Learn the difference between routines and temporary situations with this Present Simple vs Present Continuous lesson plan, built around two calendars of the same project manager: a normal working week and a chaotic week when a colleague is off sick and the company is running a conference.
Learn to talk about sport, winning and record-breaking achievements with this sports English lesson plan for A2-B1 learners, built around a short news video about Kimi Antonelli becoming the youngest Formula 1 world champion in 2026 and a practical focus on comparative and superlative adjectives.
Discover what the research really says about doomscrolling and attention spans with this flipped-classroom English lesson plan on brain rot and short-form video, built around a 9:39 BBC Global interview in which Katty Kay asks science journalist Joss Fong whether swiping through social media feeds is damaging our ability to focus.
Master the third conditional and I wish I’d… with this B1+-B2 English lesson plan on regrets and lessons learned, built around four “Things I wish I’d known before…” social media posts about a first job, moving out, going freelance and turning 30.
Master causative have and get something done with this B1-B2 Business English lesson plan on causative structures and professional vocabulary, built around a corporate update about a company that has its servers inspected, its accounts audited and its marketing collateral printed by outside specialists.
Explore the global wave of youth activism with this B2-C1 current affairs English lesson plan built around the BBC World Service video Gen Z protests: What unites them?, teaching protest vocabulary and the passive voice journalists use to report the news.
Learn to talk about life experiences, moving abroad and homesickness with this A2 present perfect English lesson plan built around the Easy English street-interview video Have you ever lived abroad?, recorded with real people in Toronto.
Master the first conditional for promises, threats, warnings, offers and advice with this grammar-through-context English lesson plan built around six real-life messages from a parent, a manager, a friend, an advert, a neighbour and a colleague.
Master narrative tenses with this storytelling English lesson plan built around four viral YouTube storytime Shorts, so students learn to tell a one-minute “The time I…” story the way social media creators do: hook, scene, events and punchline.
Master the second conditional and everyday food and TV vocabulary with this second conditional English lesson plan built around the comedy video If Regular People were Cooking Show Judges, in which three unfussy judges pour ketchup on a gourmet steak and crown frozen fish and Cool Whip the winning menu.
Master the language of facts, claims and predictions with this media literacy English lesson plan built around the ABC News report on a car company’s “flying” sports car, so that students can report what companies say without endorsing it, hedge their own predictions and evaluate new technology with precise vocabulary.
Master the vocabulary of protests, civil disorder and the cost of living with this B2-C1 English lesson plan on protests and the cost of living in Europe, built around a BBC News video report on the violent protests across France and a homework reading from The Independent on the European cities facing cost-of-living protests from Paris to Milan.
Master the vocabulary of real estate and personal finance with this buying vs. renting a home English lesson plan, built around the TED-Ed video Which is better: Buying or renting a home? by Ella Feldman, a 30-year case study of twin sisters Morgan and Lisa, who move into identical houses and make opposite decisions: one buys, one rents.
Learn to pass on messages from meetings, phone calls and team chats with this task-based reported speech English lesson plan for Business English, built around a fictional website-launch team whose weekly meeting one colleague misses.
Master the language of ordering lunch with this A2 functional English lesson plan built around a café menu and two short dialogues: students learn to order politely with Can I have… / Could I get…, ask what is in a dish with Is there any… in it?, make special requests such as without onion and to go, and say there is a mistake with an order.
Master the language of saying no to your manager with this C1 reading and speaking English lesson plan on burnout at work, built around the story of Jonas, a 24-year-old analyst who never said no, six warning signs of burnout, and a five-move language bank for turning a request into a trade-off with I’m at capacity and I can take that on if we deprioritise X.
Learn the vocabulary of social media search trends and practise the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple with this B1 English lesson plan built around a reading text on how young people search on TikTok in 2026, from a 447% surge in K-pop dance searches to the “fall shoe trends” content gap.
Master the clinical vocabulary of tetanus and advanced conditionals in Medical English with this C2 Medical English lesson plan built around the TED-Ed video Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? by Louise Thwaites, from Hippocrates’ first case description to modern antitoxins, ICU care and global vaccine equity.
Master the Past Simple vs Past Continuous with this English grammar lesson plan built around a first date, a Monday-morning meeting and an airport dash that all go wrong, so learners can tell the story of an unexpected moment using when, while and meanwhile.
Discover the dark history behind the Brothers Grimm and master C2 academic English through video analysis, advanced vocabulary, sophisticated syntax, and Cambridge Proficiency essay writing.
Learn when to use a, an, the or no article in English by asking one simple question, and practise it in instructions, short work messages and descriptions of rooms and places.
Learn to tell continents from countries, use nationality adjectives with confidence, and choose the right article with geographical names in this countries and nationalities ESL lesson plan built around a Jimmy Kimmel Live street-quiz video.
Learn to talk about your weekend in English with an A2 past simple lesson plan that uses a picture story, common irregular verbs, and real “What did you do?” conversations.
Master past modals of deduction by solving a workplace mystery in this B1-B2 grammar English lesson plan, learning to say what must have, might have and can’t have happened with confidence.