TEACHER’S NOTES

First, a few practical tips…

Even though I am the author of the worksheets and lesson plans, I hardly ever
use them step-by-step myself. I just observe my group and intentionally skip
some of the exercises or even change the order of them, so my advice to you
is to use these lesson plans as an inspiration. You can also use single activities
and incorporate them in your everyday lessons. For that I usually cut out the
interesting parts and print them for my students. Sometimes you might want
to actually cut the worksheets into pieces so that you keep the element of
surprise.
When there’s a video to watch you can always give it to your students before
the lesson but it will take away the element of surprise. This way though will
be perfect for the students on lower levels since they’ll have a chance to
check all the vocabulary and watch it or read it as many times as they want
to. If there’s a longer video I’d rather give it to my students before the lesson
so that during the lesson they can actively use phrases, vocabulary and
structures from the material.
During my conversation lessons I try to feel the group and use a proper
way to correct their mistakes. I usually go for gentle correction so as not
to discourage students from using English. In more advanced groups I tend
to correct more mistakes on the go, but my first and foremost goal is their
fluency.
During my lessons I cut down my teacher talking time to the minimum.
Students work in pairs and small groups and my role is to be a quiet observer,
I usually go around the classroom offering my assistance and correcting major
mistakes, if necessary.
You’ll notice that most of the questions and activities are created by your
students. I’d like to help them develop their autonomy and engage them in
creating the contents of our lesson. Some students might need to hear it from
you. Remember, the more involved they become, the better!
I truly hope these lesson plans will make your life easier!
Paulina Dolęga
 IT’S A DATE!

1. Which of these places are the best to

4. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.
meet a romantic partner? Order them by
com/watch?v=9jZHw7Wf0v0 Was the
writing the numbers from 1 to 10, where 1
speaker successful at finding a romantic
is the most likely and 10 is the least likely.
partner thank to online dating sites?
a library

a park

an electronics shop

a club

the Internet

a language course

a queue in the supermarket

at work

a plane

the street
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Compare the numbers with your partner

and justify your choices.
2. What do you think about online dating?
Do you know any couple who met each
other on an online dating site? Discuss it
with your partner.
3. Write down at least 3 advantages and 3
dangers connected to online dating.
ADV ANTAG E S
5. Watch the video again and answer the
following questions:
1. When did the author first try online dating?
2. What advantage does the speaker list in
favour of online dating?
3. What qualities did the author want in a
partner? Write down 3 of them.
4. What is “the zero date”?
5. How many “zero dates” did the author get
in the end?
Compare your answers with your partner.

6. Follow your teacher’s instructions now.

DANG E RS
7. You’ve torn off 6 different pieces of
paper. On a separate piece of paper create
a perfect online dating profile that would
attract as many potential romantic partners
as possible.

Now, compare your answers with your

partner and add their ideas to your list.
 IT’S A DATE!

8. Work in pairs. Together with your 10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases
partner draw two dating profiles. Pretend you’ve leant today. Make your own
it’s you who’s looking for a new significant sentences with them.
other. Advise your partner and while
doing so try to cross out all the boxes
from the grid below:

If I were You Why don’t

you… should… you…?

It’s a good Have you Maybe

idea to… tried…? you could…

Perhaps
You ought Would you
you
to… consider…?
might…

9. Together with your partner prepare a

list of tips on how to behave at a first date.
Then, share your ideas with the group
and together create the ultimate dating
guideline.
 ALL WORK AND NO PLAY…

1. What’s your job? What job would you like 3. Write down 3 questions with the
to have? What do you like about it? What do expressions from exercise 2. Then, cross
you dislike about it? Talk to your partner. out the expressions and copy the questions
to a separate piece of paper that your
2. Oh no! Some careless employee has teacher will collect.
spilt the coffee on all these work-related
expressions! Write down the missing words
and then match the expressions to their
definitions.

