Creative ESL Lesson plans

In this quick communicative activity (Perfect for warmers or getting your students to be a bit more chatty in class!), your students will be dealing will crisis after crisis as quickly as possible!

In this lesson, students will not only get used to answering common passport control questions in English fluently and confidently, but they'll also get the chance to act as an annoying border agent.

Flight attendants can train to deal with passenger complaints effectively in this lesson!

Will Lady Betsy BigMac's jewels be safe tonight? In this HUGE communicative activity, students' English skills regarding negotiating, making alliances, betrayals, and bargaining skills will all be tested! Each student is given a role to play and a time limit to either help a team of thieves find 5 hidden codewords in order to break into Lady Betsy BigMac's vault and steal her priceless jewel, OR use those same codewords to help the police team and expose the thieves! The game

In this lesson, you'll find out who in your class is good at lying, and who is good at spotting lies by finding holes in someone's story, noticing tells, sensing something is off, or is something doesn't add up! A quick fun twist on 2 truths and a lie. Just one truth and a lie .(And the truth doesn't even matter if your students are boring!) Super simple lesson today, awesome teachers!: Students learn 4 new expressions (The ones in bold above) to cast doubt or suspicion on so

All the famous people live in the same apartment building! In this super simple and easy to follow lesson, students will learn with games and communicative activities how to use ordinal numbers up to 31! Take as long or as short as you like for this one, or even adapt it for higher levels (See Teacher's notes!). (When printing, make sure you print each page separately.) (Scan the QR code for the interactive Drag and Drop game on a phone/tablet - Requires Internet connection)

Students will be able to see a doctor with confidence after this lesson! In this lesson, your students will learn how to effectively communicate in English and learn: How to explain symptoms to a doctor To talk about allergies and medication To use present perfect to talk about length of symptoms The teacher notes will walk you through the instructions, but it's pretty straightforward. Walk them through the lessons on the worksheets. The role play activity can be done on the

Can your students ask for permission in useful ways? They will after this awesome lesson! Update your boring old permission and modal verbs lessons with. this interactive and communicative modern English lesson! The students' printable worksheet has everything you need for this lesson and is easy to follow, but if you're not sure, check the Teacher's notes! Your students will: Learn ways of asking permission and how to give/deny permission in English Practice with the "Messag

Learn a work skill in 60 minutes! In this lesson, your students will learn how to effectively communicate in English and learn: How to talk about time differences between countries. How to move an event in a schedule. How to collaborate on a problem solving group project The teacher notes will walk you through the instructions, but it's pretty straightforward. Each student gets a copy of both worksheets. Walk them through the lessons laid out on sheet 1. Then they need to col

Awesome song from an awesome band! In this chill (If you want - it can get as deep as you like!) lesson, students learn new vocabulary and discuss potential meanings of an awesome song "Like a Stone" by Audioslave. Your students will: Learn 6 new vocabulary words Discuss potential meanings behind lyrics Open up a larger discussion about art/music/religion/death The song discusses themes of death / regret / religion. It's great for discussions on what songs and art in general