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Secondary lesson plans - Upper-intermediate B2

Find a range of lesson plans to use with teenage learners at upper-intermediate level. All of our lessons are designed around themes that are engaging and relevant to secondary learners and can be used to complement your school curriculum, giving students an opportunity to develop their English language and skills in motivating and enjoyable ways. Written by young learner experts from around the world, our lesson plans are easy to use and aim to give your students the skills and confidence they need to enjoy learning English.

Aerial photo of a group of protesters writing signs for a demonstration

Asking for change

This lesson plan for secondary learners at upper-intermediate level explores how to use persuasive language.

Vehicles in a flooded street

Storm coming!

Use this lesson with secondary students at CEFR level B2 to look at extreme weather events in relation to the climate crisis.

A family is planting vegetables together

Family footprint

Use this lesson with secondary students to consider the environmental impacts of our families and homes.

Teenagers looking at plants

Upcycling

Use this lesson with secondary students to promote upcycling and its role in sustainability. 

What is enough?

In this lesson, learners practise vocabulary by discussing and writing about the issue of poverty around the world. It links to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.

Girls in a science lesson

Women and girls in science

This speaking and reading lesson for teenagers and adults at CEFR level B1 and above looks at the theme of women and girls in science.

Climate change

In this integrated skills lesson, students will work on the topic of climate change, particularly considering how it affects the lives of inhabitants of a low-lying island in the Pacific.

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