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.
All of the lesson plans include tips for teaching and learning reading. If there's a subject area that isn't here which you'd like to see covered in a reading lesson, please let us know by contacting the web editor.
Topic-based reading lesson plans
Reading lesson plans: Alcohol
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about alcohol.
Reading lesson plans: Astrology
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary
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
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
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
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about bridges.
Reading lesson plans: Cats
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about cats.
Reading lesson plans: Cheating
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
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
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about coffee.
Reading lesson plans: Colour
Author: Jackie MacAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about colour.
Reading lesson plans: Dogs
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about dogs.
Reading lesson plans: Fat Frank
Author: Jackie MacAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about obesity.
Reading lesson plans: Flags
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about flags.
Reading lesson plans: Football
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Intermediate, Upper intermediate
Students practise reading skills, including recognising style and point of view, and complete follow on activities for speaking and writing.
Reading lesson plans: Genius
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about a genius.
Reading lesson plans: Hair
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
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
Author: Jackie MacAvoy Level: Intermediate
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
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
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
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate Type: General lesson plan
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
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate Type: General lesson plan
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.
Reading lesson plans: Smell
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about smell.
Reading lesson plans: Stamps
Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate Type: General lesson plan
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about stamps and stamp collecting.
Reading lesson plans: Tattoo
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about tattoos.
Reading lesson plans: Taxi
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about taxis.
Reading lesson plans: Tourism
Author: Jackie McAvoy Type: General lesson plan
Jackie McAvoy asks students to think about the impact of tourism.
Reading lesson plans: Waste
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about waste.
Reading lesson plans: Weddings
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary, Upper intermediate
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about weddings.