PLATE OUTSIDE HOT

JACK THIN OFF
MIDNIGHT CORNERS

1.  to spread yourself

2.  of all trades 4. Draw a piece of paper, fill in the missing

expressions and discuss the questions with
3.  to cut your partner.

4.  to burn the oil

5.  to think of the box

6.  to be in water

7.  to slack

8.  to have a lot on your

5. How many hours should people work a
week? Write down your answer and then
compare it with your partner.
A.  to do something in the easiest way there is

B.  to have problems

C.  to work late hours

D.  a person who can do many types of work

E.  to have a lot of work

F.  to think creatively, different than others

G.  to be lazy, for example at work

H.  to try to do too many things at the same

time

Check with your partner and then with

your teacher.
 ALL WORK AND NO PLAY…

6. Watch the video: https://www.youtube. 7. What do you think about the video?
com/watch?v=bzg6rxHxZUI and answer Would you like to read the book of Tim
the following questions: Ferris? Is it possible to work 4 hours a
week? Discuss it with your partner.

8. Choose one of the jobs below. Then,

with your partner, think of the way you
could implement the Pareto’s Law and the
Parkinson’s Law in their life in order to
make them work fewer hours.

a doctor
a business manager
a waiter
a teacher
a graphic designer
an actress
a painter
SCAN ME a photographer

1. According to the video, does activity 9. All work and no play makes Jack a
equal productivity? dull boy. How do you understand this
sentence? What can you learn from it?
2. What two laws does the author of the Discuss it with your partner.
book refer to?
3. Why did the author of the book stop
contacting 95% of his clients? 10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases
you’ve leant today. Make your own
4. What happened when Tim Ferris had to sentences with them.
rewrite his paper?
5. What are the two simulations the author
of the video mentions?

Compare your answers with your partner.

 SWEET LITTLE LIARS

1. To what extend do you agree with the following phrases? Circle the correct number on
the scale: 1 – Strongly disagree, 6 – Strongly agree

Honesty is the best policy. It should be forbidden for politicians to lie.

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
White lies are harmless. Women lie more than men.

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
We should never lie to our close friends. Intelligent people lie more often.

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
We should teach children not to lie. A lie has no legs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
If you always tell the truth you won’t have Advertising is legalised lying.
many friends.

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Diplomacy is a form of lying.

1 2 3 4 5 6
Retouching your photos or using filters on Now, talk to your partner and compare
social media makes you a liar. your scales. Do you have similar opinions?
Explain why you have made such choices.
1 2 3 4 5 6

2. With your partner, discuss the following 3. How can you tell that a person is lying?
statements. In which situations is lying Write down 5 examples.
acceptable?

•  while making an excuse for being late for • 

work/school;
•  while receiving a gift you don’t like;
•
•  while giving an excuse why you cannot
meet a friend;
• 
•  if you don’t like the meal your grandma’s
cooked;
• When your best friend asks for our • 
opinion about their new outfit;
•  at a doctor’s;
• 
•  at a job interview;
•  in court;
•  while telling a child he or she is adopted;
Talk to your partner and compare your
•  while talking to a person who is terminally ill; examples.
 SWEET LITTLE LIARS

4. Watch the video: https://www. 7. Now, according to the video, give

youtube.com/watch?v=H0-WkpmTPrM examples of the following tell-tale clues:
and check if any of your predictions
appeared there. Tick the ones that did. •  minimal self-reference
•  negative language
•  simple explanation
•  convoluted phrasing

8. Are you a good liar? ;) Let’s find out!

Draw one of the topics from the pile. Then,
draw one of the “Tell the truth, tell a lie”
cards. Work in groups – talk for 1 minute
about the topic you’ve drawn and let your
partners guess whether you’re telling the
truth or lying!

