Reading Text Analysis 5: Data Centres Download

Text Analysis 5: Data Centres (new 2024) A great lesson for developing and practising critical thinking reading skills. It is a 400-word text on ‘data centres’ with over 26 possible problems. Students use the higher level thinking skills of analysis and...

Reading Text Analysis 4: Population Growth Download

Text Analysis 4: Population Growth (new 2024) A great lesson for developing and practising critical thinking reading skills. It is a 400-word text on ‘population growth’ with over 20 possible problems. Students use the higher level thinking skills of...

Reading Text Analysis 3: Climate Change Download

Text Analysis 3: Climate Change (new 2024) A great lesson for developing and practising critical thinking reading skills. It is a 400-word text on ‘climate change’ with over 24 possible problems. Students use the higher level thinking skills of analysis...

Essay Feedback Form Download

Essay Feedback Form (new 2023) This form can be used for writing tasks or writing assessments. It includes sections on  formatting, introduction, main body, conclusion, in-text referencing, reference list, language use (vocabulary, grammar, academic style) and overall...

Systems of the Body PDF Book Download

Systems of the Body PDF Book [new 2024] This booklet has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the eleven systems of the body. The booklet contains teacher’s notes, introductory tasks, and activities such as gap fills, matching exercises,...

The Urinary System Download

The Urinary System  (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the urinary system. It contains a range of exercises such as writing about this system using the given prompts, completing a gap fill task about the kidneys,...

The Skeletal System Download

The Skeletal System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the skeletal system. It contains a range of exercises such as labelling the bones of a skeleton, researching the five types of bone and table completion,...

The Respiratory System Download

The Respiratory System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the respiratory system. It contains a range of exercises such as writing a definition of this system using given prompts, completing a gap fill task about...

The Reproductive System Download

The Reproductive System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the reproductive system. It contains a range of exercises such as making complete sentences about this system by matching two parts, labelling the female...

The Nervous System Download

The Nervous System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the nervous system. It contains a range of exercises such reading comprehension about this system, completing a gap fill task about the somatic nervous system,...

The Muscular System Download

The Muscular System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the muscular system. It contains a range of exercises such as completing a definition of this system using given words, labelling the muscles in the leg,...

The Lymphatic System Download

The Lymphatic System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the lymphatic system. It contains a range of exercises such as completing a definition of this system using a mind map, identifying word stress in given words,...

The Integumentary System Download

The Integumentary System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the integumentary system. It contains a range of exercises such as completing a definition of this system using given words, a summarising task, labelling...

The Endocrine System Download

The Endocrine System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the endocrine system. It contains a range of exercises such as writing a definition of this system using given prompts, researching and table completion...

The Digestive System Download

The Digestive System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the digestive system. It contains a range of exercises such as labelling the organs of this system, reading comprehension about how this system works, and...

The Cardiovascular System Download

The Cardiovascular System (new 2024) This lesson has been designed to help students review/recycle or learn about the cardiovascular system. It contains a range of exercises such as labelling a heart diagram, reading a definition of this system and identifying errors,...

Reading Text Analysis 2: Cost of Living Crisis Download

Text Analysis 2: Cost of Living Crisis (new 2024) A great lesson for developing and practising critical thinking reading skills. It is a 400-word text on ‘the cost-of-living crisis’ with over 18 possible problems. Students use the higher level thinking...

Introduction to Debates download

Introduction to Debates (new 2023) This lesson is designed to introduce students to debating. It contains information on debate procedures, a top tips listening worksheet, debate signposting phrases and a range of debate questions. Webpage link Example. Level: *****...

Poster Writing Criteria Download

Poster Writing Criteria (new 2023) This poster criteria is similar to the essay writing criteria but includes the use of images. It is divided into three sections of Task (40%) / Organisation (30%) / Language (30%) and have five grade levels A-F. It is a word document...

E-portfolio Presentation Speaking Criteria Download

E-portfolio Presentation Speaking Criteria (new 2023) This is a marking criteria to assess & grade the e-portfolio presentation speaking skills. It has four key criteria: Task Fulfilment & Content (40%), Language Accuracy & Language Range (20%),  Fluency...

