The school year is over but you are worried your students may enjoy their holiday way too much? No worries! There are plenty of ways to keep them busy. Seriously now! A summer research project can be a great way to have your students do some work, while actually having fun. It also teaches them … Read more
Capital letters: 7 instances where using capital letters in English is grammatically correct The rules for the use of capital letters are quite easy to remember. Generally, we use capital letters for proper nouns, which are the names of a specific person,place, or thing, and proper adjectives, which are usually derived (formed) from proper nouns. … Read more
A2 Level Pre-intermediate EFL/ ESL Lesson Plan Lesson Functions: Adverbs of time: just, now, alreadyTarget Vocabulary: School and Studying Presentation 1. Listen to the texts and fill in the blanks: I am Rin and my first day of the school-year was really __________________ . My classmates, Tom, and Audrie were sitting just ________________. me in … Read more
How to Prepare for a Job Interview? Here is an Upper Intermediate English Lesson Plan (B2) that will help you teach:Target Grammar: Adjectives/ Adverbs + enoughTarget Vocabulary: Job Interviews Note: The Answer Sheet for this English Lesson plan is available for download below. Presentation 1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks. The … Read more
How to teach Reported (Indirect) Speech? Here is an Upper Intermediate English Lesson Plan (B2) that will help you teach:Target Grammar: Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)Target Vocabulary: Crime Warm Up Look at the pictures. Who do you think is the criminal? What gives him away? What is his story? Presentation 1. Read the text and fill … Read more
Grammar: Short forms (Using apostrophe for contractions); like + ing (review)Target Vocabulary: Talking about oneself: Hobbies and Interests Lesson Presentation 1. Read the text and answer the questions. What am I? Hello, my name’s Ron, and I’m two years old but I’m not a child. I live with Patrick. He’s my friend. He’s a twenty-two-year-old … Read more
Lesson Functions: Asking for permission using may, can, could.Target Vocabulary: At Work Rina is trying to get her dream job as Assistant Editor at a magazine. Currently, she is doing an internship at a financial newspaper. However, the pace there is very fast, and the deadlines are very strict. She has to manage her time … Read more
ESL/ EFL A2 Lower Intermediate English Lesson Plan Lesson Functions: Phrasal VerbsTarget Vocabulary: Work and Daily Activities 7 pages (cover and credits page included) ready to print and go: Presentation: 1. Listen to the text. Fill in the blanks. (Voice Message)Hi, Amy. It’s mom. Listen, our car broke down. Sorry, but you have to go … Read more
[adrotate banner=”12″] [adrotate banner=”7″] 1. Board Race Board Race is a fun game that is used for revising vocabulary, whether it be words from the lesson you’ve just taught or words from a lesson you taught last week. It can also be used at the start of the class to get students active. It is … Read more
ESL/ EFL Intermediate Lesson Plan: Question Tags; Looks Lesson Functions: Question Tags Target Vocabulary: Looks [adrotate banner=”12″] [adrotate banner=”7″] Presentation: 1. Listen to the text. Fill in the blanks. How have you been this past week? Well, since I got a lot of ___________, and ideas for ‘How to’ videos for today, I was wondering … Read more
ESL/ EFL upper intermediate to advanced lesson plan (B2-C1) – Business English Lesson Functions: Formation of Negative Adjectives Target Vocabulary: Employment [adrotate banner=”12″] [adrotate banner=”7″] Presentation: 1. Listen to the text and correct the mistakes: Voice Message “Hey, Clara! I have very good new for you. I know you’ve been unemployed for some time… Well, … Read more
ESL/ EFL intermediate lesson plan (B1) – Passive Voice Lesson Functions: Passive Voice Target Vocabulary: Communication + Idioms [adrotate banner=”12″] [adrotate banner=”7″] Presentation: 1. Listen to the texts and fill in the blanks: Tower Bridge By the end of the 19th century, London had turned into a thriving and __________. Its inhabitants were moving around, … Read more