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Everything on The Patient Raven, organised by topic.

Grammar in Use

• Countable and Uncountable Nouns: A Practical Lesson — Teach countable and uncountable nouns by linking noun type to the grammar around it.
• Present Perfect vs Past Simple: A Teaching Sequence — Teach the present perfect and past simple through a contrast in time perspective.

Lesson Planning

• ESL Lesson Plan Template for a Flexible 60 Minutes — A practical 60-minute ESL lesson plan needs one observable learning outcome, a short lead-in, contextualised language input, a check of meaning or.

The Speaking Classroom

• Information Gap Activities: 5 Classroom-Ready Ideas — An information gap activity gives partners different pieces of information and a shared outcome they can reach only by communicating.