Introduction to Academic Seminars Download

An Introduction to Seminars (new 2023) This lesson is designed to introduce students to seminars. It contains information on what is a seminar, the seminar procedure, seminar phrases, and academic seminar practice using two short academic texts (reading &...

Introduction to Academic Presentations Download

Introduction to Presentations (new 2023) This lesson is designed to introduce students to academic presentations. It contains information on how to plan, structure, and deliver an academic presentation. It includes a listening worksheet, presentation signposting...

Academic E-Portfolios Download

Academic E-Portfolios (new 2023) This lesson is designed to help students create an academic e-portfolio. It contains a range of exercises to help them understand what it is, why it is used, what makes an effective goal, how to show evidence of learning and how to...

Academic Poster Guidelines Download

Academic Posters 2: Academic Poster Guidelines (new 2023) This lesson provides a detailed set of guidelines to create an academic poster. It includes a first draft scientific poster with 10 mistakes and and a final draft for comparison. The students can then create an...

An Introduction to Academic Posters Download

Academic Posters 1: An Introduction to Academic Posters (new 2023) This lesson is designed to help students to understand what an academic poster is and what the features of an academic poster are. It contains a range of exercises to help them as well as an activity...

Medical Gap Fill Exercises (MAWL Sublists 6-10) Download

Medical Gap Fill Exercises (MAWL: Sublist 6-10) [new 2023] This lesson uses words from the MAW sublists 6-10. There are 10 sentence gap-fill exercises which focus on general & medical terms. These gap fill exercises are the same exercises as the Introduction to...

An iIntroduction to the MAWL Sublist 6-10 Download

Introduction to the MAWL Using Synonyms: Sublist 6 – 10 [new 2023] This is a great lesson to introduce the Medical Academic Word List (MAWL). It begins with a small explanation about the MAWL. This is then followed with a focus activity on sublist 6 by...

Dementia Lesson Book Download

Dementia Lesson Book AMAZING VALUE Four lessons in one book: 1) Reading test. 2) Reading to writing summary writing. 3) 2x Listening tests. 4) Speaking seminar.  Webpage link Example  TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP   Reading Test: Dementia [new...

TED TEST Dementia Care Download

The dementia village that’s redefining elder care – Yvonne van Amerongen [new 2023] TED TALK: This talk describes what the new ‘dementia village’ looks like, how it has been set up to support dementia sufferers and why it works. Listening worksheets use a...

TED TEST Alzheimer’s Download

Alzheimer’s is not normal aging and we can cure it – Samuel Cohen [new 2023] TED TALK: This talk discusses what happens in the brain of someone with this disease. It describes the incidence rate, the economic challenges and the results of the latest...

Dementia Summary Writing Download

Writing Summary: Dementia [new 2023] This 1000-word text discusses dementia. It provides an extended definition of dementia, key facts and stats connected to dementia, the four types of dementia, and the diagnosis and possible treatments of dementia.  The summary task...

Dementia Reading Test Download

Reading Test: Dementia [new 2023] This 1000-word text discusses dementia. It provides an extended definition of dementia, key facts and stats connected to dementia, the four types of dementia, and the diagnosis and possible treatments of dementia. The reading test...

Describing Results (Questionnaire Data) Download

Describing Results (Questionnaire Data) [new 2023] This lesson teaches students how to describe the results from a questionnaire. It provides language for describing quantities, group sizes, specific features and reporting verbs. It includes model answers and a range...

Medical Gap Fill Exercises (MAWL: Sublist 1-5) Download

Medical Gap Fill Exercises (MAWL: Sublist 1-5) [new 2023] This lesson uses words from the MAW sublists 1-5. There are 10 sentence gap-fill exercises which focus on general & medical terms. These gap fill exercises are the same as the Introduction to the MAWL...

 Introduction to the MAWL Sublist 1- 5 Download

 Introduction to the MAWL Using Synonyms: Sublist 1- 5  This is a great lesson to introduce the Medical Academic Word List (AWL). It begins with a small explanation about the AWL. This is then followed with a focus activity on Sublist 1 by identifying possible...

