Topic-based reading lesson plans
Jackie McAvoy provides a range of practical materials for teaching reading skills, covering a wide variety of topics to appeal to students around the world.
Topic-based reading lesson plans
Reading lesson plans: Alcohol
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about alcohol.
Reading lesson plans: Astrology
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about astrology, including a jigsaw reading on Western and Chinese astology.
Reading lesson plans: Bamboo
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about bamboo.
Reading lesson plans: Banking
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about banking.
Reading lesson plans: Birdsong
Jackie McAvoy asks students to appreciate the dawn chorus.
Reading lesson plans: Bridges
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about bridges.
Reading lesson plans: Cats
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about cats.
Reading lesson plans: Cheating
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about cheating.
Reading lesson plans: Chocolate
With the festive season upon us, Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about chocolate - and lots of it!
Reading lesson plans: Coffee
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about coffee.
Reading lesson plans: Colour
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about colour.
Reading lesson plans: Dogs
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about dogs.
Reading lesson plans: Fat Frank
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about obesity.
Reading lesson plans: Flags
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about flags.
Reading lesson plans: Football
Students practise reading skills, including recognising style and point of view, and complete follow on activities for speaking and writing.
Reading lesson plans: Genius
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about a genius.
Reading lesson plans: Hair
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about hair.
Reading lesson plans: Homes
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about unusual homes and the people who live in them.
Reading lesson plans: Hybrids
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about strange hybrid animals and why they exist.
Reading lesson plans: Malaria
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about malaria.
Reading lesson plans: Maritime mysteries
This month Jackie McAvoy asks students to compare modern and ancient mysteries at sea.
Reading lesson plans: Mobile phones
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about mobile phones.
Reading lesson plans: Moonwalk
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about events that are connected to the moon.
Reading lesson plans: Pearls
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about pearls.
Reading lesson plans: Plastic
Students are encouraged to think about the impact of plastic bags on the environment.
Reading lesson plans: Reviews
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about restaurant reviews.
Reading lesson plans: Santa
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about Santa, in this lesson available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +).
Reading lesson plans: Smell
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about smell.
Reading lesson plans: Stamps
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about stamps and stamp collecting.
Reading lesson plans: Tattoo
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about tattoos.
Reading lesson plans: Taxi
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about taxis.
Reading lesson plans: Tourism
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about the impact of tourism.
Reading lesson plans: Waste
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about waste.
Reading lesson plans: Weddings
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about weddings.