Lesson plans and ideas
Ready-made TEFL lesson plans, ideas and activities tested in classrooms. Practical resources to make English lessons engaging and effective.
15 Creative Ways to Use Video in Your ESL Classroom
Go beyond “watch and listen”. Try these simple, engaging ways to turn any video into real classroom interaction.
How We Met: Storytelling Lesson Plan for Narrative Tenses
This is a one hour lesson to teach narrative tenses to upper intermediate level learners, using the theme of "How We Met".
From Comics to Memes: Using Visual Humour in English Teaching
Visual humour - from classic cartoons to modern memes - can make English lessons more memorable, more motivating, and far more fun. Here’s how to use them creatively and meaningfully in class or online.
TEFL Lesson Plan: Teaching Infinitives of Purpose Using a James Bond Film
Here’s an intermediate level Bond-based lesson plan using scenes from Casino Royale, focusing on 'so that…' and 'infinitives of purpose'.
25 Practical TEFL Warmers and Fillers
Warmers and fillers are an essential part of an EFL teacher’s toolkit. Choose them well, and they can be the difference between a class that’s engaged and ready to participate, and one that sits silently, half-asleep and distracted.
Activity to practise Questions and Narrative Tenses
Use this activity at elementary level upwards, either as a warmer or as a practice activity for forming yes/no questions, reported questions or narrative tenses.
Why and How to Use Songs to Teach EFL
Music is one of the most powerful - and often underused - tools you can bring into your EFL classroom. Done well, songs make lessons more engaging, memorable, and authentic. But it’s not enough to simply hit play and hand out a worksheet.
