Lesson on choosing a career, career trends & top U.S. jobs with reading, vocabulary & speaking activities for upper-intermediate level.

Lesson on working from home vs. in the office based on a short YouTube video. Download the worksheet for intermediate to advanced EFL levels.

Lesson on cultural shock & cultural differences in the United States, Canada, & Mexico for upper-intermediate conversational English class.

An upper-intermediate EFL lesson plan on the top four travel destinations of the year. Includes reading, vocabulary, and speaking exercises.

ESL/EFL Level: Upper-intermediate Lesson Topics:  unemployment, employee rights, work-life balance Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary Lesson Plan Download: anti-work-lesson-upper-intermediate-062022.docx Approximate Class Time: 1.5 hours Note to teachers: This topic relates to unionization, though it is not explored deeply. For a comprehensive lesson on unionization, take a look at PBS’s labor/management simulation. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Lesson on the Anti-Work […]

ESL/EFL Level: Upper-intermediate Lesson Topics:  regrets, bucket lists, death Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar Lesson Plan Download: regrets-dying-upper-intermediate-072022.docx Approximate Class Time: 2 hours Notes to teachers (Please Read!) The reading for this lesson can be found here or here. I did not include it in the lesson due to copyright. It would be a good […]

ESL/EFL Level: Upper-intermediate Lesson Topics:  Kurt Vonnegut, creativity, the soul, banning books Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary Lesson Plan Download: vonnegut-letter-upper-intermediate-01062022.docx Approximate Class Time: 2 hours UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Lesson on Vonnegut’s Letter to High Schoolers: Warm-up (Pair Work) What are your favorite books? Who are your favorite authors? Have you ever written an e-mail to a well-known […]

Upper-intermediate lesson on Daoism & the Chinese farmer parable. Includes speaking, reading, & other activities for conversation class.

Upper-intermediate lesson plan on Amazon’s treatment of employees and scientific management approach. Includes warm-up questions, reading, vocabulary, and group work for EFL conversation class.

Free upper-intermediate lesson plan on socialism, capitalism, and communism. Includes warm-up questions, reading, vocabulary, and group work for ESL conversation class.

Upper-intermediate ESL lesson plan on the dangers of social media presented via a summary of the documentary The Social Dilemma.

Free upper-intermediate lesson plan on bad habits. Includes discussion questions, reading, vocabulary, and more activites for ESL class.

Free upper-intermediate lesson plan on political correct (PC) language and if PC has ‘gone mad’. Read online and download the ESL lesson plan for class.

Free upper-intermediate lesson plan on bottled water and its marketing & environmental issues. Study online or download the ESL lesson plan for class.

An ESL reading lesson on a short story above love by Haruki Murakami. Students can answer comprehension, vocabulary, & discussion questions.

A short reading lesson for ESL students interested in business topics. Students can answer comprehension, vocabulary, & discussion questions.

A philosophical lesson plan about making time in life. The lesson includes reading comprehension, discussion, & vocabulary questions for ESL students on the ‘Disease of Being Busy’ by Omid Safi. Upper-Intermediate. Free download.

Funny lesson plan about ‘advice’ given by a doctor on living a healthy and long life. Upper-intermediate ESL Level. Contains speaking and bonus grammar activities.

Free lesson plan on future predictions (technology, food, education, etc). Contains reading passage by Udo Gollub & comprehension / discussion questions.

Free upper-intermediate reading lesson plan on Donald Barthelme’s short story The School. Great for studying bucket lists and grammar for regret.

Free upper-intermediate lesson plan about recent trends in ESL/EFL teaching and studying.