Level: Intermediate Aim: Students learn 9 movies genres and words related to movies. Then they learn how to talk about the setting, plot and characters. Finally, they listen to a piece of music and imagine a movie scene which they will then describe to their partner. Lesson Vocabulary : Movie Genres Action Martial Arts Animated Western Sci-Fi Horror Super Hero Rom-Com Comedy Movie Language Plot Characters Scene Setting Soundtrack Cast Special Effects Director

Level: Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate Aim: Students play a game of “Balderdash” to learn different business idioms related to body parts. Then they complete a gap-fill and play Pictionary to practise using them. Idioms in this lesson: To keep an eye on something To put your foot in it To hand it to someone To ask for an arm and a leg To do a head count To be up to your neck in work To put your back into it To keep your nose clean To keep your ear to the ground To give your right arm for something

Aim: Students learn about couchsurfing and how it works. They create their own couchsurfing profiles, send requests to each other and read the requests. Then they debate the advantages and disadvantages of using this website to find a place to stay.

Level: Elementary Aim: Students learn/ review 15 words for places in a city then practise asking for and giving directions. Vocabulary in this lesson: Park School Café Hotel Cinema Train Station Police Station Supermarket Fire Station Bank Restaurant Post Office Pet Shop Hospital Book Shop Grammar in this lesson: The hotel is on 3rd Street. The hotel is opposite the restaurant. The café is next to the hotel. The hotel is between the café and the cinema. The school is behind the hotel. The café is at the corner of 1st Street and 3rd Street.

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.

Level: Beginner Aim: Students learn the days of the week with a focus on pronunciation and spelling. The song in the lesson should be sung to the tune of “Heigh Ho” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Level: Lower-Upper Intermediate Aim: 1 Students learn about different memory techniques that can assist learning English (tips for remembering names, breaking a long word into smaller chunks, using mnemonics etc.) 2 Students practise training their brains by remembering information in different memory games (the name game, memorising numbers and words, spot the missing word review, pair picture descriptions)

Level: Intermediate + Aim: Students learn about Psychology (the study of the mind and human behaviour) and psychology tests. Students try 4 psychology tests (The Rorschach Inkblot , The Stroop Effect, The Cube, A Personality Quiz) and work together with a partner while discussing them.

Level : Lower-Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate Finding the Truth Aim: Students play a game in which Batman and the citizens of Gotham City try to catch some killers before they kill everyone. They must look for signs that someone is lying then accuse each other or defend themselves of being the killer. (This is a turn based speaking role-play. The instructions of how to play are included in the teacher notes, there are also role-play card to print) The role-play is followed by a game of 2 truths 1 lie and a discussion about lying. Would I Lie to You? Aim: Students play a game similar to the British TV game show (Would I Lie to You?). Firstly, one student must say a true or false statement about their life, then the other students in their group ask questions to help guess whether they are lying or not. For the second part of the lesson, the students will need their phones and the teacher will need a way to transfer pictures from the students’ phones to the computer. (My students send me the pics on Wechat and then it’s easy to transfer them). Students must then work together in groups of 3. One student is telling the truth but the others must lie about how they know the person in the chosen photograph. The rest of the class can interrogate them with difficult questions to help them guess who is telling the truth.

Level: Intermediate + Aim: Students learn about the history and culture behind Valentine’s day. Then they write their own simple love poem (Roses are red, Violets are blue…). Finally, they guess the missing words in cheesy pick-up lines.

Level: Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate Aim: Students learn about the effectiveness of non-verbal communication and discuss examples of positive and negative body language in an interview. Then, they are presented with the research of a social scientist (Amy Cuddy - Ted Talk “Your body language shapes who you are”) and discuss how this knowledge about body language can be applied to their own lives. Body language examples: Leaning forward/back Crossed arms Smiling (Avoiding) Eye contact Fidgeting hands Nodding Handshakes High/Lower-power poses

Level: Upper Intermediate Aim: Students review common mistakes in useful email phrases. Activities: Email grammar auction, Gap-fill reading, proof-reading annotation activity, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Quiz.

Aim: Students learn about collective nouns for animals, people and things. They play a game of three rounds and work together to win points. Animals - army of ants, swarm of bees, crash of rhinos, pod of dolphins, murder of crows, pack of wolves, pride of lions, school of sharks People - team. class, band, mob, board, crew, audience Things - pack, bunch, set, group, pair

This lesson series was developed for my National Geographic Educator Certification Program. To complete the program I had to make a video explanation of the lesson aims and outcomes. You can watch the video to get a sense of the lesson by clicking the NG Capstone project link. Aim: Students learn about Panda Conservation then take action to create posters that raise awareness about other mistreated animals in China. Panda Conservation Lesson 1- Pre-teach the conservation language (habitat, poacher, predator etc) 2- Reading tasks (transcript from a video) 3- Listening tasks (watch the video) 4- In depth comprehension questions about the reading and charts. 5- Discussion - Is the Panda safe from extinction? China’s Wildlife Protection Law Lesson 1- Introduce the situation of bear bile farms, tiger farms and shark finning 2- In groups, students do independent research and create posters 3- Students share what they’ve learned with each other

Level: Lower - Upper Intermediate Aim: Students learn about 5 supernatural creatures (witch, mummy, zombie, vampire, werewolf) and are quizzed about them. Following the quiz, students navigate a haunted house interactive story in which they must use what they know about each creature to survive. Download and attach the sound clips to the relevant slides to create a scarier atmosphere for the story.

PowerPoint presentations for TOEFL Speaking questions 1 and 2. Lesson Aims: -To introduce the type of question (open ended vs closed questions) -To clarify the exam question timing (prep and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide further example questions for extra practice

TOEFL Speaking question 3 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson aims: -To introduce the format of TOEFL speaking 3 (Integrated Question - Campus Notice Reading - Dialogue Listening) -To clarify the exam timing (reading / listening / preparation / speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for listening for extra practice (There are also hidden slides which allow the teacher to view the audio transcripts for extra support while teaching this lesson)

TOEFL Speaking question 4 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson aims: -To introduce the format of TOEFL speaking 4 (Integrated Question - Academic Reading - Monologue Listening) -To clarify the exam timing (reading / listening / preparation / speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for listening for extra practice (There are also hidden slides which allow the teacher to view the audio transcripts for extra support while teaching this lesson)

TOEFL Speaking question 6 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson Aims: -To introduce TOEFL Speaking Question 6 (Academic Listening - Listening to a Lecture) -To clarify the exam question timing (Listening / Preparation and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for extra practice (This lesson also includes hidden slides with transcripts so that the teacher can clearly read the content of each audio file)

TOEFL Speaking question 5 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson Aims: -To introduce the TOEFL Speaking question 5 (Discussing a problem - Dialogue listening) -To clarify the exam question timing (Listening / preparation and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for extra practice (This lesson also contains hidden slides so that the teacher may view transcripts for the 10 practice question audio files)