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ESL Lesson Plan: Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy Theories

Lesson Overview

This ESL intermediate conspiracies lesson discusses conspiracy theories in detail and is great for your upper-intermediate students! Students also learn some new phrasal verbs.

This lesson starts with an interesting video about why people fall for conspiracy theories. Students will also complete an article reading and comprehension exercise for…

This ESL intermediate conspiracies lesson discusses conspiracy theories in detail and is great for your upper-intermediate students! Students also learn some new phrasal verbs.

This lesson starts with an interesting video about why people fall for conspiracy theories. Students will also complete an article reading and comprehension exercise for homework. Students get to learn about a very important grammar point - phrasal verbs. This ESL intermediate conspiracies lesson plan contains many fun and thought-provoking exercises to keep your B2 students engaged! And; they’ll be able to have meaningful conversations about conspiracies and what they believe! Activities: 

Activity Layout

  1. Warm up. 
  2. Conspiracy theories. 
  3. Phrasal verbs.
  4. Video vocabulary.
  5. Video discussion. 
  6. Debate language. 
  7. Let’s debate.
  8. Discussion. 

Homework

As always, this ESL intermediate conspiracies lesson includes a set of homework exercises. Students need to complete a writing exercise that helps them recap the lesson. They also need to read an article and learn new vocabulary. Activities:

  1. Writing task. 
  2. Vocabulary task. 
  3. Writing task. 

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