7 no-prep course-ending lessons
I don’t think we’ve ever waited so much for the school year to finish. Teaching online is great when you choose this form of education, but for most of us it was a necessity. Why, I believe some of us were more stressed out about teaching online than the COVID-19!
My previous no-prep lesson plan on superheroes got quite popular and some of you said plainly that with the current admin work (reports, grades etc.) it’s quite difficult to come up with a lesson that would be easy to teach, funny and engaging. I absolutely understand this predicament, so I browsed through my blog and found 7 lesson plans you can easily adapt to your classroom – both online and offline. You can find something for all age groups and levels.
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- Age:10+
- Level: A2 and above
- Topics: animals, friendship
A kitten, a pup and a short story of how hardships can end with a beautiful friendship. If you plan to use it as your last classes, ask your students to summarize the difficulties they encountered during this school year, especially transition to online environment. Was it better knowing they weren’t the only ones? Do they miss their classmates now?
- Age: 12+
- Level: A2 and above
- Topics: friendship, bullying
Bullying is not an easy topic to discuss, but it may be quite an interesting discussion now. If you plan to use it as your last classes, ask your students to discuss how they would use the help of this cuddly demon – maybe to get rid of covid and get back to school?
- Age: 15+
- Level: B1 and above
- Topics: film, thriller, murders
This film carries no educational values whatsoever, so it’s a perfect idea for the last class before the summer break. You can have a nice chat about favourite films or books, horrors, fears and famous creepy pastas!
I love the one on Russian Sleep Experiment.
- Age: 7+
- Level: A2 and above
- Topics: homework, excuses
You could think that talking about homework at the end of the course is somewhat ridiculous, but wait! You can recall the best excuses, make a list of the funniest explanations you’ve heard or made, or even make a list of “sorry I didn’t do my homework because…” for the next school year!
- Age: 8+
- Level: A2 and above (the higher the better)
- Topics: depends on the teacher
Writing poems is easy! You can write about anything (An Ode to Covid or How I Miss My English Teacher). It doesn’t have to make much sense as long as it rhymes. If you plan to use it as your last classes, ask your students to create poems about their holiday plans, or next school year resolutions.
- Age: 14+
- Level: B1 and above
- Topics: science, aliens, humanity, social media
I love lessons about aliens, because everyone has some ideas on the extra-terrestrial. This lesson is based on a simple yet uncommon humans vs aliens interaction. What if aliens perceive us as adorable toddlers who have only started exploring their existence? If you want to use this lesson as the last one in your course, you will definitely make your students leave with a smile.
- Age: 8+
- Level: A2 and above
- Topics: superpowers, physical appearance
It’s a lesson plan I only shared last week, but I think it would make a brilliant class for the end of the course – after all we all want to have superpowers. You can discuss the life of superheroes during social isolation. And there is one more question your students may answer: what do superheroes do on holidays?
I hope my ideas will inspire you and save you time to prepare engaging classes. Have fun and may we all continue our classes in September in our actual classrooms!