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9. Tell your group at least 2 things you’ve
learnt about your classmates. Who’s the
best liar?
5. Have a look at these statements about
the video. Based on what you’ve heard, try
to decide which of them are true and which 10. In your notebook, write down 5 new
of them are false. words or phrases you’d like to remember
from today’s lesson and make sentences
True or false? with them.
1.  our conscious mind only controls about
10% of our cognitive functions.
2.  it’s easy for our brain to create a
complicated imaginative story.
3.  liars tend to create complex stories
4.  liars tend to use more complicated
sentence structures
5.  liars tend to refer to themselves more often
Smoke
6.  liars use short and direct statements And Mirrors

6. Now, watch the video again and check

your answers.
 WRITTEN IN THE STARS

1. Look at the words below and make 5. Are these personality adjectives positive
questions with the following words: or negative? Check their meaning if
necessary.
•  stars •  horoscopes
elegant, vulnerable, passionate, creative,
•  future •  luck bossy, brave, easy-going, hard-working,
•  astrology •  13 friendly, honest, rude, serious, vain, selfish,
neat, mean, moody, generous, cowardly,
•  fortune tellers •  numerology self-conscious
•  Zodiac sign
POSIT IVE
Discuss the questions with your partner.

2.  Do you believe in horoscopes? Why?

Discuss it with your partner.

3.  Why do you think people

believe in horoscopes? Watch the
v i d e o :   h t t p s : // w w w. yo u t u b e . co m /
watch?v=ESYo1IqIuV4 and find out.

NEGAT IVE

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4. Watch the video again and answer the

questions:
1. What is the Barnum Effect?
2. What was Barnum’s occupation?
3. Why, according to the video, people tend
to believe in horoscopes?
4. What is the description of Capricorn?
5. What were the dangers of believing in 6. Think of 3 people you know and use the
horoscopes in the 17th century? adjectives to describe them. Talk to your
partner and share your descriptions.
Check your answers with your partner.
 WRITTEN IN THE STARS

7. Ask your partner to take out 3 random

things from their bag and draw 3 symbols
in their notebook.

8. On the basis of the symbols and the

items, tell your partner their future.

You
I think I believe
probably
you are… you might…
won’t…

I’d be Whatever
Watch out
careful you do,
for…
about… don’t…

The stars
You will Don’t be
are telling
probably… afraid to…
me that…

9. Some people say that astrology is an

excuse for one’s behaviors. Discuss it with
your partner.

10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases you’ve

leant today. Make your own sentences with
them.
 SOCIAL MEDIA

1. Finish the questions about social 3. Talk to your partner and compare your
networking sites and write them down lists. Add your partner’s ideas to your list.
below. Then, talk to your partner and
discuss the questions.

How often…
4. Why do people quit social media? Give
What social media sites… at least 2 reasons.

Why…

How many times a day…

How much time…

What don’t you like…

What do you usually do…

5. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.
What do you like… com/watch?v=ij_xXZAhJPs Did any of your
ideas appear in there?

Compare the numbers with your partner

and justify your choices.

2. Now, I’d like you to think about the

advantages and disadvantages of social
media. List at least 3 in each category.

ADV ANTAG E S

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6. Watch the video again and list a few

more reasons why quitting social media
DI S ADV ANTAG E S might be a good idea.
 SOCIAL MEDIA

7. Imagine the social media stops existing. 8. Talk to your partner and discuss your
How would it affect… ideas. While having a conversation, try to
cross out all of the boxes below.
Romantic relationships

Advertising

Smartphone sales If you ask In my I think

me... opinion… that…
Our free time

Our professional career

Friendships It’s worth It seems

In my
noticing to me
Teenagers view…
that… that…
Communication

Write down your ideas below. As far I have

I believe
as I’m no doubts
that…
concerned… that…

9. The woman in the video said:

The things that are the most worthwhile

are the things you spend a lot of time on.

How do you understand this sentence?

Discuss it with your partner.

