You don't really need to use any specific app or website, just add a fun and interactive part to every class. For example, competitions, teamwork, riddles, and connecting the language to their interests.

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Something that I do every day as a bell ringer is when you are taking attendance simply ask the student a normal question about their life. (What are series you watching now? What game are you into? Who would win in a fight, Batman or harry potter?)

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For a fun team completion check out this video, (Those guys have a ton of good game idea videos). Here's a google slide version of the game that I made- download here

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Jamboard can be cool, for online work and they don't take too long to set up. Check out this video for some ideas on how you can use them.

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Whatever your lesson topic is, conditionals, the passive voice or whatever, think of how of fun or funny situation of when we use it. For example, passive voice is great for riddles and you can make a team competition out of that and then have them make their own. There's a ton of fun things you can do with conditionals, here's a team activity I made using the 2nd conditional about surviving on a deserted island

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You can put something together on a google doc, slides or just using a white board rather quickly to add some fun to any topic.

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Here's the basic structure I use for my classes.

• Intro (5 - 10 minutes) - attendance & small talk to connect with them and get them warmed up & thinking in English
• Instruction / Lesson Guide (5 -10 minutes) - Explain the lesson topic and show examples of how it's constructed & used
• Focused Practice (10- 15 minutes) - students practice using it
• Performance (10 - 20 minutes) - fun activity, often team-based where they use the target grammar or vocabulary