Category: Lifestyle

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The four burners theory

Lifestyle

With this lesson, students will definitely enjoy talking about life balance and learning useful vocabulary on the topic. Show them the vlog about the four burners theory and let them reflect on their experiences.

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How bad is a humblebrag?

Lifestyle

In this lesson, students discover what humblebragging is, watch an ad and do a multiple choice vocab task. They also write social media posts and have a discussion about bragging online.  

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Is running your thing?

Lifestyle

In this ESL lesson about running, students have a chance to learn and practise some useful phrases, watch a video and discuss running. Students also read a short text and talk about motivation. 

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Would you ever renovate a house?

Lifestyle

In this ESL lesson about houses and renovation, students learn some useful vocabulary related to the topic, watch a video and talk about house renovations. 

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A place to get things done

Grammar Lifestyle

This ESL lesson on getting things done and deadlines includes a range of speaking, vocabulary and grammar activities. Students talk about deadlines, learn useful vocabulary and grammar structures, watch a video and have engaging conversations. 

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Spreading Christmas cheer

Lifestyle

With this Christmas worksheet, students talk about holiday traditions, watch a video about a school for Santas and learn vocabulary related to the festive season.

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I’ve been doing it for a week and I love it!

Grammar Lifestyle

This lesson combines a topic of hobbies and Present Perfect Continuous. Students learn new phrases related to hobbies, watch a video and discuss it. There is also a grammar section that lets students discover rules and put them into practice. 

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Visiting the art capital

Lifestyle

This lesson plan is all about New York. Students will discuss some quotes about New York, watch a video about art in this city and learn adjectives to describe art.

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Rethinking your mindset

Business Lifestyle

With this speaking lesson plan, students watch a video about growth and fixed mindsets and get plenty of opportunities to discuss them. They also learn some collocations referring to challenges and development, as well as practise word formation.

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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.

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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.

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How do you like your milk?

Lifestyle

In this lesson, students will learn advanced cooking verbs, discuss different types of milk and do an English class project.

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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.

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Embrace the Danish way of living

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan on hygge, students do a word formation task built around the words such as ambience, cosiness or indulgence, and talk about the concept of hygge.

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Art or prank?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan about Banksy and Maurizio Cattelan deals with controversial art. Students watch 2 videos, discuss some artwork and decide: art or prank!

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When graffiti ends up in art galleries

Lifestyle

This ESL graffiti lesson plan is based on a TV report on street art and will encourage your students to learn new vocabulary and discuss this modern art form.

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Do you feel FOMO? – phrasal verbs with out

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan, you will talk with your students about FOMO, and its opposite – JOMO, while teaching them various phrasal verbs with ‘out’.

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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!