10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases you’ve

leant today. Make your own sentences with
them.
 ERR IS HUMAN

1. Read the following quotes about mis-

4. Watch the first part of the video until
takes. Do you agree with them? Discuss it
5:21 and answer the questions below:
with your partner.
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=MmVCYqs3mko&t=16s
“If I had to live my life again, I’d make the
same mistakes, only sooner.“
Tallulah Bankhead



“An expert is a man who has made all the

mistakes that can be made in a very nar-
row field.”
Niehls Bohr

“He who never made a mistake never made

a discovery.”
Samuel Smiles

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“Learn from the mistakes of others. You
can’t live long enough to make them all
yourself.”
1. What is the fixed mindset?
Eleanor Roosevelt
2. What are the components of the growth
mindset?
2. Fill in the beginnings of the questions
3. What happens when two planes almost hit?
below with your own ideas.
4. What did they do in the 1940s that made
accidents disappear?
…………………………………………………………………………………… Discuss the answers with your partner.
by mistake?

…………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Watch the second part of the video until 10:20

honest mistake? and decide whether the statements below are
true of false. Correct the false sentences.
…………………………………………………………………………………… https://youtu.be/MmVCYqs3mko?t=321
admit that you’ve made a mistake?

……………………………………………………………………………………
through trial and error?

……………………………………………………………………………………
grammatical mistake?

Discuss the questions with your partner.

3. Are you scared of flying? Why?

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 ERR IS HUMAN

1. In healthcare it is thought that talent is

enough. 8. Discuss your ideas with your partner.
How can you use them to improve the way
2. Doctors are not penalized for honest
you learn English?
mistakes.
3. 400.000 people are killed in hospitals in
the USA every month. 9. Share your ideas with the group and
together come up with a list of tips
4. The growth mindset liberates our talent.
for everyone who’s learning a foreign
language.
Discuss the answers with your partner.
What happened in Virginia Mason Hospital
in Seattle?
10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases
you’ve leant today. Make your own
6. Watch the rest of the video. What
sentences with them.
was happening to people who had
opinions challenging scientists up to
the 17th century? https://youtu.be/
MmVCYqs3mko?t=620

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7. Think about the video. What have you

learnt about making mistakes? Write down
a few ideas below.
 FOOD FOR THOUGHT
1. Have a look at the list of adjectives
describing food. Tick the ones you know and
check the meaning of the new ones. Which
of them are positive and which ones are
negative?
BITTER CREAMY JUICY
CRISPY MUSHY STICKY
SALTY SOUR GREASY
BLAND CHEWY SPICY
FRESH SWEET SAVOURY I probably should eat more…
SCRUMPTIOUS
2. Write down two examples of food
items that can be described using these
adjectives. Then, talk to your partner and
compare your lists.
3. Now look at your list and talk to
your partner again. Describe your food
preferences using the expressions below:
I especially like…
I’m crazy about…
I can’t stand…
I don’t mind having…
I quite like…
I absolutely hate…
I hardly ever eat…
4. Do you like going to restaurants? Talk to
your partner and tell them about the most
memorable restaurant experience.
5. Have you ever been to an unusual
restaurant? Share your experience with the
rest of the group.
6. Watch the video about the
most unusual restaurants in the
world: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=bW1pwnyOKhU Which one
would you like to visit the most?
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 FOOD FOR THOUGHT

7. Talk to your partner and decide which of 9. Vote for the best menu. Why did you like
the restaurant mentioned in the video would it the most? Use at least 3 reasons.
be the best to visit for:

a romantic wedding anniversary

your nephew’s 15th birthday

your vegan sister-in-law

your grandma’s 70th birthday

a business dinner

a wedding reception 10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases

you’ve leant today. Make your own sen-
Justify your opinion. tences with them.

8. Choose one of the restaurants and

together with your partner design a menu
including an appetizer, the main course and
a dessert. Share your ideas with the rest of
the group.
 OUT OF THE BOX

1. How many words can you make from the 3. What is creativity? Write your own defi-
letters in the word CREATIVITY? You have nition. Then, compare with your partner.
90 seconds. The person with most words
wins.
C REATIVITY

4. Is it easy to be creative? Why? Why not?

Discuss it with your partner.

5. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=oTAdkDyVa9s
and check if any of your predictions
appeared there. Tick the ones that did.

2. Think about creativity in the following

aspects:

•  daily life •  the future

•  jobs •  technology
•  making excuses •  art

Write downs some ideas and associations

that come to your mind. Then discuss
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them with your partner.

6. Watch the video again. What tips do the

speakers give on how to be more creative?

1.

2.

3.

Check with your partner and add your ideas

to the list.
 OUT OF THE BOX

7. Take a few separate pieces of paper. 10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases you’ve
Write down the names of popular household leant today. Make your own sentences with
objects. Write at least 5 different names and them.
give them to your teacher.

8. Draw a random piece of paper from your

teacher. Now think of a completely new way
how you can use this object.

Share your ideas with your partner.

9. What object did your partner describe?

Now, try to create a device that will be a
combination of the two objects you drew.
What functions will it have? What will it
look like? What will the the name of it? Who
might want to use it? Share your idea with
the group.
 A BARGAIN OR A RIP-OFF?

1. Complete the spidergram by writing 3. Have you ever heard of a Birkin bag?
down questions about shopping. What do you know about it?

WHERE
WHY WHO
4. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.
SHOPPING com/watch?v=67GVKHXqB48
HOW WHEN Why are Birkin bags so expensive? Try to
OFTEN give at least three explanations.
WHAT

Discuss the questions with your partner.

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5. Watch the video again. What do the fol-

lowing phrases refer to? Make some notes.

$500.000
2. A bargain or a rip-off? How much would
you be able to pay for the following items? a wicker basket
a pair of winter boots the 90s
a car 500%
a smartphone Vegas Dave
a handbag albino crocodile
a new washing machine 10 years
a bottle of wine counterfeit
a meal in a restaurant Check the answers with your partner.
a cup of coffee

Compare your answers with your partner

and justify your choices. How much is too 6. Would you like to have a Birkin bag?
much? Why? Why not? Discuss it in pairs.
 A BARGAIN OR A RIP-OFF?

7. Together with your partner, make a list

of things we often overpay for. Then share
it with the group and try to figure out why
we pay so much money for them.

8. Design a perfect bag for you. Include the

following: the colour, the size, the fabric,
functions, number of pockets, etc. Share
the design with your partner.

9. Some people say it’s unethical to spend

a lot of money on designer goods. Do you
agree? Why? Discuss it with your partner.

10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases

you’ve leant today. Make your own
sentences with them.
 OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

1. Order the following types of holidays 4. Watch the video about 25 travelling
using number 1-6. 1 - the most attractive tips:  https://www.youtube.com/
for you, 6 - the least attractive for you. watch?v=VoSwZNS1ns0

Camping holiday

Package holiday

City break

Backpacking holiday

A luxurious cruise

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Trekking holiday

Talk to your partner and justify your choices.

5. Write down 5 most useful tips from the

2. What would you take with you on your video. Then share them with your partner.
top 3 holidays? Make a list of your holiday
essentials. -
-
-
-
-

3. Have you ever had any problem while

travelling? How did you deal with it?
Discuss it with your partner.
 OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

6. Imagine you’ve encountered a problem 9. Share your ideas with the rest of the
while on holidays. On separate pieces of group and together choose the best
paper write down 3-5 problems people holiday.
often have on holidays. The teacher will
collect them.
10. Write down 3-5 words or phrases you’ve
leant today. Make your own sentences with
7. Now, draw 3 pieces of paper from the them.
teacher. Work in pairs and try to come up
with solutions to these problems. While
giving advice, try to use the phrases from
the grid below:

If you ask It’s a good

I would…
me... idea to…

It’s
Why don’t
Let’s… worth
you…
trying…

You
You Maybe you
probably
shouldn’t… could…
ought to…

8. Together with your partner plan a

holiday of your choice in a way to avoid the
problems you have just discussed. Include
the place, the price, the attractions, the
advantages etc.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - IT’S A DATE

