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Pre-Intermediate

Wish You Weren’t Here! The Holiday from Hell

Teach the past simple with this Pre-Intermediate ESL lesson on holidays and travel. Includes travel vocabulary, reading, video, speaking activities, printable worksheets, irregular verb games and editable Google Slides. British and American English versions included.

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Advanced

The Traitors: Trust, Lies & the Ultimate Betrayal

Bring The Traitors UK to your classroom with this Advanced (C1) ESL lesson. Teach trust and betrayal idioms through BBC videos, reading and speaking. Includes a murder mystery, Pictionary and charades cards, plus CAE-style homework with answers.

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Elementary

All in the Family: Who’s Who? — Family & Possessives

Teach family vocabulary, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns with this Elementary (A1) ESL lesson for adults and teens. Includes listening, reading, speaking, UK and US versions, printable A4 worksheets and three interactive games.

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Intermediate

Frightfully Good! Halloween & Extreme Adjectives

Teach extreme adjectives with this Intermediate Halloween ESL lesson for adults. Explore Halloween traditions through reading, video, vocabulary and speaking, with interactive games, picture prompts, homework and teacher’s answer keys.

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Upper-Intermediate

Connected or Distracted? Modern Technology, Social Media & Contrast Linkers

Teach although vs despite and other contrast linkers with this Upper-Intermediate (B2) ESL lesson on technology and social media. Includes video, reading, debates, interactive games, printable worksheets, writing tasks, homework and answer keys.

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Pre-Intermediate

Things That Went Bump in the Night — Halloween & Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Teach past simple vs past continuous with this Pre-Intermediate Halloween ESL lesson for adults. Includes costume vocabulary, listening dialogues, news-based readings, speaking tasks, an interactive ghost story, conversation cards and homework. UK and US versions available.

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Upper-Intermediate

If Only! Injuries, Accidents & the Third Conditional

Teach the third conditional, past regrets and vocabulary for accidents and injuries with this Upper-Intermediate (B2) ESL/EFL lesson plan for adults. Includes a news-based reading, time-loop comedy video, 8-scene YouTube task, printable pairwork, interactive grammar game, homework and answer key.

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Proficiency

A Taste for Words: Restaurant Reviews, Gastronomy & Present Tenses

Teach present tenses through restaurant reviews and global gastronomy with this C2 ESL lesson pack. Includes a Basque restaurant reading, CBS Mornings video, food vocabulary, Flip the Tense! speaking game, printable cards, review-writing homework, UK/US versions and a teacher answer key.

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Advanced

Where We Live: Advanced English for Describing Places

Bring cities and communities to life with this dynamic C1 ESL lesson! Students master advanced adverb position and vivid place vocabulary through a TED Talk, pair reading, the Mystery Location Challenge, interactive games and a partner crossword. Includes homework, answer keys and UK/US versions.

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Intermediate

Financial Literacy: Money, Spending & Gerunds or Infinitives

Build B1 financial literacy and master gerunds and infinitives with this Intermediate ESL lesson on spending, saving, secondhand shopping, and repair. Includes speaking, reading, finance vocabulary, TED-Ed video tasks, grammar practice, homework, and premium activities.

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Intermediate Business

Jobs, Work Routines & The 4-Day Workweek

Master Present Simple vs. Present Continuous and office phrasal verbs with this Intermediate ESL lesson on the 4-day workweek. Features a case study on "Hack a Boss," a civil engineering video, 30 Conversation Cards, and a full homework pack. Perfect for professional English classes!

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Advanced Business

Corporate Ethics & Climate Capitalism

Master advanced hedging and essential corporate ethics vocabulary with this high-stakes Advanced ESL lesson . Features an in-depth case study on Patagonia, an eye-opening video on fast fashion, and the interactive "Ethics Tribunal" simulation . Perfect for challenging business English students with

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