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  • The below lesson plans are organised by theme in alphabetical order. Click the lesson plan links to open and print lesson plans:

    1st Lesson - Introduction Lesson

    • Introduction Lesson Lesson Plan (Ages 3-7)

      Lesson Plan: Intro Lesson

      (Ages 3-7)

      Greetings, names, follow simple instructions, identify and recognize 3 colors

    • Introduction Lesson Lesson Plan (Ages 8-14)

      Lesson Plan: Intro Lesson

      (Ages 8-12)

      Greetings, Asking & answering personal questions, using modal verbs for rules, Identifying different classroom stationery

    Actions, Verbs & Tenses

    • Can - for Ability Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Can - for Ability

      - Talking about ability
      - Asking questions and answering with “can”

    • Morning Routines Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Morning Routines

      Saying morning routine verbs

    • Daily Routines & Times of the Day Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Daily Routines & Times of the Day

      Using the present simple tense to talk about daily routines and different times of the day

    • Present Continuous Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Actions - Present Continuous

      Using the present continuous tense to talk about activities you are doing now

    • Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs

      Talking about yesterday using past tense regular verbs

    • Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1

      Talking about yesterday using past tense irregular verbs

    • Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2

      Saying the present and past forms of irregular verbs

    • Future Plans using going to Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Future Plans using "going to"

      Talking about future plans using “going to”

    • Adjectives

    • Describing People Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Describing People

      Describing people using adjectives

    • Describing Things Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Describing Things

      Describing things with common adjectives

    • Comparing Things Superlatives Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Comparing Things (Comparative Adjectives)

      Comparing objects using comparative adjectives

    • Comparing Things Superlatives Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Comparing Things (Superlative Adjectives)

      Comparing objects using superlative adjectives

    • Adverbs

    • Adverbs Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Adverbs

      Saying actions with adverbs

    • Adverbs of frequency Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Adverbs of frequency

      Saying how often you do things with adverbs of frequency

    • Alphabet

    • Alphabet Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Alphabet

      Saying, reading and writing letters of the alphabet
      (Note: use as part of other lessons)

    • Animals

    • Farm Animals Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Farm Animals

      Saying farm animals and animal noises

    • Pets & Possessions Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Pets & Possessions

      Talking about different pets and possessions (using "I have ...")

    • Zoo Animals Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Zoo Animals

      Saying zoo animals and animal noises

    • Body

    • Parts of the Body Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Parts of the Body

      Saying different parts of the body

    • Measuring Parts of the Body Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Measuring Parts of the Body

      Measuring parts of the body using large numbers and adjectives to describe size

    • Classroom

    • Classroom Objects Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Classroom Objects

      Identifying and saying 5 different objects in the classroom

    • Classroom Stationery Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Classroom Stationery

      Talking about classroom stationery and requesting things.

    • Clothes

    • Clothes Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Clothes

      Talking about different clothes

    • Colors

    • Colors Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Colors

      Saying colors

    • Directions: left / right / forward / back

    • Directions Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Directions: left / right / forward / back

      Saying action verbs and directions: left, right, forward, back

    • Family

    • Family Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Family

      Talking about different members of the family

    • Feelings & Emotions

    • Feelings & Emotions Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Feelings & Emotions

      Talking about feelings and emotions

    • Food

    • Fruit Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Fruit

      Saying different fruit and talking about likes

    • Vegetables Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Vegetables

      Talking about different vegetables

    • Health & Sickness

    • Health & Sickness Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Health & Sickness

      Talking and asking about health and sickness

    • Holidays & Festivals

    • Christmas 1 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Christmas 1

      Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol

    • Christmas 2 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Christmas 2

      Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol

    • Easter Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Easter

      Recognize and identify 6 Easter words and 3 prepositions of location

    • Halloween Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Halloween

      Talking about Halloween and popular Halloween characters

    • Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Thanksgiving

      Talking about Thanksgiving

    • Jobs

    • Jobs Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Jobs

      Asking about jobs and saying 12 different jobs

    • Likes, Dislikes & Favorites

    • Likes & Dislikes Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Likes & Dislikes

      Talking about likes and dislikes for food

    • Favorites and Asking Why Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Favorites and Asking Why

      Talking about favorites and explaining why

    • Nature & Our World

    • Our World Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Our World

      Talking about our world

    • Numbers

    • Numbers 1-10 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Numbers 1-10

      Counting numbers 1-10

    • Numbers 1-20 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Numbers 1-20

      Counting up to 20

    • Places & Where We Live

    • Places & Where We Live Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Places & Where We Live

      Talking about where animals and people live

    • Places in my Town Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Places in my Town

      - Talking about places in your town
      - Using the present continuous with the structures "Where are you going?" & "I'm going to~"

    • Rooms of a House Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Rooms of a House

      Talking about different rooms of a house and household objects

    • Prepositions of Location

    • Prepositions of Location Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Prepositions of Location

      - Saying where things are using prepositions
      - Using singular and plural forms

    • Pronouns

    • Demonstrative pronouns Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Demonstrative pronouns (this / that / these / those)

      Pointing to specific things using "this / that / these / those"

    • Subject Pronouns Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Subject Pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they)

      Using subject pronouns to practice saying how different people are feeling or acting

    • Shapes

    • Shapes Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Shapes

      Saying different shapes and face vocab

    • Shopping

    • Shopping and money Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Shopping and money

      Talking about shopping and money

    • Sports

    • Sports Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Sports

      Talking about playing different sports

    • Time, Days, Months, Seasons

    • Telling the Time Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Telling the Time

      Telling and asking for the time.

