
The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:
- – Master Future Perfect tense for describing completed future actions while building environmental vocabulary about sustainability and carbon emissions in this upper intermediate esl lessons.
- – Explore green technology through Bill Gates videos about zero emissions and biofuel discussions while completing reading comprehension exercises for esl upper intermediate lesson plans.
- – Make future predictions about environmental problems and solutions while engaging in speaking activities about electric vehicles and eco-friendly inventions using these free lesson plans for english teachers.
The goal of this Upper-Intermediate ESL lesson is to introduce the use of the Future Perfect when describing past events in future time. Students will learn language about the environment, sustainability and our future circumstances.
Warm-up
The lesson starts with a matching exercise where the student matches environmental problems with their solutions and discusses them with the teacher.
Reading: The future of our planet
The student reads a brief prediction of our life on Earth in 30 years, paying special attention to the verbs used in the text.
Grammar: Future Perfect
The student learns about the lesson topic, that is, the structure and use of the Future Perfect, and puts their knowledge into practice by filling in the gaps. Then, they practice using it in speech by answering questions referring to completed actions in the future.
Reading: Presentation about environment
The student reads a presentation about environmental problems and then answers some reading comprehension questions. New words are extracted from the text (vegetation, regulation, alternative, etc.) for the student to match them with their synonyms.
Video: This tool will help us get to zero emissions
The student watches a video in which Bill Gates explains how we could reach 0% carbon emissions. They discuss questions about the green premium.
Video: Biofuels
The student watches the video and learns about biofuels, how they are made and their advantages/disadvantages.
To revise the vocabulary, the student matches eco-friendly inventions with the correct eco-industry.
Reading: The downsides of electric vehicle production
The student reads about the downsides of electric vehicle production and answers the questions that follow.
Finally, the student makes predictions for 2050.

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