Ready Lessons
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? Scroll down to select a topic that interests you/your learners and select the ppt lesson (often with teacher notes - this can be edited / adapted to suit your learners) or the pdf version. New lessons uploaded regularly. More teaching ideas at the bottom of the page ...
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MOST RECENT LESSONS:
FUNDAMENTALISM - Upper Intermediate - 1.5 hrs (from June Issue 483) - speaking, vocabulary, jigsaw reading
GLOBAL BANKS - Upper Intermediate - 2 hrs (from May Issue 482) - quiz, infographic, jigsaw reading, speaking, youtube listening, writing tweets and bumper stickers to summarize
FIGHTING FOR INDIA'S HEALTH - Intermediate - 1.5 hrs (from May Issue 482) - vocabulary, grammar (used to + infinitive) and reading
Media:Fighting for India's health.ppt
Media:Fighting for India's health.pdf
DEVELOPMENT - Upper Intermediate - 1.5 - 2 hrs (from September Issue 475) - speaking, vocabulary, dictogloss and reading
GOLD - Intermediate - 1-2 hrs (from September Issue 475)- speaking, vocabulary, reading, grammar: review of tenses and letter-writing
FEMINISM - Intermediate - 1.5 - 2 hrs (from July/August Issue 474) -speaking, reading, understanding infographic, writing
America's worst export - Intermediate - 1.5hrs (from July/August Issue 474) - speaking, vocabulary and reading
Media:America's worst export.ppt
Media:America's worst export.pdf
SMOKING AND POWER - Elementary - 1-2 hrs (from June Issue 473) - speaking, vocabulary, reading and poster-making
LANGUAGES - Elementary - 1-2 hrs (from June Issue 473)- grammar: word order in questions and comparisons, speaking and reading
THE ORGAN TRADE - Upper Intermediate - 2 hrs (from May Issue 472) - speaking, writing about graphs and infographics, reading and poster-making
WHERE ARE THE FORESTS GOING? - Upper Intermediate - 2 hrs (from May Issue 472) - grammar: verbs, prepositions and articles, reading and speaking
Media:Where are the forests going?.ppt
Media:Where are the forests going?.pdf
PANGOLINS - Intermediate -1-2 hrs (from April Issue 471) - grammar: questions, reading, listening (video), vocabulary and writing
HOW TO STOP FOOD WASTE - Intermediate/Upper Intermediate - 1-2 hrs (from April Issue 471) - quiz, read, speak and write (poster or letter)
Media:How to stop food waste.ppt
Media:How to stop food waste.pdf
OUR EARTH - Intermediate - 2 hrs (from March Issue 470) - vocabulary, speaking, reading, listening (a TED talk video), dictation and writing (choice of poster or letter)
WOMEN - Intermediate / Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from March Issue 470 and others) - dictation (3 different types), grammar: present perfect active and passive, jigsaw-reading, speaking and writing
SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA - Intermediate - 1-2 hrs (from Jan/Feb Issue 469) - reading, vocabulary, gap-fill, letter-writing
Media:Slavery in Mauritania.ppt
Media:Slavery in Mauritania.pdf
DETENTION CENTRES - Upper intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from Jan/Feb Issue 469) - reading, speaking, vocabulary and letter-writing
FRACKING - Upper intermediate to Advanced - 2-3 hrs (from Dec Issue 468), based on this 17-page pdf "the fracking files": Media:the fracking files.pdf - reading, vocabulary and speaking
"NOT THE SPAIN I KNEW" - Intermediate to Upp Int - 1-2 hrs (from Dec Issue 468) - reading, discussion and essay-writing
Media:Not the Spain I knew.ppt
Media:Not the Spain I knew.pdf
"WE ARE ABLE: DEVELOPING READING SKILLS" - Intermediate to Upp Int - 1.5-2 hrs (from Nov Issue 467) - reading, vocabulary and error correction
"CHALLENGE TO WALMART" - Intermediate to Upp Int - 1-2 hrs (from Nov Issue 467) - reading, vocabulary, speaking and essay-writing
Media:Challenge to Walmart.pdf
Media:Challenge to Walmart.ppt
"NO GIRLS" - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs - example of a "flipped class", where learners do homework before the class, then use class-time to develop higher-level skills (from Oct Issue 466) - speaking, reading, vocabulary and letter-writing
"FOOD FOR THE WORLD" - Intermediate - 1.5-2 hrs (from Sept Issue 465) - speaking, vocabulary, reading and writing
"IMPROVE YOUR READING AND VOCABULARY" - Upper Intermediate - 1 hr (from Sept Issue 465) - reading skills and vocabulary development
Media: Improve your reading and vocabulary.ppt
Media: Improve your reading and vocabulary.pdf
"DEBT" - Advanced/IELTS - 2-3 hrs (from July/Aug Issue 464) - vocabulary, reading, speaking, infographics and gapfill
"PROTESTS" - Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from July/Aug Issue 464)- grammar: 3rd conditional, vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing
"LOOK WHO IS WEARING THE PANTS" - Intermediate - 1.5 hrs (from July/Aug Issue 464) - speaking, reading and vocabulary
Media:Look who is wearing the pants.ppt
Media:Look who is wearing the pants.pdf
"COUNTRIES" - IELTS/Advanced - 2-3 hrs (from June Issue 463) - speaking, reading, quiz and comparing language
"LAND GRABS" - IELTS/Advanced - 2-3 hrs (from May Issue 462) - reading, IELTS speaking practice, IELTS writing about graphs
"TURKEYS, BEES and WHALES" - Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from May Issue 462) - grammar: present simple passive, speaking, reading, vocabulary and writing
Media:Turkeys, bees and whales.pdf
Media:Turkeys, bees and whales.ppt
"WORLD PROGRESS" - IELTS/Advanced - 2-3 hrs (from April Issue 461) - reading, IELTS speaking practice, IELTS writing from graphs
"PEOPLE WHO CHANGE THE WORLD" - Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from March Issue 460)- grammar: present perfect vs past simple, speaking, reading and vocabulary
Media:Lesson - people who change the world.ppt
Media:Lesson - people who change the world.pdf
"RICH OR POOR" - Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from Jan/Feb Issue 459) - speaking, vocabulary, grammar of suggestions, reading and writing
"FREE INTERNET?" - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from December Issue 458) - reading, vocabulary and speaking
"HEALTH FOR THE WORLD" - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from November Issue 457) - grammar: review of conditionals, reading, vocabulary, speaking and listening, and writing
Media:Health for the world.ppt
Media:Health for the world.pdf
"YOUTH" - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from October Issue 456) - quiz, infographics, reading and speaking
"DRUGS" - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from September Issue 455) - speaking, vocabulary and reading
"CO-OPERATION OR COMPETITION?" - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from July/August Issue 454) - grammar: practice of comparatives and superlatives, vocabulary, speaking and reading
Media:Cooperation or competition.pdf
Media:Cooperation or competition.ppt
"ARGUMENTS" - Upper Intermediate - 3hrs (from the Arguments Section) - reading, vocabulary and speaking
"PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE"- - Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from the Archive Section) - grammar: present continuous review, reading, speaking and vocabulary
Media:PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE.ppt
Media:PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE.pdf
Or simply use any of the other texts (look up by clicking on each issue or selecting topics that interest you from "categories" in similar ways. These texts are ideal for use with learners of intermediate level or above - they can select their own text and then report back, or in one-to-one lessons (including Skype lessons) - also see: