plan focuses on the pronunciation of foreign food names. Students learn to pronounce such names in American and British English and have some fun.

mixed conditionals
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Mixed conditionals for Business English

Business Grammar

The lesson plan introduces the rules of mixed conditionals and makes Business English learners practise them through various activities.

travel and transport idioms
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

At a crossroads and other travel and transport inspired idioms

General

This lesson plan deals with travel and transport idioms. Students get a lot of exercises to discover their meanings and practise them in writing as well as speaking.

difference between say tell speak and talk
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Just say it! Differences between say, tell, speak and talk

General

This lesson plan deals with the difference between say, tell, speak and talk. Students get exercises that help them understand uses of these verbs.

online dating lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
Loading

Finding the perfect match (online dating lesson plan)

Lifestyle

Thanks to this online dating lesson plan, you will introduce your students to the world of dating apps as well as teach them love and relationship vocab.

functional language for online meetings
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Functional language for online meetings

Business

Teach your students some basic functional language for online meetings that they need to know. Later practise that in real-life situations and have some fun watching a comedy sketch.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

How animals help humans

General

Practise new vocabulary. Work on your students’ listening skills and let them talk about how animals can help heal veterans and let them get back to society.

phrases with get
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
Loading

Now I get it! – phrases with get

General

A lesson plan which is built around phrases with the verb ‘get’. It is prepared for stronger students (B2) and consists of various tasks.

fear vocabulary
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
Loading

What might Bill Gates be worried about?

Global Issues

Discover what worries Bill Gates most and teach your students some fear-related vocabulary, useful adjectives for expressing opinions and practise them with a few speaking activities.

1 5 6 7 8 9

Subscribe to get premium content

Subscribe to get access to professional, ready-to-use lesson plans in both digital and printable formats. Discover a variety of lesson types: Standard Lessons, Speaking Classes, Critical Reading Club worksheets and Flipped Classroom lesson plans.

Subscribe
Title separator

ESL Brains

Forgot password?
or continue with