lesson about appearance
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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This is how I look

Lifestyle

In this lesson about appearance, students watch a video about women who stopped dying their grey hair and talk about societal norms regarding how a person looks. 

C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Free time: quality meets quantity

Lifestyle

In this CRC lesson students talk about free time, do a quiz, discuss an article and more tips on how to make the best out of their free time. 

Speaking about air travel
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Are you into flying?

General Lifestyle

This worksheet focuses on speaking about air travel. Students answer different questions, watch and discuss a video. They also read and discuss short stories and create their own. 

Christmas worksheet
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

Present Perfect Continuous
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 90 min
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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. 

discussion questions about fashion
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Fashion, fashion everywhere

Lifestyle

In this worksheet students go through a variety of discussion questions about fashion. They also choose between opposing statements, explain their choices and come up with their own definition of ‘fashion’. There is also a set of quotations related to different aspects of fashion.

lesson about mental health
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Psychedelics in mental health therapy

General Lifestyle

In this lesson about mental health, students watch a video about psychedelic drugs in mental health therapy, learn some vocabulary and hold a debate. 

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Small house, small problem

Lifestyle

In this Critical Reading Club lesson, students discuss the idea of living in a small house and having fewer possessions. They also learn some useful vocabulary to talk about the topic.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How to raise confident and empathetic children

Lifestyle

In this lesson students discuss the ideas about parenting and misbehaviour from the article they read at home and do a vocabulary activity.

B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Senior roommates

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, students talk about the idea of senior citizens living together, do a word formation activity, and discuss retirement.

expressions with make
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Life-changing decisions

Lifestyle

In this lesson students learn some expressions with ‘mind’, watch a video and discuss life-changing decisions. 

C2 / Proficiency
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Will we wear fish skin?

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, students talk about the fashion industry and use advanced vocabulary to praise or criticise someone or something. 

advanced multiword verbs
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Living a digital nomad lifestyle

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson students watch a video about being a digital nomad and learn and practise advanced multiword verbs.

talk about generations
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Will Gen Zers make cash cool again?

Lifestyle

In this lesson, students talk about generations and their approach to money, watch a video about Gen Zers and learn vocabulary related to the topic. 

adjectives to describe art
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

phrases for saying something is not true
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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There is a lot of work behind the scenes

Lifestyle

In this lesson students talk about occupational stereotypes, learn phrases for saying something is not true, and watch a video about being an artist. 

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Are we becoming less materialistic?

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, students talk about materialism and how the pandemic influenced our view of material gains, and do a transformation task.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Our lives rely on social media more than we think

Lifestyle

This lesson plan is based on an article about a social media outage which students read at home. In the lesson, students learn some useful vocabulary and discuss possible consequences of all social media ceasing to exist.

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