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60-minute Lesson Plan
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Level: Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate


"How to Get Good Grades!"
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​Multi-page lesson:

  • Vocabulary Preview
  • Grammar Practice
  • Reading Comprehension
  • ​Discussion
  • ​Writing Practice

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​Answer Key attached
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Writing Practice
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Level: Elementary to Intermediate



"What are two things that you like about school? What are two things that you dislike? Write​a short paragraph below and give reasons for your answers."

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Word Bank
SCHOOL
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate


63 school-related vocabulary items

Question: Which 5 words below are kinds of people?  Answer Key attached

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63 Words about School
​absent
answer
ask
assignment
board
book
book bag
cheat
chalk
chapter
classmate
classroom
computer
​correct
desk
dictionary
eraser
exam
fail
grade
hand in
homework
late
learn
lunch break
make a mistake
​mark
marker
notebook
on time
page
paper
paper clip
partner
pass
pen
pencil
​pencil case
pencil sharpener
​principal
print
question
quiz
review
right
row
ruler
schedule
score
stapler
study
student
​subject
table
tape
teach
teacher
test
textbook
unit
wall
wrong
​window

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Vocabulary Quiz
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Level: Elementary to Intermediate


14 school-related vocabulary items

Answer Key attached

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Time: Approx 10 minutes

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Listening Lesson
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Level: Beginner-Elementary



Page 1
  • Getting Ready
  • Vocabulary Preview
  • Listening Comprehension

Page 2
  • Listen again and write the missing words. Read aloud the dialog with a partner.

Page 3
  • Work with a partner. Extend (write)  the dialog with your own ideas and perform for another pair of students.

Total Time: Approx 45-55 mins

​Notes and Answer Key attached
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Spot the Differences Speaking Activities​

​"Students tend to mark the differences they have identified on the actual pictures, by ringing them or marking them with an 'x'; to save having to reproduce new pictures every time you want to do the activity, it is wise to forbid this in advance, and make students write down their discoveries on separate pieces of papers; usually one-word notes will suffice."

                                   
Discussions that Work
​~Penny Ur

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Spot the Differences
​Speaking Activity
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Level: Elementary to Advanced



Information-gap

Pair work; Answer Key attached

Find all eight differences in the pictures.

​Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

Step 1) First, have your students sit together in pairs and then play the audio once or twice; have them discuss what they heard.
​Step 2) Then, distribute the worksheet to your learners. Have them work on it independently before comparing their answers with a classmate.
​Step 3) Elicit and discuss the correct answers. 
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Describing Pictures
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Level: Elementary to Intermediate



Look at the picture and decide if each description is true or false.

Answer Key attached​

​Time: Approx 10 to 15 minutes


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Add an extra 5 to 10 minutes to the activity when using the above Active Listening.

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Pair Work Discussion
SCHOOL

Level: Intermediate to Advanced


20 different questions about schools - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts

Pair work

Time: Approx 15 minutes


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Discussion Practice
SCHOOL
Level: Intermediate to Advanced



​16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity.

These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing.

Activity Notes on Page 2

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

​Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes
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Board Game
SCHOOL
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


30 questions about school

For groups of two to three players

Time: Approx 20 to 25 minutes

Dice required
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Word Search
SCHOOL
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate


18 school-related vocabulary items

Answer Key attached

Time: Approx 15 minutes

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Rank & ​Discuss Opinions
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Level: Intermediate to Advanced


12 statements about school

Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups

Time: Approx 20 minutes


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Advice Column
SCHOOL

Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate


Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about school

Students read and then discuss and / or
​write about possible solutions (writing paper attached on Page 2).

Time: Approx 20 - 25 minutes
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Plus: Reading Comprehension Exercise
10 Multiple-Choice Questions based on the above Advice Column
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Worksheet
SCHOOL

Level: Intermediate to Advanced


Brainstorming and dictionary practice

Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below.  All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given.  Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer.

​Time: Approx 20 minutes


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​ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit.

Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework.
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