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These lesson plans help your students discuss health topics confidently: sleep, exercise, stress, and wellness. Cover practical health vocabulary without sounding medical or preachy. Topics include understanding sleep science, procrastination, and common health concerns. Great for teaching vocabulary your learners actually use in their own lives.

Grasshopper on minimalist plate for advanced English lesson about eating insects and food psychology

Should We Start Eating Insects?

Advanced ESL lesson exploring why insects disgust Western cultures. Includes BBC article, vocabulary, sustainability debates, and cultural food ethics.

Two women performing a side-stretch on Pilates reformer machines in a bright studio, demonstrating balance, core strength, and controlled movement — an image that directly supports the B1 ESL Pilates lesson by illustrating key vocabulary such as stretch, posture, equipment, and reformer, helping students connect the lesson content to real Pilates practice.

What is Pilates?

B1 ESL Pilates lesson with fitness vocabulary, video activities, Pilates history reading, and wellness-based speaking tasks for intermediate English learners.

An elderly woman sits on her front steps smiling beside her dog. The image represents the What Does Aging Really Feel Like? B2 ESL lesson from betterclass, where students explore how aging affects the body and mind through vocabulary, video analysis, and reflective discussions about empathy, independence, and life experience.

What Does Aging Really Feel Like?

B2 ESL lesson on aging with video, vocabulary, speaking tasks, stereotypes, challenges, and personal reflections on growing older.

matcha shortage esl lesson b2 betterclass

Matcha: What’s Happening?

B2 lesson on the matcha trend and production shortage. Covers cultural vocabulary, reading comprehension, and discussion about tradition versus demand.

Revenge bedtime procrastination lesson

Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

Sleep habits, chronotype quizzes, and real comments on procrastination power this B2 ESL lesson plan on bedtime routines.

vaping smoking lesson

Is Vaping Dangerous?

Vaping vs. smoking, medical vocabulary, and heated debates on addiction make this C1 ESL lesson plan one students remember.

gut health lesson

Feed Your Microbes

Gut health vocabulary, myth-busting activities, and fermented food research make this B2 ESL lesson plan a hit in any classroom.

health esl lesson c1

Is 10,000 Steps a Day Enough?

Is 10,000 steps really the magic number? This C1 lesson plan covers walking and health with vocab, a video, Jean Beliveau's world walk, and synonym practice.

supplements lesson

Dietary Supplements

Are supplements really worth it? This B2 lesson plan covers nutrition myths, supplement vocab, an article with summary tasks, and proofreading practice.

cbd oil esl lesson

How CBD Oil Works

What's the deal with CBD oil? This C1 lesson plan covers how CBD works, key health vocabulary, and gets advanced learners debating.

b2 cold lesson

The Science of Colds

Can being cold actually give you a cold? B2 students find out in this science of colds lesson with myths, vocab, and funny role-plays.

workaholism esl lesson b2

Fighting Workaholism

Is your job your whole identity? B2 students tackle workaholism, success addiction, and work-life balance in this business English lesson.