On this page you’ll find lots of random lesson ideas. I’ve tried to organise them a bit but there’s lots of crossover! I hope you come across something useful!

Lesson planning lists

Some early examples of my clickbait in there, but also some useful lists!

64 online resources I’ve used for teaching English this year (plus 7 others)

by Pete April 26, 2021

18 more ways to introduce your lesson topic

by Pete March 26, 2021

23 Ways to Use a Text in Your ESL Classes

by Pete August 24, 2020

12 conversation strategies worth teaching

by Pete February 21, 2020

20 great video sites for the EFL classroom

by Pete November 19, 2018

12 tips for writing TEFL lesson plans

by Pete May 25, 2016

30 activities inspired by game shows

by Pete October 28, 2015

12 ideas for reviewing vocabulary

by Pete July 26, 2015

5 ways to make reading tasks more fun

by Pete July 5, 2015

5 ideas to expand your ELT Toolkit

by Pete June 29, 2015

35 ways to introduce your lesson topic

by Pete June 22, 2015

Grammar

Lesson idea: ‘used to’ for describing past appearance

by Pete September 14, 2019

‘so’, ‘such a’, and cheap cocktails

by Pete August 19, 2019

Lesson idea: present perfect time markers

by Pete August 14, 2018

Past continuous: sporting experiences

by Pete July 16, 2018

Lesson ideas: football and conditionals

by Pete February 11, 2017

Present perfect game

by Pete January 22, 2017

Lesson idea: should and shouldn’t…

by Pete December 3, 2016

Grammar review using drawings

by Pete September 14, 2016

Comparatives and superlatives – Top Trumps

by Pete September 8, 2016

Lesson idea: must, mustn’t, don’t have to…

by Pete December 10, 2015

Lesson idea: quick conditionals review

by Pete April 30, 2015

Pronunciation

More PronPack – contrastive stress

by Pete February 24, 2019

Using PronPack

by Pete February 20, 2019

Lesson idea: Kahoot! for word stress

by Pete August 27, 2018

General ideas for teaching pronunciation

by Pete January 30, 2018

Teaching pronunciation: contractions

by Pete November 21, 2016

Word stress – footballs and sticky balls

by Pete September 15, 2016

DipTESOL Tip – Phonology based activities

by Pete May 4, 2015

General lesson ideas

Lesson idea: Population Pyramid

by Pete February 22, 2022

Drama activity: The Movie Star

by Pete December 5, 2021

Drama activity: Frozen in Time

by Pete December 1, 2021

Some regular EAL activities

by Pete November 14, 2021

Poetry lesson: What do you hear?

by Pete July 10, 2021

EAL presentation tasks

by Pete June 6, 2021

EAL: History / Geography reviews

by Pete April 29, 2021

EAL: Choosing and using sources (History)

by Pete April 17, 2021

EAL: Descriptive writing, fronted adverbials

by Pete April 16, 2021

Using Stories Without End

by Pete April 15, 2021

Seesaw for EAL and young learners

by Pete April 6, 2021

Reading tasks for homework

by Pete January 11, 2021

Self-study suggestions handout

by Pete January 7, 2021

British Council Video Zone

by Pete November 28, 2020

Text-driven approach and K-pop

by Pete November 26, 2020

Twinkl in Action: Facts as a foundation

by Pete November 23, 2020

Lesson idea: Apollo 11

by Pete November 16, 2020

Lesson idea: Video games

by Pete October 31, 2020

Free lessons on Onestopenglish

by Pete October 21, 2020

Lesson idea: environmental issues

by Pete February 18, 2020

Lesson idea: Celebrities, morals and ethics

by Pete February 3, 2020

Lesson idea: Viral videos

by Pete February 2, 2020

Wordwall with young learners

by Pete January 29, 2020

Writing lesson: online dating profiles

by Pete January 9, 2020

Lesson idea: the ideal classroom

by Pete December 4, 2019

Lesson idea: Great British Bake Off

by Pete October 3, 2019

IELTS: identifying attitudes and opinions

by Pete August 26, 2019

Wordwall for ELT vocabulary games

by Pete July 28, 2019

Teaching functional language

by Pete June 25, 2018

Lesson idea: crazy recipes

by Pete October 2, 2017

Lesson idea: Tomlinson’s text-driven approach

by Pete May 6, 2017

Learn English through football

by Pete March 22, 2017

Workstations for reviews (young learners)