1. Students write numbers from 1-10 7. Students create an online dating

next to the potential places where
they can find a romantic partner.
Later they compare their lists and
justify their choice.
2. Students discuss the questions.
3. Students write down the
advantages and disadvantages, later
compare and discuss in pairs.
4. Watch the video.
5. Watch the video and answer the
questions:
1.  Her freshman year of college, in
2001.
2.  It broadens pool of potential
dates beyond existing circle.
3.  Kindness, curiosity, a sense of
purpose, self-awareness, ambition…
4.  1 drink, 1 hour, 1 question.
5. 6
profile of a person with all the
qualities they’ve torn off.
8. Students pretend they’re looking
for romantic partners and choose a
better dating profile while crossing
out the expressions from the grid.
9. Students prepare a list of tips
on how to behave at a first date.
Then, they share their ideas with
the group and together create the
ultimate dating guideline.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.

6. Prepare 6 “Hawaiian skirts” – Hawaiian skirt

take a rectangular piece of paper,
write the category at the top and
cut the bottom part into 12 little
“fringes” that can be torn off later.
Prepare the following categories:
job, physical appearance, positive
quality, negative quality, hobby,
food. Each pair gets one “skirt” and
writes different words belonging to
the category. Collect them. Later,
turn the skirts face down so that the
students can’t see the words and
ask each person to tear of one word
off each category.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - ALL WORK AND NO PLAY
1. Students discuss the questions in
pairs.
2. Students do the vocabulary task.
1. to spread yourself thin – H
2. Jack of all trades – D
3. to cut corners – A
4. to burn the midnight oil – C
5. to think out of the box - F
6. to be in hot water – B
7. to slack off – G
8. to have a lot on your plate – E
3. Students make 3 questions
with the expressions of their
choice. Later, they cross out the
expressions and copy the gapped
questions into a separate piece of
paper – prepare small pieces of
paper for your students. Before
asking them to start working, model
the task - write a question on the
board, e.g. When was the last
time you had to burn the midnight
oil at work? and later erase the
idiom: When was the last time you
had …………………….. at work? so that
your students know what they’re
supposed to do. You might ask your
students to write down the answers
at the back of the piece of paper.
monitor the activity and correct the
mistakes if necessary. Collect the
questions.
4. Students draw a piece of paper,
fill in the missing phrase, check their
answers and discuss the questions
with their partner.
5. How many hours should people
work a week? – discuss with the
whole group.
6. Watch the video. Students
answer the questions. Check the
answers.
1. No.
2. The Pareto’s Law and the
Parkinson’s Law.
3. Because he wanted to focus
on his top 3% clients.
4. He produces the best paper
he’s ever written.
5. First – pretend you’ve just had
a heart attack, second – pretend
you need to leave the country
tomorrow.
7. Students discuss the questions in
pairs.
8. Students work individually on
implementing the Pareto’s Law and
the Parkinson’s Law on a profession
of their choice. They discuss their
ideas in pairs or brainstorm. You
might want to ask concept checking
questions before the activity so that
you make sure students know how
the laws work.
9. Students discuss the sentence.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - SWEET LITTLE LIARS
1. Ask your students to circle the
numbers of their preference and
make them discuss their choice in
pairs.
2. At this stage I usually ask my
students to mingle so that they work
with a different person.
3. Students write their examples and
share the ideas in pairs.
4. Watch the video and ask your
students to tick the ideas they had
already written down.
5. Watch the video and check the
answers:
1. false
2. false
3. false
4. true
5. false
6. true
7. true
6. Check your answers with your
students.
7. Students write their own ideas.
8. Cut out the following cards and
divide your students into pairs.
Students work in pairs, they draw
one of the topic cards and one of
the “Tell the truth, tell a lie” cards.
They work in small groups – one
person is talking about the topic
and the others are to guess whether
the person is lying or not. You can
encourage other students to ask
questions so that everybody is
involved at the same time.
9. Summarize the activity by asking
your students to share 2 facts about
their classmates they’ve learnt
during the lesson. Choose the best
liar.
10 Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 CARDS - SWEET LITTLE LIARS

