Secondary lesson plans - Intermediate B1

Find a range of lesson plans to use with teenage learners at intermediate level. All of our lessons are designed around themes that are engaging and relevant to secondary learners and can be used to complement your school curriculum, giving students an opportunity to develop their English language and skills in motivating and enjoyable ways. Written by young learner experts from around the world, our lesson plans are easy to use and aim to give your students the skills and confidence they need to enjoy learning English.

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Tattoo - Possibilities (lower Level)

Tattoo Possibilities is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher level critical thinking skills. In this lesson, students predict what vocabulary and information they will hear as a photographer speaks about her photo, listen to check their answers, and then write an interview between the photographer and the person who appears in the photograph.

Monthly lesson plan - Movember

This lesson plan for teachers of adults and teenage students at level B1/ B2 raises awareness of the Movember charity. Students will organise their own charity event.

Food issues

Use this lesson in online or face-to-face teaching to focus on a variety of food-related issues. 

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Carnivores vs. herbivores

This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 is about carnivores and herbivores. Students will watch a BBC Earth video.

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Escape 3 (lower level)

This lesson for secondary and adult students at CEFR Level A2 / B1 is based around an interesting and unusual photograph. Students will develop their speaking, listening and critical-thinking skills. 

One nation under CCTV (lower level)

One nation under CCTV is a complete set of teaching resources designed around an interesting and unusual photograph with activities to activate your students' higher level critical thinking skills.

This pack looks at the topics of art and street art. The focus is on developing students' ability to speculate about an image, listen for specific information and summary writing skills.

Summer love by Mieke Kenis

Summer love (lower level)

Summer love is a complete set of teaching resources designed around interesting and unusual photographs with activities to activate your students' higher level critical thinking skills.

This pack looks at the topics of holidays, love and change, and incorporates a focus on story-writing and speaking skills, as well as listening for gist and specific information.

Young market traders (lower level)

Young market traders is a complete set of teaching resources designed around interesting and unusual photographs with activities to activate your students' higher level critical thinking skills.

This pack deals with the topics of travel, lifestyle, childhood and child labour and practises both listening and speaking skills.

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