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'''Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2), Intermediate (B1), Upper Intermediate (B2) and Advanced (C1)'''.
 
  
'''Index to Ready Lessons: Grammar'''
 
 
'''Grammar                                  Level                   Topic/Title                         Link'''
 
 
Agreement/Disagreement + modal verbs         Intermediate           Argue Better                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_480
 
 
Agreement & Disagreement, Managing a Discussion Upper Intermediate   Politics & Religion
 
                                                                          Argue Even better                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_517
 
 
Articles                                 Intermediate           Capitalism
 
                                                                          What is Capitalism?                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_484
 
 
 
Collocation                                 Intermediate           Climate Emergency
 
                                                                          The rich, the poor, and the earth https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_504     
 
       
 
Collocations                                 Upper Intermediate   Tax avoidance Tax                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_498
 
 
Comparative correlative – the more… the more Intermediate           Happiness
 
                                                                          Money
 
                                                                          The More Money We Have         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_478
 
 
Comparative & Superlative of adjectives         Upper Intermediate   World Peace
 
                                                                          World Peace                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_515
 
 
Comparing
 
Questions                                 Elementary           Languages                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_473
 
 
Comparison                                 Pre-Intermediate   Fundamentalism
 
                                                                          Fundamentalism and the UK         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_483
 
 
Comparison                                 Pre-Intermediate   Other Countries                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_483
 
 
Complaint language                         Upper Intermediate   Mining
 
                                                                          Problems                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_517
 
 
 
Conditionals: all/any                         Upper Intermediate   World News
 
                                                                          News around the world         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_509
 
 
Conditional:  first conditional for options Intermediate+           Climate emergency, Health
 
                                                                          Care, the Climate, and Grammar https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_528
 
 
Conditionals – first, second, third         Upper Intermediate   Charities and NGOs                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_478
 
 
Conditional: second conditional for hypotheses Intermediate           Photos
 
                                                                          Letter from Dhaka                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_519
 
 
Conditional: second conditional/hypotheses Intermediate           Food
 
                                                                          Wild food                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_529
 
 
Conditionals: second conditional for hypotheses Upper Intermediate   World Peace                          https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_515
 
                                                                           
 
 
Conditional: second conditional for hypotheses Upper Intermediate   Veganism
 
                                                                          Vegan World                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_521
 
 
Conditionals: third conditional for criticism Intermediate           Rana Plaza and Trade Unions         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_495
 
of past actions
 
Conditional: third conditional Intermediate                           Protest
 
                                                                          Protests                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_464
 
 
 
Conditional: zero, first, second         Upper Intermediate   Health
 
                                                                          Health for the world                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_457
 
 
Contrast linkers                         Intermediate+           Contrasts                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_528
 
 
 
Contrast linkers                         Intermediate           Pollution
 
                                                                          The Air we Breathe                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_526
 
                                 
 
Contrast linkers                         Intermediate           Conservation
 
                                                                          Conservation – good or bad?         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_524
 
 
Error correction                         Intermediate+              Disability
 
                                                                          We are able                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_467
 
 
Generalisation language                         Upper Intermediate   Gender Differences 
 
                                                                          Women and Men                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_506
 
 
 
Get used to                                 Intermediate           Education                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_479
 
 
I wonder + why/if/what/how
 
                                        Intermediate           Activism
 
                                                                          What is Courage?                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_500
 
 
Modal verbs                                 Intermediate           Climate Emergency
 
                                                                          Extinction Rebellion          https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_523
 
       
 
Modal verbs of Advice                         Intermediate           Climate Emergency
 
                                                                          Should we…?                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_523
 
 
Modal verbs –  could/should/must for obligation Pre-Intermediate   Climate Emergency
 
/necessity/possibility                                                    Climate Talks                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_487
 
 
 
Modal verbs: have to, can, can’t         Pre-Intermediate   Human Rights
 
for obligation & permission                                                Sport                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_490
 
                                                                     
 
 
Modal verbs - obligation/no obligation         Intermediate           Voting                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_481
 
 
Modals: should, ought to, why don’t we?         Intermediate           Rich or poor?                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_459
 
 
Passive                                         Intermediate+           Animals
 
                                                                          The animals we need                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_529
 
 
Passives                                 Upper Intermediate   World News
 
                                                                          Short News Stories from 2016         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_499
 
 
Passives: all/any                         Upper Intermediate   World News
 
                                                                          News around the world         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_509
 
 
Passive: present simple                         Intermediate           Animals
 
                                                                          Turkeys, bees, and whales         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_462
 