by Pete December 5, 2016

Lesson idea – self-portraits

by Pete November 9, 2016

Introducing travel – student quiz

by Pete September 17, 2016

Post-match interviews – a lesson using Premier Skills English

by Pete January 13, 2016

Lesson idea: the youngest person ever…

by Pete January 6, 2016

Lesson idea: activities for short videos

by Pete November 30, 2015

Lesson idea: The planets

by Pete November 17, 2015

Fluency practice: What do you know about Britain?

by Pete May 31, 2015

Lesson idea: UK politics and the election

by Pete May 7, 2015

Lesson idea: using sports commentaries in class

by Pete April 24, 2015

British History Lesson: Boudica

by Pete April 19, 2015

A fun lesson idea using Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking out loud’

by Pete April 10, 2015

Using Google Doodles to revise dates

by Pete April 7, 2015

Video resource: a one minute guide to planet earth

by Pete April 3, 2015

A fun way to introduce graphs in class

by Pete April 1, 2015

Video lesson: sickness benefits in the UK

by Pete March 29, 2015

Teach Petr Cech English – a lesson using British Council Premier Skills

by Pete March 25, 2015

Windsor Castle video observation challenge!

by Pete March 23, 2015

writing task on Henry VIII using gradual approximation

by Pete March 23, 2015

Ideas for short activities or lesson stages

Timesaver: Conversation starters

by Pete May 31, 2021

Timesaver: Quickfire questions

by Pete May 20, 2021

Wordwall assignments

by Pete January 29, 2021

Fluency and fun: Hidden words

by Pete January 12, 2021

Hirameki with young learners (via Emily Bryson)

by Pete March 1, 2020

TEFL Games: Answer Smash!

by Pete January 18, 2019

Lesson idea: Kahoot! for capitalisation and punctuation

by Pete December 2, 2018

Twist on a classic: Harry the Hippo

by Pete September 25, 2018

More creative displays and success criteria

by Pete June 28, 2017

Highlighting success criteria to young learners

by Pete November 16, 2016

Classroom games – Dobble!

by Pete September 23, 2016

A fun way to drill

by Pete September 19, 2016

Spelling races with mini-whiteboards

by Pete September 11, 2016

Disappearing dialogues, colour-coded support

by Pete September 10, 2016

Using story cubes

by Pete August 16, 2016

Lesson idea: retelling a story in groups

by Pete May 9, 2016

Vocabulary review – fortune tellers

by Pete February 12, 2016

Lesson tip: Wheel Decide

by Pete January 14, 2016

Lesson tip: tidy-up song

by Pete December 3, 2015

Lesson idea: James Bond observation challenge

by Pete November 19, 2015

Lesson tip: creative displays

by Pete November 18, 2015

Lesson idea: exploring the characters in a short movie

by Pete April 13, 2015

Introducing a lesson topic

Lesson idea: Introducing light and shadow

by Pete October 27, 2020

Lesson idea: introducing recipes and cooking

by Pete November 16, 2018

Lesson idea: Introducing inventions (2)

by Pete September 18, 2017

Lesson idea: introducing inventions

by Pete December 7, 2015

Lesson idea: introducing dreams and ambitions

by Pete December 5, 2015

Lesson idea: Introducing travel

by Pete November 21, 2015

Daily Dose of Internet video shorts

Daily Dose of Internet #7

by Pete October 15, 2021

Daily Dose of Internet #6

by Pete October 1, 2021

Daily Dose of Internet #5

by Pete September 20, 2021

Daily Dose of Internet #4

by Pete September 17, 2021

Daily Dose of Internet #3

by Pete September 14, 2021

Daily Dose of Internet #2

by Pete September 12, 2021

Daily Dose of Internet #1

by Pete September 10, 2021

I hope you find something useful!