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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.

Conversation lesson - School  

A little imagination, that is, on both the teacher’s and the students’ part, can transcend the boundaries of an otherwise mundane topic and provide plenty to talk about for a couple of hours.

Average: 3.3 (12 votes)
Peas!  

This is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook Peas! It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children’s literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris.

Age group: 5/6

Level: A1

Average: 3.8 (13 votes)
Tusk Tusk  

This is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook Tusk Tusk. It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children’s literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris.

Age group: 9/10

Level: A1

Average: 4 (1 vote)
Rain  

This is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook Rain. It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children’s literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris.

Age group: 7/8

Level: A1

Average: 5 (1 vote)
Litter poem  

This lesson introduces learners to some of the main issues related to litter, through poetry, and raises awareness of what can be done to reduce it.

Topic: Litter, poetry

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: B2+

Average: 3.7 (23 votes)
Rich!  

This lesson takes a light-hearted look at money and magazines. Students invent their extremely wealthy future selves and then take turns to be journalists interviewing and writing for 'Rich!!' magazine. 

Average: 3.5 (35 votes)
Neighbours  

Neutral topics tend to revolve around everyday things, but do give everybody chance to talk. And after all, you can make anything interesting if you try. This speaking lesson is all about neighbours - something nearly all students will be familiar with.

Average: 3.4 (79 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: 3.5 (243 votes)
Environmental problems  

This lesson introduces learners to some of the main issues related to climate change. Learners focus on dictionary skills and the pronunciation of strong and weak syllables in long words. Focusing on the lexis in detail will help them recognise and use these terms outside the classroom.

Topic: Environmental problems

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: B1+

Average: 3.4 (52 votes)
How green are you?  

This lesson looks at ways the learners can take to reduce their impact on climate change. Learners will carry out two surveys and summarise their findings as a report.

Topic: Being green

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: A2+

Average: 3.1 (12 votes)

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