2025-03-05

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

  • Learning Hub

2025-02-26

Upper Secondary B2.1

Aims:

• I can create and tell a story using Narrative Tenses

• I can read, summarise and compare information about ‘teenpreneurs; and their inventions.

• I can share views and opinions on inventions and their importance.

Material:

• pages 1-3, exercises 1-2 only

2025-02-19

Upper Secondary B2.1

• Materials

  • Project and Exam Skills

• Plan

  • Discuss the causes, actions and achievements of young people who are making the world a better place.
  • Recognise points of view in a blog entry.
  • Learn how to write an online encyclopedia entry in the style of Wikipedia.
  • Write a collaborative Wikipedia entry about a young ‘unsung hero’.

2025-02-17

Upper Secondary B2.1

• Lesson Aims

  • Listen to understand details about people’s lives and achievements
  • Observe, analyse and practise verb tenses used to talk about people’s lives and achievements in the past.
  • Understand an infographic to describe how past life events relate to each other.
  • Use a range of appropriate tenses to talk about someone’s life and achievements.

• Materials

  • pages 4-5
  • ESL Brains
    • Narrative tenses – using Past Simple/Continuous/Perfect for storytelling

• Homework

  • Learning Hub

• Language Spotlight

  • snow bank
  • field

2025-01-22

Upper Secondary B2.1

Aim:

• Learn about what makes a good proposal and how to use plain language.
• Discuss and plan a festival with a focus on bridging the gap between cultures.
• Write and present a proposal, and evaluate other proposals.
• Design and present a visually engaging and informative poster to promote the planned festival, effectively communicating its purpose, key details, and cultural significance.

Homework

• Take you festival idea and write it up as a formal proposal at home, using the feedback from your presentations.

Language

• I want to wake up and don’t be tired

  • I want to wake up not feeling tired.
  • I don’t want to wake up feeling tired.
    I want to wake up and not feel tired.

  Explaination
  When we say “I want to” with a verb, any additional actions must match the structure of the first verb.

  For example:
  ❌ Incorrect: “I want to wake up and don’t be tired.”
  ✅ Correct: “I want to wake up and not feel tired.”

  Why?
  • “I want to” starts with the infinitive form (“to + verb”), so the second action must continue in the same way.
  • “Don’t be tired” is a command, which doesn’t match the structure of “to wake up.”

  Examples:

  1. ❌ “I want to relax and don’t stress.”
     ✅ “I want to relax and not feel stressed.”
  2. ❌ “I want to study and don’t fail the test.”
     ✅ “I want to study and not fail the test.”

  Rule:

  When you list actions after “I want to,” make sure they match the same verb form to keep the sentence smooth and correct. 😊

2025-01-20

Upper Secondary B2.1

Aim:

• Learn about what makes a good proposal and how to use plain language.
• Discuss and plan a festival with a focus on bridging the gap between cultures.
• Write and present a proposal, and evaluate other proposals.

Homework

• Take you festival idea and write it up as a formal proposal at home, using the feedback from your presentations.