 
Past simple: narrative                         Intermediate           Taking the knee
 
                                                                          Kneeling                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_498
 
 
Past Simple & Present Perfect Simple         Intermediate           Veganism
 
                                                                          Vegetarianism
 
                                                                          Cowspiracy                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_485
 
 
Past Simple – regular and irregular - narrative Pre-Intermediate   Women
 
                                                                          Women and Clothes                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_484
 
 
Past simple – regular and irregular verbs      Pre-intermediate+   Equality
 
for narrative/history                                                   Equality in History                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_504
 
 
 
Prediction language – lexical expressions      Upper Intermediate   Robotics
 
                                                                          The Future with Robots         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_507
 
 
Present Continuous & Present Perfect         Intermediate           Modern Slavery
 
                                                                          No to Modern Slavery                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_496
 
 
Present Simple: habits, states,                Elementary           Plastic                      https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_516
 
scientific facts
 
 
 
Punctuation, Spelling, Error Correction         Intermediate           World Energy                  https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_480
 
 
Questions: past simple                         Upper Intermediate   Marielle Franco
 
                                                                          Marielle Franco                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_510
 
 
 
Questions – past and present simple      Intermediate           Women’s Rights, Afghanistan
 
                                                                          Jamila Afghani                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_506
 
 
Questions – wh- + present simple         Pre-Intermediate   Languages
 
                                                                          English for Peace                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_492
 
 
Questions: yes/no                         Intermediate           Migration
 
                                                                          Who to Save?                  https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_524
 
 
Requests                                 Intermediate           Refugees, Afghanistan
 
                                                                          The Mother of Education         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_495
 
 
so + adjective that…                         Pre-Intermediate   Burkina Faso
 
                                                                          Water                         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_494
 
 
Tenses – Present Simple, Past Simple,          Pre-Intermediate   Refugees
 
Present Perfect                                                           Stories – Helping Refugees         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_489
 
 
 
Tenses review                                 Intermediate           Gold                                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_475
 
 
Used to                                         Intermediate           Smoking
 
                                                                          Health
 
                                                                          India
 
                                                                          Fighting for India’s Health         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_482
 
 
 
Verbs
 
Prepositions 
 
Articles                                 Upper Intermediate   Forests, illegal logging
 
                                                                          Where are the forests going?         https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_472
 
 
I wonder + why/if/what/how                      Intermediate           Activism     
 
                                                                  What is Courage?                 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=Issue_500
 
  
 
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Revision as of 14:03, 26 July 2021

Over 140 READY LESSONS - for interested, busy, tired, new ... all teachers (and learners) to use:

Would you like to get your learners engaged in topics relating to global justice?

Select a topic that interests you/your learners - the ppt version (can be adapted to suit your learners) or the pdf version. You can also use the SEARCH feature (top right) to look for a lesson on a particular topic. Lessons are divided into levels, accessed by clicking the links below:


MOST RECENT LESSONS:

FREEDOM FOOD - a 2hr Intermediate + lesson (from March / April issue 530) - including speaking, reading, vocabulary, writing and language of suggestions and (dis)agreement:

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WOMEN AND PEACE.- a 1-hr Intermediate + lesson (from May / June Issue 531) - including reading, gap-fill and speaking

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TRUTH OR LIES - a 1 - 2hr Intermediate + lesson (from March / April issue 530) - including speaking, reading, vocabulary and formal letter writing

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THE ANIMALS WE NEED.- a 1-2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from January / February Issue 529) - including reading, vocabulary, grammar (passive) and writing

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NATURE.- a 1-2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from January / February Issue 529) - including quizzes, ordering sentences and words, reading, speaking and making posters / banners / leaflets

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HELP NATURE!.- a 1-2 hr Pre-intermediate + lesson (from January / February Issue 529) - including quiz, vocabulary, ordering words, reading, matching and making protest banners

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WILD FOOD.- a 1-2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from January / February Issue 529) - including speaking, grammar (hypothetical conditional) reading and writing (an article)

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PLANET FARM.- a 1-2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from January / February Issue 529) - including speaking, reading, vocabulary and writing (formal letter)

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CARE, THE CLIMATE, AND GRAMMAR.- a 1-2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from November / December Issue 528) - including speaking, reading and grammar (conditionals)

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CONTRASTS.- a 2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from November / December Issue 528) - including speaking, reading, grammar (linkers of contrast) and error correction

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FOOD PROJECTS.- a 2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from November / December Issue 528) - including speaking, vocabulary, reading and writing

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