Lesson plans

On this page you can find links to lesson plans for use with your class.

The lesson plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the About us page.

Advertisement storyboard  
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In this lesson students produce a storyboard for an advertisement. It's suitable for pre-intermediate level and above.

Average: 3.4 (52 votes)
Jojo's Story  
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These full lesson plans accompany the Cambridge English Readers series. Each lesson provides and focuses on extracts from one of the Readers. Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Jojo is playing in the fields when soldiers come and kill everyone in his village.

Using stories in the classroom  
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This lesson is aimed at lower intermediate students. It could be adapted for use with higher and lower levels.

Average: 3 (78 votes)
Three Tomorrows  
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These full lesson plans accompany the Cambridge English Readers series. Each lesson provides and focuses on extracts from one of the Readers. Modern, original fiction for learners of English.

Email writing  
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This lesson aims to teach or revise the rules of writing emails in English by studying the differences between formal letters, and informal and semi-formal emails.

Average: 3.6 (70 votes)
Phrasal Verbs with Get  
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This lesson is a self-contained lesson which presents ten phrasal verbs in the context of a dialogue.

Average: 3.4 (138 votes)
Vocabulary lesson: Money  

The lesson aims to raise students' awareness of verbs which collocate with ‘money' and give them practice of using them. and promote learner autonomy by encouraging the deduction of meaning of unknown lexis from context.

Average: 3.3 (119 votes)
Pet mania  

Level - Mixed

This lesson is about pets and focuses on the recent British trend of having a small dog as a fashion accessory.

Average: 2.8 (57 votes)
Confusing words  
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The following lesson plans, based on Word for Word, all aim to explain the difference between words that are confusing because they look alike, sound alike or seem alike.
Much Ado about Nothing  

Level - Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

This lesson plan follows on from the article 'Shakespeare for Teens' and it is best exploited as a series of two or three lessons.

Average: 3.3 (26 votes)

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