Your family Your dreams Tell the truth Tell a lie

Your holidays Your plans Tell the truth Tell a lie

Your job Your house/flat Tell the truth Tell a lie

Your hobby Your pets Tell the truth Tell a lie

Your favourite
Your dislikes Tell the truth Tell a lie
food

Your favourite Your favourite

Tell the truth Tell a lie
drinks film

Your Your morning

Tell the truth Tell a lie
personality routine
 TEACHER’S NOTES - WRITTEN IN THE STARS
1. Students make questions with the
words given. in order to help them,
you might board some beginnings
of questions, such as Have you
ever…? How often do you…?
Students discuss the questions.
2. Students answer the questions.
3. Watch the video.
4. Watch again and answer the
questions.
1. It’s when people believe that
advice based on supernatural
knowledge is specific to them and
not generic.
2. He was a showman and a
founder of a circus.
3. Because they all seek some kind
of order or sense for the random
events that happens in our lives.
4. Capricorn have a cool,
standoffish charm, they seem
unapproachable but they’re quite
vulnerable in fact.
5. Thy took them extremely
seriously and were able to sacrifice
humans.
5. Students do the exercise. The
answers may vary.
6. Students do the activity in pairs.
7. Students take out 3 random
things from their bag and draw 3
symbols in their notebook.
8. Students tell each other their
future. If you want, you can use
some visuals, such as story cubes
or Dixit cards and students will work
on them. Encourage them to use the
expressions from the grid.
9. Students discuss it in pairs.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - SOCIAL MEDIA
1. You can start a lesson by asking
students to name social networking
sites they know and/or use. Then
students finish their questions –
model the exercise by boarding
one of the questions and finishing
it together. It’s worth offering them
some error-correction at this point.
Then, they work in pairs and ask
each other their questions.
2. Students work individually and
write down the advantages and
disadvantages of social media.
3. Then, they compare their lists
with their partners and add their
points.
4. Students wither write down
the reasons or discuss them
straightaway.
5. Watch the video and asks your
students to tick their ideas that were
mentioned in the video.
6. Students’ own answers.
7. Ask students to work individually
and write down some key points/
ideas.
8. Students compare their ideas
and discuss them in pairs and small
groups. Encourage your students
to cross out all the expressions
from the grid while talking. Students
can play tic-tac-toe – cross the
expressions out while talking in
order to get 3 boxes in a row.
9. Students discuss the quote in
pairs.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - ERR IS HUMAN

1. Students read the quotes and
discuss them in pairs.
2. Students fill in the beginnings of
questions and discuss them. Pre-
teach the phrases or concept check
their meaning if necessary.
3. Students answer the questions.
4. Watch the first part of the video:
1. It’s when people believe that
you need to have talent in order to
achieve something.
6. Watch the rest of the video and
discuss the answer to the question.
7. Students write down their
answers and exchange their
opinions.
8. Students come up with different
ideas to improve the way they learn
English.
9. Students work in pairs or small
groups and make a list for people
who are learning foreign languages.

