Secondary lesson plans - Intermediate B1 | TeachingEnglish | British Council

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.

National identity cards

Theme: Identity cards - possible introduction of identity cards in the UK
Lexical area: Personal details / language for presenting a fo/against argument
Cross curricular links: Social studies

Two people playing a computer game

Computer Gaming

Use this game with secondary or adult learners above CEFR B1 Level. Learners will discuss attitudes towards computer gaming.

Green fingers

Theme: gardening, growing your own food, finding food in the wild, guerrilla gardening
Lexical area: plants, food, gardens

Telling a story

This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at intermediate level and above is based on the theme of telling stories. Students will develop fluency and work towards developing accuracy.

Politics and youth

This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at Intermediate level and above is based on the theme of politics. Students will develop reading and speaking skills and revise language of politics.

An aerial view of Vancouver

Describing a city

Use this lesson with secondary and adult learners of CEFR B1 level and above to help them understand and write short academic texts about a city.

Graffiti

This lesson offers a variety of activities based on graffiti and the Banksy exhibition that took place in Bristol in 2009.

MI6: The British Secret Intelligence Service

This lesson offers a variety of activities based on MI6, The British Secret Intelligence Service, which was officially recognized by the UK government in 1995.

Round-the-world travellers

This lesson offers a variety of activities based on British round-the-world travellers; a cyclist, a running granny and a teenage sailor.

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