2025-03-26

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Understand the main points of view in an online conversation.
    • Explore and identify register in online exchanges. Learn and use formal and informal words and expressions.
    • Write advice on ‘netiquette’ in informal and formal language.

  • Materials

    • page 2

  • Homework

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2025-24-03

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Understand the main points of view in an online conversation.
    • Explore and identify register in online exchanges.

  • Materials

    • pages 1-2

  • Homework

    • Learning Hub

2025-03-19

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to use mixed conditionals accurately and appropriately in both speaking and writing.

  • Materials

    • Ready For B2 page 165

  • Homework

  • Language Spotlight

    • I go to new school and experience new cities.
      • If I went to a new school I would expense new cities.
    • To get to my train station I have to use car.
      • To get to my train station I have to use a car.
    • I was playing piano.
      • I used to play piano.
      • I played piano.

2025-03-17

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Present my business plan to the class.
    • Recognise time markers and references to earlier ideas to better follow a conversation.
    • Learn to ask for and give reasons in a conversation.

  • Materials

    • Study Skills

  • Homework

    • Learning Hub

  • Language Spotlight

    • I’m really anxious person
      • I’m really anxious.
      • I’m a really anxious person.
    • I should take part more competitions.
      • … in more …
    • It’s a good way to check yourself.
      • It’s a good way to test/challenge yourself.
    • It depends on what environment you grow up.
      • It depends on the environment you grew up in.
    • It depends what your childhood had been.
      • … what your childhood was like.
    • You need to find the middle.
      • You need to find the middle ground.
    • She told me that if I will stand near her she will push me.
      • She me that if I stood near her she would push me.
    • When music is on it makes good feeling.
      • When music is on it makes me feel good.

2025-03-12

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Understand the language and format of a simple business plan.
    • Write a business plan to describe an invention that solves a problem.
    • Present my business plan to the class.

  • Materials

    • project

  • Plan

    • Start with page 5 questions
    • Dragon’s Den
      • What kind of business is being pitched in the video, and how does it make money?
      • How do the Dragons respond to the pitch, and what concerns do they raise?
      • What factors make the entrepreneur’s pitch effective, and what could have been improved?
      • What is the purpose of Dragon’s Den, and what kind of businesses are likely to succeed on the show?
      • What lessons from the video can you apply to make your own pitch more convincing?

  • Homework

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2025-03-10

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Listen to a conversation to get ideas about how to set up a business.
    • Share ideas about what’s important when starting a business.
    • Identify verb patterns and use verb expressions to talk about passions, plans and ideas.

  • Materials

    • pages 4-5

  • Plan

    • finish exercises 4-6
    • Follow-up Activity: Verb Patterns in Action
      • Step 1: Categorize More Verbs
        • Write additional verbs and verb expressions on the board and ask students to categorize them into the correct columns of the table. Examples:
          • enjoy, avoid, consider → Verb + -ing
          • remind, teach, encourage → Verb + someone + infinitive with to
          • hope, plan, decide → Verb + infinitive with to
      • Step 2: Sentence Transformation Challenge
        • Give students a list of sentences using verb patterns. Ask them to rewrite each sentence using a different verb pattern while keeping the meaning similar. Examples:
          • Original: She started learning how to design an app. (Verb + -ing)
            • Transformed: She decided to learn how to design an app. (Verb + infinitive with to)
          • Original: He avoids speaking in front of large audiences. (Verb + -ing)
            • Transformed: He refuses to speak in front of large audiences. (Verb + infinitive with to)
          • Original: They suggested taking a short break before continuing. (Verb + -ing)
            • Transformed: They advised us to take a short break before continuing. (Verb + someone + infinitive with to)
          • Original: I managed to complete the project before the deadline. (Verb + infinitive with to)
            • Transformed: I succeeded in completing the project before the deadline. (Verb + preposition + -ing)
          • Original: She agreed to help with the event. (Verb + infinitive with to)
            • Transformed: She offered to help with the event. (Verb + infinitive with to)
          • Original: They kept working late to finish the report. (Verb + -ing)
            • Transformed: They continued to work late to finish the report. (Verb + infinitive with to)
          • Original: We discussed moving to a bigger office. (Verb + -ing)
            • Transformed: We considered moving to a bigger office. (Verb + -ing)
          • Original: He reminded me to send the email. (Verb + someone + infinitive with to)
            • Transformed: He asked me to send the email. (Verb + someone + infinitive with to)
          • Original: I can’t stand waiting in long queues. (Verb + -ing)
            • Transformed: I dislike waiting in long queues. (Verb + -ing)
          • Original: She promised to call me later. (Verb + infinitive with to)
            • Transformed: She guaranteed to call me later. (Verb + infinitive with to)
      • Step 3: Personalization – My Plans and Ideas
        • Have students write five sentences about their passions, plans, or business ideas, using at least one verb from each category. Then, they share their sentences in pairs and give feedback on their use of verb patterns.
      • Step 4: Interactive Speaking – Business Brainstorm
        • In small groups, students discuss:
          • What kind of business would you start if you could?
          • How would you help others in your business?
          • What skills do you need to start a business?
        • Encourage them to naturally use verb expressions from the lesson while speaking.

  • Homework

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