The senses

      What’s your favourite smell? Did you know that flies can taste with their feet? In this lesson, students read and talk about the five senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell - in relation to humans and animals.

      Average: 4.2 (34 votes)

      Talking about the future

      In this simple lesson students will have a chance to speak freely about different aspects of their future life, while the teacher guides them (with the students' help) to the best available grammar

      Average: 3.2 (27 votes)

      What do you know about Norfolk?

      This lesson includes a challenging audio file with what for many students is an unusual accent.

      Average: 3.4 (56 votes)

      The Inca: A lost society

      This is a reading lesson based on a text about Inca society. Reading can be a very solitary activity, but this lesson has been designed to maximise the amount of communication and interaction among the students,

      Average: 4.2 (30 votes)

      All about me

      This lesson provides students with a live listening on the topic of the teacher’s personal interests and opinions. The students then use this as a model to chat about similar topics with their classmates using basic tenses and a variety of structures.

      Average: 3.8 (109 votes)

      Fairy tales; not just for kids

      What do you remember about Snow White or The Three Little Pigs? In this lesson, students talk about well-known stories. They revise story telling vocabulary and then plan and write a fairy tale.

      Average: 4.8 (23 votes)

      Paintings

      What are the five best paintings in the world? In this lesson students read about well-known paintings and look at art vocabulary. They listen to a dictation to complete a text describing a painting. Students then write a short description of a picture they have seen. Students finish by making their own 'top five' lists.

      Average: 4.4 (16 votes)

      Parkour

      What do you and your students know about the non-competitive urban sport, parkour? In this lesson students read about this activity, focus on informal language, then ask and answer questions about other activities in pairs.

      Topic: Parkour and sports

      Level: Intermediate B1

      Aims:

      Average: 3.6 (18 votes)

      Card games

      What card games do you know? Do you like playing games? In this lesson, students read about how to play a card game called ‘Snap’. They practise expressions for playing games and then have the chance to write instructions for a game. You need at least one pack of playing cards for this lesson.

      Average: 4.4 (25 votes)

      Portraits

      This lesson is about portraits and drawing. Students do a running dictation in pairs, listen to and respond to a partner’s instructions to draw a face together, and then take part in a group discussion.

      Average: 4.1 (15 votes)
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