Steroids TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How do steroids affect your body? TED-Ed Medicine (2022) The focus of this short 5.32 minute lecture is to explain how steroids affect your muscles and other parts of your body. It starts with a definition of steroids and the likely users; it then identifies the...

Obesity TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

What is obesity? TED-Ed Medicine (2016) The focus of this short 4.56-minute lecture is to explain what obesity is. It firstly discusses bodily fat in prehistoric times; it then looks at the period of history when being overweight was recognised as ill health; after...

The Immune System TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How does the immune system work? by TED-Ed Medicine (2018) The focus of this short 5.09-minute lecture is to explain how the immune system works. It firstly looks at what the immune system protects you against; it then defines what the immune system is; after that it...

Heart Transplant TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How does heart transplant surgery work? TED-Ed Medicine (2022) The focus of this short 4.55-minute lecture is to explain how heart transplant surgery works. It firstly provides some statistics on heart transplants; it then describes who the potential recipients and...

Heart Attacks TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

What happens during a heart attack? TED-Ed Medicine (2017) The focus of this short 4.40-minute lecture is to explain what happens during a heart attack. It firstly looks at the causes; it then identifies the symptoms; after that it describes the diagnosis; it then...

Headaches TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

What causes headaches? TED-Ed Medicine (2018) The focus of this short 5.07-minute lecture is to explain the cause of headaches. It firstly looks at the cure for headaches in ancient Greece; it then classifies headaches into two types and defines both; after that it...

Common Colds TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

Why is it so hard to cure the common cold? TED-Ed Medicine (2022) The focus of this short 5.03-minute lecture is to explain why it is so hard to cure the common cold. It firstly discusses some research on pleconaril; it then looks at the immune system and explains how...

Chemotherapy TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How does chemotherapy work? TED-Ed Medicine (2019) The focus of this short 5.06-minute lecture is to explain how chemotherapy works. It firstly looks at how chemotherapy drugs were discovered; it then describes how these drugs are delivered into body and exactly how...

Bones TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How bones make blood TED-Ed Medicine (2020) The focus of this short 4.22-minute lecture is to explain how bone makes blood. It firstly looks at what bone consists of and the role of the stem cells in the bone marrow; it then describes what blood cancer is and how it...

Antibiotic TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How can we solve the antibiotic resistance crisis? TED-Ed Medicine (2020) The focus of this short 6.00-minute lecture is to explain how bacteria has become resistant to antibiotics. It firstly looks at the uses of antibiotics, the discovery of antibiotics and the...

Anesthesia TED Ed Medicine Worksheet Download

How does anesthesia work? TED-Ed Medicine (2016) The focus of this short 4.42-minute lecture is to provide an explanation of how anesthesia works. It firstly looks at regional anesthesia and then moves on to the two types of general anesthetia: inhalational and...

5x Mini Lectures Book 4 Download

 5x Mini Lecture Listenings Book 4 (new for 2023) Lessons: Geometry, HS2, Peer-to-peer Lending, SpaceX & Sustainability.. AMAZING VALUE – five mini-lectures in one book. Each listening includes video/mp3, PPT slides, question sheet & a transcript. ...

Sustainability Mini Lecture Download

Mini Lecture: Sustainability (new 2023) This short lecture discusses how and why businesses are changing from globalised supply chains to more localised manufacturing. It focuses on the positive aspects of ‘reshoring’ and the reduced impact of environmentally...

SpaceX Mini Lecture Download

Mini Lecture: Space X (new 2023) This short lecture discusses SpaceX’s founder Elon Musk’s mission to have a human presence on Mars. It explains how this will become a possibility through using reusable rocket ships and fuel-efficient engines. The listening test...

Peer-to-Peer Lending Mini Lecture Download

Mini Lecture: Peer-to-Peer Lending (new 2023) This short lecture discusses the origins of crowdfunding and explains the different types of crowfunding: reward-based, equity-based and donation-based. It then focuses on how crowdfunding has changed the financial...