Aim: to practise speaking about the future and making predictions (In this lesson students begin by discussing fortune telling in their country. Then they will read a story about a fortune teller and answer comprehension questions. Following that, they will pretend to read each other’s fortunes using basic tarrot cards and palm reading.)

Advertising Aim: Students discuss what makes a great advert with reference to several examples Students will consider the different sources of advertising, look at studies showing how many ads a day the average person sees and view 8 examples of clever ads. Using discussion and brainstorming techniques to evaluate what makes an effective ad, students will then create their own ad for the school. Sales Pitch Aim: Students learn about brand logos and slogans then prepare a persuasive sales pitch using several sales techniques Students will learn about: USP’s, celebrity endorsement, social proof, yes questions, creating urgency, positive facts and statistics and superlatives. Publicity Stunts Aim: Students read and discuss examples of publicity stunts by businesses, celebrities and political activists. Then they discuss publicity stunts that went wrong and how they could have been improved. Finally, they prepare a publicity stunt to raise awareness for your school.

These are “choose your own story” style lessons, similar to the Black Mirror episode - Bandersnatch Treasure Hunt (tomb-raider-story) Aim: to develop student’s problem solving skills and introduce them to coded messages and keys In this role-play lesson, students will need to help Lara Croft and Indiana Jones in their search for a lost pirate treasure. They must solve riddles and decode messages in order to progress from clue to clue. Throughout the lesson students will have to make choices that affect what happens and their actions will be scored. Spy Lesson (Stopping a bomb threat) Aim: to develop student’s problem solving skills and get them to evaluate decisions in groups In this role-play lesson, students act as spies while searching for stolen radioactive material that will be used for a bomb. They must interview suspects, look for clues and decode messages in the search for their target. Throughout the lesson students will have to make choices that affect what happens and their actions will be scored.

ESL lessons to get students talking using numbers and charts. 1- Numbers - Aim: to practise using numbers and maths symbols with many pair discussion activities and games 2- Charts - Aim: students use pie charts, line graphs and Venn diagrams to talk about themselves with their partner

Aim: to teach students about rhyming words while raising their awareness of the east London Cockney culture This fun lesson introduces 11 Cockney Rhyming Slang phrases in a game of Balderdash. Students guess the meaning of the phrases by brainstorming other words that rhyme, looking at the phrases in context and using picture clues.

Aim: to describe people’s facial features such as skin/eye color, hair style and length as well as other details like accessories and tattoos. This lesson uses the context of a witness working with a police artist to practise describing people in a fun and creative way.

This lesson aims to develop student public speaking skills, teamwork and fluency. Students must work together to create stories for each picture and tell them to the group. For more unique variations of this lesson, please see “ESL Picture Presentation Lessons”. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/esl-picture-presentation-lessons-11936776

These lessons aim to develop student public speaking skills, teamwork and fluency. Students must work together to create stories for each picture and tell them to the group. In this unit: 1- News Report - Students create a dialogue (reporter and witness Q&A) for a news story. 2- Colourised Pictures - Students tell the stories behind colourised historical photos. 3- Wild Animal Factfile - Students act as Wildlife TV Presenters and inform the audience about strange animals. 4- Freeze Frame - Students recreate a photo as a freeze frame. They are instructed by a team leader. 5- The Historian - Students tell the stories behind historical photos and answer questions about them. 6- Ghost Camera - Students tell ghost stories based on photos and are scored according to how scary their stories are. 7- Funny Animals - Students tell the stories behind funny pictures of animals. 8- Old people - Students create interesting back stories about old people’s former lives. If you found this resource helpful, feel free to check out my facebook page for more useful links and resources. I hope you like it: www.facebook.com/tutorcharlie