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Charity shops

This lesson provides students with the opportunity to find out more about what charity shops are, what they sell and how they are staffed. 

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eShopping

This lesson is about buying and selling items on online auction sites, such as eBay and eBid. It provides students with the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the vocabulary and typical format of item listings on such sites. They will closely read and then write their own item listings, using adjectives and persuasive language.

Memories

This lesson focuses on the theme of memory, and there is work on collocation and idioms. The lesson takes an integrated approach to allow for practice in all four skills.

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Rules for dating a romantic hero

This lesson is based on a book from the Quick Reads series, called ‘Rules for dating a romantic hero’ by Harriet Evans. Learners are given the opportunity to use online and classroom-based activities to develop their reading skills. 

Four Warned

This lesson is based on an a book from the Quick Reads series called ‘Four warned’ and was written Jeffery Archer. The extract of the book that is used in this lesson focuses on a dramatic car chase. Learners have the opportunity to develop their reading, vocabulary and storytelling skills by using both online and classroom-based activities.

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Shakespeare

This lesson gives learners the opportunity to look more closely at Hamlet's famous 'to be or not to be' speech.

How new words are created

This lesson looks at how new words are created in English and encourages learners to analyse and experiment with words.

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Money conversations

This is a lesson based on money, though students’ own attitudes can be kept private if they so desire. And it can remain so, but as a conversation topic, money is a veritable gold mine!

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Phrasal verbs with get

This lesson is a self-contained lesson which presents ten phrasal verbs in the context of a dialogue. Students focus on the meaning of those phrasal verbs through a vocabulary and meaning matching exercise. 

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Using Vocaroo to develop speaking skills

In this lesson, students will learn how to use the Vocaroo website to record and listen to themselves. They will learn how to send Vocaroo links to their teacher and themselves and will develop as independent learners through self-correction.

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