Upper-Intermediate (B2) Lesson Plans

Bite-Sized Lesson Plans (30 mins)

Reading

A domestic tasks app (The Guardian) – 🕛50 minutes
Buccal fat removal (The New York Times) – 🕛80 minutes
CELTA – language skills-related task – 🕛45 minutes
Dark Tourism (The Week) – 🕛50 minutes
Don’t touch my dog! (NutriSource) – 🕛55 minutes
Greenwashing (BBC) – 🕛60 minutes
How to Survive The Apocalypse (WikiHow) – 🕛50 minutes
Rereading books as adults (Jenniely) – 🕛45 minutes
Separating the art from the artist (The New York Times) – 🕛50 minutes
The best airline seat (Business Class Experts) – 🕛40 minutes
The problem with Halloween (Market Watch) – 🕛60 minutes
Types of Photography (Wikipedia) – 🕛40 minutes
Wearable Technology (BBC) – 🕛55 minutes

Use of English

FCE – Use of English Part 2 – Motorbike Stunt Rider – 🕛45 minutes
FCE – Use of English Part 3 – Incredible vegetables – 🕛55 minutes

Listening

Ben and Jerry’s (YouTube) – 🕛55 minutes
Essential Camera Gear (YouTube) – 🕛45 minutes
FCE – Listening Part 2 – Puffins – 🕛45 minutes
FCE – Listening Part 3 – The meaning of happiness – 🕛45 minutes
FCE – Listening Part 3 – What makes you nostalgic? – 🕛50 minutes
Let’s get nostalgic (Science Friday) – 🕛75 minutes
Types of Crimes (Elllo) – 🕛45 minutes

Speaking

Assessing English Proficiency (HR) – 🕛45 minutes
FCE – Christmas – 💡Lesson idea
FCE – First lesson – 🕛60 minutes
FCE – Halloween – 💡Lesson idea
FCE – Heatwave – 💡Lesson idea
Taking patient history – 🕛40 minutes
The bizarre world of perfume ads – 🕛45 minutes

Writing

FCE – Writing Part 1 (essay) – The effects of fashion on people’s lives – 🕛75 minutes

Grammar

Mixed conditional – Past medical recommendations – 🕛50 minutes
Modal verbs of speculation – NASA takes UAPs seriously – 🕛50 minutes
Question forms – Where do babies come from? – 🕛55 minutes

Pronunciation

Job Interview

Corporate jargon – 🕛60 minutes
Introduction to job interviews – 🕛40 minutes
Soft skills – 🕛50 minutes