Free ESL Lesson Plans

Built around a Substack essay that went viral for a reason. This B2 lesson on asking questions gets students genuinely curious about each other.

Vacation vocabulary, listening activities, and speaking tasks in this A2 lesson plan for adult English learners.

Anthropic made satirical AI ad videos as a joke. Kind of. Use them in this B2 lesson on manipulation, AI, trust, and personalized advertising.

Going analog is trending, and your students have opinions about it. This C1 lesson plan covers AI fatigue, data privacy, and 10 advanced vocabulary words.

Students practice restaurant vocabulary and taste adjectives in this A2 food lesson with dialogues, readings about global dishes, and speaking activities.

Trench coats, aviators, and cargo pants all started in the military. This C1 lesson covers their origins with listening tasks and vocabulary practice.

Tour the Muji Hotel in Tokyo, practice hotel vocabulary, and write guest reviews in this B2 lesson about travel and accommodation.

Analyze design bias in "nude" products and Asian fonts, discuss representation and stereotypes in this C1 critical thinking lesson.

Three students share their side hustles in these B1 audio clips. Learn job vocabulary and discuss earning money while studying.

Why do hobbies feel like work now? This B2 lesson explores productivity guilt, side hustles, and social media's impact on recreation time.

Save, spend, borrow, donate. This A2 lesson plan helps students learn ten essential money verbs they'll use in real life every day.

Would your B1 students eat a fruit that smells like sewage? This lesson plan covers exotic fruit vocabulary, durian, and food descriptions.