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Lead your students to want to BEHAVE well because they're rewarded for it. They can earn money and then redeem it for rewards.

Lead your TEEN students by UNDERSTANDING them and learn some important principles that will help you with your teen classes.

Lead your students in your classes by being A LEADER and understanding your GOALS as well as knowing how to reach them.

Lead your ADULT students and give extra value to your students who have minimal extra time to work on English.

Lead your students and stay motivated in and out of the classroom, and learn tips and tricks to CHALLENGE YOURSELF.

Lead your students even though your lesson idea didn't work. How do you handle giving BAD LESSONS?

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Lead your students TO DO BONUS WORK with this checklist of tasks to incorporate into their daily lives and normal routines.

Lead your students as they ultimately TEACH HOW TO do something through Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Lead your dedicated students a way to IMPROVE THEIR READING by reading virtually anything they want.

Project Ideas

Lead your students to create a movie poster and learn and practice GIVING YOUR OPINION and WRITING A REVIEW.

Lead your students to create a project based on a CONVERSATION that your students will make with a song.

Lead your dedicated students a way IMPROVE THEIR LISTENING by listening to virtually anything they want.

Warmers and Short Games

Lead your students in a fun ICEBREAKER where they find things they have in common and MOVE around the room.

Lead your students as they review VOCABULARY from previous classes as a great ROUTINE to begin your classes.

Lead your students in a fun riddle that will first stump them and then have them practice SEQUENCE ADVERBS as they solve it.

Lead your students to learn and practice their VOCABULARY and their capital cities. Perfect way to practice sentences and word families.

Lead your students in a fun ICEBREAKER activity where they will GUESS THINGS about each other using certain keywords.

Lead your students in an engaging way to REVIEW HOMEWORK or BOOK EXERCISES. Also, teach some tic-tac-toe strategy.

Lead your students as they PRACTICE GENUINE CONVERSATIONS and engage in back-and-forth dialogue.

Lead your students as they practice GENUINE CONVERSATION and asking and answering questions.

Lead your students with this opening ROUTINE as you watch them create a story and you help their language.

Lead your students in this fun class opener or a WARMER or REVIEW. All you need is the PPT template and a ball!

Lead your students as they practice QUESTION FORMATION and ask creative questions.

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Speaking Lessons

Lead your students in PRONUNCIATION and SPEAKING. Allow them to use Instagram to be more engaged.

Lead your students to practice QUESTION FORMATION and to think on their feet in another language.

Lead your students to practice asking and answering questions as they learn about their classmates.

Lead your students as they explore their CREATIVE MINDS and you will have plenty of lessons to make from these picture dice.

Lead your students in creating CONVERSATIONS in fast food restaurants. Students may need this for travel.

Lead your students in SPEAKING and DESCRIBING their opinion and guess the photo. Students of all ages love this.

Lead your students in working with MODAL VERBS and giving their PREFERENCE. They love sharing their opinions.

Lead your students as they work with real QUESTIONS and answers as they try to figure out who or what they are.

Lead your students as they LEARN and PRACTICE the whole ordering process in a restaurant for students and travelers.

Lead your students in creating a map of their house as they prepare a tour of their house.

Lead your students as the world is ending and they have to say their OPINION and AGREE & DISAGREE to see who is saved.

Lead your students as they use a bunch of old scrap paper from the year and practice using COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES.

Lead your students in this GAME where they will PRACTICE REAL INTERACTION through accusation and defending themselves.

Lead your students as they LEARN and PRACTICE ordering food in a café. They will also practice using numbers and prices.

Lead your students as they practice GENUINE CONVERSATION and asking and answering questions.

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Vocabulary and Pronunciation

Lead your students to work on their PRONUNCIATION with similar sounding words. Add a special twist at the end.

Lead your students to grow their VOCABULARY and learn new words EXPONENTIALLY by picking up patterns.

Lead your students to test their VOCABULARY under pressure in a competitive game.

Lead your students to change how they understand VOCABULARY as they do this project, create, and think differently.

Lead your students as they learn and review VOCABULARY in pictures. Connect deeper and use your REAL photos.

Lead your students to review or learn VOCABULARY plus review or learn country capitals... or another given theme.

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Listening Lessons

Lead your students in this LISTENING lesson where we also teach some natural sounding expressions.

Lead your students as you test their LISTENING COMPREHENSION as well as EXPRESSIONS to share their opinion.

Lead your advanced students in working with this TED Talk by Simon Sinek talking about how to be an effective leader.

Lead your advanced adult students with this LISTENING COMPREHENSION lesson where they will learn about negotiation.

Lead your students in this LISTENING lesson and teach valuable vocabulary and expressions to help build fluency.

Lead your students in this LISTENING lesson for LOWER INTERMEDIATE to INTERMEDIATE level classes and teach pronunciation.

Lead your students in this LISTENING lesson and work on natural PRONUNCIATION and INTONATION with Taylor Swift.

Lead your students in a LISTENING lesson where they will think a bit more deeply in the final exercise.

Lead your students in a DOUBLE lesson where they will learn new VOCABULARY and practice their LISTENING with the SONG.

Lead your students in learning about the history of Halloween in the US and practice LISTENING COMPREHENSION.

Lead your students as they watch this simple magic trick and work on BASIC LISTENING COMPREHENSION.

Lead your students in a LISTENING COMPREHENSION lesson where they will hear about an engaging topic from TED.

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Reading Lessons

Lead your students in a READING COMPREHENSION lesson from Breaking News English and play a Kahoot.

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Writing Lessons

Lead your students as they will WRITE A STORY together based on what the previous student wrote.

Lead your students in this engaging WRITING and SPEAKING activity where they will learn about themselves.

Lead your students as they PREDICT their future and the world's future. They will get to use three different FUTURE TENSES.

Lead your students in an CREATIVE WRITING project where they will choose a film and write a summary and review.

Lead your students to write a letter to themselves either in the future or the past (depending on their age).

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Breaking Miarma: Lessons from Life

Lead your students as you share embarrassing stories for your speaking or writing classes. Go first, and see what your students come up with.

Lead your students to TALK or WRITE about something that is in their lives reminds them about something seemingly unrelated.

Lead your students to DESCRIBE their house. You go first as an example, your students will learn new words and expressions.

Other Lessons

Lead your students to PREPARE and PRACTICE their next job interview with this excellent resource that has helped many students.

Lead your students in a listening and reading lesson perfect for professional adults who are preparing for a JOB INTERVIEW.

Lead your ONLINE students to turn a NEGATIVE into a POSITIVE if you have connection issues during your lesson.

Lead your private ADULT or TEEN students to THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES in a different way as they answer these questions.