Secondary lesson plans - upper-intermediate B2

Find a range of lesson plans to use with teenage learners at upper-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.

Women and girls in science

This speaking and reading lesson for teenagers and adults at CEF level B2 and above looks at the theme of women and girls in science

Climate change

In this integrated skills lesson, students will work on the topic of climate change, particularly considering how it affects the lives of inhabitants of a low-lying island in the Pacific.

Animal trafficking

The United Nations proclaimed 3 March as ‘UN World Wildlife Day’ to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.

The mystery of the sand

This lesson is based around a ‘teacher-less task’, a lateral thinking puzzle where students have to work together to first sequence a story and then solve a puzzle.
 

Tiny Cinderella somewhere via ELTPics

Tiny Cinderella Somewhere (higher level)

Tiny Cinderella Somewhere is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher level critical thinking skills speaking about an image. The focus of this lesson is on the use of fixed phrases and idioms, sentence stress and telling the story behind an image.

Remote house West Scotland via ELTPics

A remote House in the West of Scotland (higher level)

Remote House in the West of Scotland is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher critical thinking skills to think and speak about visual images. In this lesson, students use listening, writing and vocabulary skills to construct a text around an image that they have chosen.

Tattoo - Possibilities via ELT Pics

Tattoo - Possibilities (higher level)

Tattoo Possibilities is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher critical thinking skills. The focus on this lesson is hypothesising about an image using language prompts, reconstructing a text by means of a dictogloss, and practising speaking skills by speaking about values and attitudes.

Out of Time (higher Level)

Out of Time is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher level critical thinking skills. The focus of this lesson is on anticipating vocabulary to help understand a listening text, and on preparing and giving a presentation or monologue about a photograph.

After Lunch (higher level)

After lunch is a set of teaching resources which encourage students to use their higher level critical thinking skills to talk about an image. The focus of this lesson is on students integrating listening, speaking, writing and vocabulary skills in the context of local festivals.

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