Topic: Food
Standard Lesson 60 min

Waste less (First Conditional)
Global IssuesIn this lesson students practise the use of First Conditional, watch a video about grocery shopping and discuss how we can waste less.
Critical Reading Club 30 min

Why eating locally is not enough
Global IssuesIn this worksheet students practise some language related to food’s carbon footprint. They also discuss their food choices and the factors that influence them.
Standard Lesson 60 min

The best food is in…
LifestyleThis lesson plan includes tasks on food-related words and a lot of activities for talking about food. Your students will also watch a video about dishes from different countries and discuss their eating preferences.
Standard Lesson 60 min

Could you live without your sense of smell?
GeneralIn this lesson students practise their listening skills, revise sense verbs and learn to describe objects using sense verbs and adjectives.
Standard Lesson 60 min

Should junk food be taxed?
Global IssuesIn 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.
Standard Lesson 60 min

Unusual ways of using food
LifestyleIn 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.
Standard Lesson 60 min

Are you up for some dessert?
LifestyleThis lesson plan is based on a video explaining why we always seem to have room for dessert and introduces dinner table phrases for B1 students.
Standard Lesson 75 min

How do you like your milk?
LifestyleIn this lesson, students will learn advanced cooking verbs, discuss different types of milk and do an English class project.
Flipped Lesson 60 min

Ditch the lawn!
LifestyleIn this flipped lesson plan on gardening, students learn a few verbs, watch a video about turning lawns into gardens as well as discover the meanings of some expressions with the word ‘green’.
Standard Lesson 45 min

Easier to eat than pronounce
GeneralThe 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.
Flipped Lesson 60 min

What is your signature dish? (cooking lesson plan)
LifestyleThe worksheet is prepared for B2 students and consists of various vocabulary activities that will help them create their own recipes in English.
Standard Lesson 60 min

Vegan economy
Business Global IssuesWith our veganism lesson plan, students will learn new food-related words and expressions, watch a news report and discuss veganism and its pros and cons.
Flipped Lesson 45 min

Gastrodiplomacy (with food idioms)
LifestyleThis food lesson plan is prepared for B2 students and it’s about a phenomenon called gastrodiplomacy. Your students will also learn new food idioms and practise using them!
Standard Lesson 60 min

How is bubble gum made (passive voice)
Grammar TechnologyTeach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.
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