This lesson plan combines English Language Arts, ESL, Back-to-School activities, Education, debates, videos, conversations, vocabulary, listening, fun facts, projects, and research in one lesson.It's great for back-to-school-themed classes.This lesson plan can be used for exam preparations lessons, such as FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOIEC, etc

What is it?

• a no-prep lesson plan based on a video by SciShow Psych - How to Take the Best Notes

• real-life content

• ESL levels: B1+/C1 - teenagers and adults

• Speaking, Listening, and Vocabulary

• PDF and PowerPoint

What's Included?

• a fully designed lesson for at least 60 minutes that requires no preparation - 3 pages full of various activities

• 2 versions of the lesson plan - one for your students and one for you (with answers!)

• a fully animated PowerPoint presentation (same content) with answers provided - only the key is editable!

• in both A4 and US letter formats

Activities

• Warm-up

• Brainstorm

• discuss the pictures

• Agree or disagree?

• Vocabulary

• before you watch

• Watch the video

• put the topics in order

• true or false?

• Follow-up

• discussion

• Vocabulary

• fill in the gaps

• Vocabulary+

• fun facts about writing

• Project

• take notes!

Aims

• to improve communication by discussing various topics related to mental health, swimming, Iceland, relaxation, sport, happiness and travelling

• to improve active listening skills

• to get used to different accents in English

• to learn new vocabulary

• to discover new trends and ideas from around the world