Make My Lesson

Overview

Make My Lesson is a teaching-resource generator for educators who want a lesson plan and related classroom materials built around curriculum requirements. Its connected planning and pack-building approach is useful when preparing several resources for one lesson; teachers who only need a simple outline may find the broader workflow unnecessary.

Its strongest case is the link between planning, slides, activities, and assessment. The trade-off is a generation-based allowance, with paid credits expiring at the end of each plan period.

Key features

Planning and classroom materials

Lesson plans can combine standards-aligned objectives, timings, differentiation, and a balance of Bloom’s levels. That structure can help teachers account for lesson pacing and varied learner needs, though the service’s value depends on whether its curriculum and teaching-method choices suit the class.

From plan objectives, Make My Lesson can generate a slide deck calibrated to lesson duration, with speaker notes. It can also produce a student activity sheet with a teacher answer key, plus an assessment paper and mark scheme. Keeping these materials tied to a plan makes the service more compelling for teachers assembling a complete lesson than for those seeking only slides or worksheets.

Curriculum, exports, and privacy

The service covers 69 curriculum routes across Australia, the UK, Canada, International Baccalaureate, and US/AP, and advertises 16 teaching methods. PDF and PowerPoint exports, ZIP downloads, printing, and sharing to Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams give teachers several ways to move resources into their existing workflows.

Lesson inputs are sent to US-based AI model providers, which are instructed not to use inputs or outputs to train their models. The policy also says passwords are stored encrypted, data is encrypted in transit, and staff access is role-limited. Make My Lesson does not create student accounts and asks teachers not to include identifying student information in lesson inputs. Teachers should keep that restriction in mind when preparing prompts. Support is handled by real people who usually reply within one business day.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, billed Forever Free, and includes five generations. The lesson-plan page says each plan uses one credit and no card is required, making the free tier a practical way to try the workflow, but not a large ongoing allowance.

Paid plans raise the generation cap, but unused credits expire when the plan period ends:

• Monthly: $9.99 a month, billed Monthly, with 30 generations; $15.99 USD is shown before discount.
• 3 Months: $27, paid once, billed For 3 months, with 90 generations; $47.97 USD is shown before discount.
• 6 Months: $50, paid once, billed For 6 months, with 180 generations; $95.94 USD is shown before discount.
• Annual: $90 a year, billed For 12 months, with 360 generations; $191.88 USD is shown before discount.

The longer plans suit teachers confident they will use their credits within the period; anyone with uneven workloads risks losing unused generations at expiry. Schools and departments have custom pricing by quote, with teaching teams using individual accounts and separate credits for each teacher.

Platforms

Make My Lesson is available on web, Android, and iOS. The web option suits desktop planning, while mobile apps give teachers access on phones and tablets.

Who it's for

Make My Lesson is best suited to teachers who want curriculum-aware plans and several connected resources from a single lesson workflow, especially when they need differentiation, assessment materials, or exports for classroom platforms. It is a weaker fit for occasional users who may not use a paid credit allocation before it expires, or for educators whose prompts need to include identifying student information.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Plans, presentations, activities, and assessments are connected through lesson objectives, which can reduce the work of assembling a full teaching pack.
• Pro: Curriculum routes, teaching methods, and differentiation give teachers several ways to shape the output to a teaching context.
• Pro: PDF, PowerPoint, ZIP, print, Google Classroom, and Teams options support varied handoff needs.
• Con: The free plan’s five generations limit sustained use without upgrading.
• Con: Paid credits expire at period end, making longer-term purchases less forgiving when teaching needs fluctuate.
• Con: Teachers must avoid identifying student information in inputs, and those inputs are sent to US-based AI providers.

Alternatives

Browse AI Lesson Plan Generators to compare tools in the category. Choose TeachTools instead if a web-based tool with three free monthly generations, five core tools, print-ready PDFs, and Google Docs export better fits a lightweight planning workflow. Eduaide is another web-based freemium option, with a free tier covering lesson plans, worksheets, organizers, games, and assessments, subject to generation and input-context limits.

Education Copilot may suit teachers looking for a web tool with a free tier of three core AI templates for lesson plans and handouts, plus document editing and export. Consider GradeAid if a five-resources-a-week free allowance and PDF or Word export better match your needs. GradeWithAI is an alternative to consider for AI grading requests and automated submission grading.

Common Planner offers a free teacher plan with AI-assisted daily, weekly, and monthly planning and Google Classroom posting. Homeroomie may suit teachers who want a free allowance of three lesson plans per month and worksheets, while accepting limits on themes and planning tools. LessonSmith is another option to compare for monthly lesson-plan and support-plan allowances.

Verdict

Choose Make My Lesson if you want curriculum-aligned planning to lead into slides, classroom activities, and assessments, and you can use your generation credits within their validity period. Look elsewhere if you need a more generous free cadence, irregular-use credits that do not expire, or a workflow that can include identifying student details.