2. They are hard work, practice, 10. Ask your students to choose
perseverance, collaboration. 3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
3. Both pilots submit a detailed preferably make sentences with
report. them.
4. They changed the way two
switches looked like.
5. Watch the second part of the
video.
1. True
2. False – they often suffer
severe consequences.
3. False – every year.
4. True
 TEACHER’S NOTES - FOOD FOR THOUGHT
1. Have your students go through
the list of adjectives and encourage
them to check their meanings.
Students divide them into positive
and negative ones and discuss their
choices in pairs.
2. Students write down two
examples of food items that can be
described using these adjectives
and compare their lists.
3. Students discuss their food
preferences using the expressions
from the list.
4. Students might have some
memorable restaurant experiences
to discuss.
5. Discuss some unusual restaurant
stories with the whole group.
6. Students watch the video
and choose one restaurant they
especially like and discuss their
choices in pairs.
7. Students choose the best option
for parties listed below while
working in pairs.
8. In pairs or small groups, students
choose one of the restaurants
and design a menu including an
appetizer, the main course and a
dessert. They share their ideas with
the rest of the group.
9. Have students vote for the best
menu and justify their choice.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - OUT OF THE BOX
1. Write the word CREATIVITY on
the boards, then set a time limit and
ask your students to make as many
words as possible using the letters
from the word.
2. Students write down some
ideas and discuss them with their
partners. Encourage them to asks
follow-up questions.
3. Students write their definitions
of creativity and share with their
partners.
4. Students discuss the question in
pairs.
5. Students watch the video and
answer the question.
6. Watch the video again. The
answers may vary. Check with the
group or in pairs.
7. Provide your students with pieces
of paper – 5 for every person. They
write down the names of popular
household objects. Collect the
pieces of paper and mix them well.
8. Students draw a random piece of
paper. Their task is to come up with
a completely new way how you can
use this object. Set the time limit for
this activity, e.g. 2 minutes.
9. Students work in pairs combine
their pieces of paper and create a
device which will be the combination
of the two. You might want to give
them some criteria such as What
functions will it have? What will it
look like? What will the the name
of it? Who might want to use it?
Students share their ideas with the
whole group.
10. . Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - A BARGAIN OR A RIP-OFF?
1. Students complete the spidergram
by making questions starting with
the wh-words given. Then, they
discuss them in pairs.
2. Students write down the
maximum price they’d pay for the
following items and compare with
their partners.
3. Students answer the question in
pairs.
4. Watch the video. Students write
down 3 reasons why Birkin bags are
so expensive.
5. Students watch again and
complete the task. You can ask them
to fill in as much as they remember
before watching and then watch
again for the missing information.
$500.000 – the price of Himalaya
Birkin bag
a wicker basket – Jane Birkin
would carry it around everywhere
she went, it didn’t fit into a plane
overhead compartment and gave
the designer the idea for the Birkin
bag
the 90s – this is when the Birkin
bags became really popular
500% - the value of the Birkin bag
has increased over 500% in the last
35 years
Vegas Dave – a person who bought
the most expensive Birkin bag
albino crocodile - the material they
used to make the most expensive
bag
10 years – this is how long it takes
for a person to train in order to be
able to make a Birkin bag
counterfeit – it’s a common problem
6. Students discuss in pairs.
7. Students work in pairs and
discuss. Then, they change partners
and share their opinions.
8. Students work in pairs and design
their own bag. You can add more
specific criteria.
9. Students discuss the question in
pairs.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.
 TEACHER’S NOTES - OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
1. Students order the types of
holidays from 1 to 6 and compare
their answers, justifying their
choices.
2. Students make lists and compare
them in pairs.
3. Students discuss their
experiences with their partners.
4. Watch the video.
5. Students write down 5 most
memorable tips from the video,
share with their friends and justify
their choice.
6. Provide your students with pieces
of paper – 3-5 for every person.
Students write 3-5 problems people
often have on holidays – each
problem on a separate piece of
paper. Collect the problems.
7. Students draw 3 problems each,
then work in pairs or small groups.
They read the problems aloud and
give each other advice using the
phrases from the grid. They can use
the grid to play tic-tac-toe.
8. Students, in pairs, plan a holiday
of their choice in a way to avoid the
problems they have just discussed.
Their description should include the
place, the price, the attractions, the
advantages etc.
9. Students share their ideas with
the rest of the group and together
choose the best holiday.
10. Ask your students to choose
3-5 new expressions from the
lesson, they write them down and
preferably make sentences with
them.