Lesson Plans

Students build word families and negative prefixes around medical research headlines, then write a magazine article about whether health news can be trusted.

Students learn idioms for getting on, falling out and making up, then use them to write a short story about two people who reconcile.

Students learn to hedge claims with cautious language like tend to and it would appear, then write a careful report on a student survey.

Students learn the language of workplace health, safety and absence, explain causes and effects, and write an email to a board recommending improvements.

Students learn to switch between informal and formal register in complaints and emails, then write a formal complaint about a faulty product.

Students learn the subjunctive after verbs and phrases like insist and it is essential that, then write a formal notice announcing new rules.

Students learn inversion after negative adverbials like never and hardly for dramatic emphasis, then write an account of a journey that went badly wrong.

Students learn phrasal verbs for change and campaigning, like phase out and crack down on, then write a proposal for making their area greener.

Students learn strong collocations for public debate, like pose a threat, then write a letter giving their view on a local plan.

Students practise nouns, verbs and adjectives with dependent prepositions to talk about habits and distraction, then write a short article about changing a habit.

Students learn precise verbs, adverbs and prepositions for describing trends and figures, practise signposting a presentation, then write a short report on a company's sales.

Students practise linking words for contrast and concession, like whereas and albeit, to debate tourism and conservation, then write a balanced essay.

Students learn what-clefts to give emphasis when talking about advertising and campaigns, then write a paragraph about an advert they remember well.