    • Days of the Week Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Days of the Week

      Saying the days of the week

    • Months of the Year Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Months of the Year

      Saying the months of the year

    • Seasons Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Seasons

      Talking about the four seasons

    • Time Frequency - How often ...? Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Time Frequency - "How often ...?"

      Using the present simple tense to say how often you do things

    • Toys

    • Toys Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Toys

      - Identifying and saying 8 different toys
      - Reviewing colors

    • Transport & Travel

    • Transport & Travel Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Transport & Travel

      - Identifying different transport vocab
      - Saying how you got to school

    • Wheels on the Bus Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Wheels on the Bus

      Talking about travelling on the bus

    • Weather

    • Weather Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Weather

      Asking about and describing the weather

  • The below lesson plans are organised in order to be taught. Click the lesson plan links to open and print lesson plans:

     

    » Ages 3-7 | Ages 8-12 | Special Lessons

    AGES 3-7:

    • 1. Introduction Lesson

      Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Intro Lesson (Ages 3-7)

      Greetings, names, follow simple instructions, identify and recognize 3 colors

    • 2. Colors

      Colors Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Colors

      Saying colors

    • 3. Fruit

      Fruit Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Fruit

      Saying different fruit and talking about likes

    • 4. Numbers 1-10

      Numbers 1-10 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Numbers 1-10

      Counting numbers 1-10

    • 5. Body

      Body Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Parts of the Body

      Saying different parts of the body

    • 6. Shapes

      Shapes Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Shapes

      Saying different shapes and face vocab

    • 7. Farm Animals

      Farm Animals Lesson Plan

      Farm Animals

      Saying farm animals and animal noises

    • 8. Zoo Animals

      Zoo Animals Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Zoo Animals

      Saying zoo animals and animal noises

    • 9. Classroom Objects

      Classroom Objects Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Classroom Objects

      Identifying and saying 5 different objects in the classroom

    • 10. Toys

      Toys Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Toys

      - Identifying and saying 8 different toys
      - Reviewing colors

    • 11. Our World

      Our World Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Our World

      Talking about our world

    • 12. Weather

      Weather Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Weather

      Asking about and describing the weather

    • 13. Feelings & Emotions

      Feelings & Emotions Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Feelings & Emotions

      Talking about feelings and emotions

    • 14. Vegetables

      Vegetables Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Vegetables

      Talking about different vegetables

    • 15. Wheels on the Bus

      Wheels on the Bus Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Wheels on the Bus

      Talking about travelling on the bus

    • 16. Clothes

      Clothes Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Clothes

      Talking about different clothes

    • 17. Can - for Ability

      Can - for Ability Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Can - for Ability

      - Talking about ability
      - Asking questions and answering with “can”

    • 18. Directions: left / right / forward / back

      Directions Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Directions: left / right / forward / back

      Saying action verbs and directions: left, right, forward, back

    • 19. Classroom Stationery

      Classroom Stationery Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Classroom Stationery

      Talking about classroom stationery and requesting things.

    • 20. Likes & Dislikes

      Likes & Dislikes Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Likes & Dislikes

      Talking about likes and dislikes for food

    • 21. Family

      Family Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Family

      Talking about different members of the family

    AGE 8-12:

    • 1. Introduction Lesson

      Introduction Lesson Lesson Plan (Ages 8-14)

      Lesson Plan: Intro Lesson (Ages 8-12)

      Greetings, Asking & answering personal questions, using modal verbs for rules, Identifying different classroom stationery

    • 2. Days of the Week

      Days of the Week Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Days of the Week

      Saying the days of the week

    • 3. Numbers 1-20

      Numbers 1-20 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Numbers 1-20

      Counting up to 20

    • 4. Months of the Year

      Months of the Year Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Months of the Year

      Saying the months of the year

    • 5. Seasons

      Seasons Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Seasons

      Talking about the four seasons

    • 6. Morning Routines

      Morning Routines Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Morning Routines

      Saying morning routine verbs

    • 7. Pets & Possessions

      Pets & Possessions Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Pets & Possessions

      Talking about different pets and possessions (using "I have ...")

    • 8. Describing People: Adjectives

      Describing People Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Describing People

      Describing people using adjectives

    • 9. Describing Things: Adjectives

      Describing Things Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Describing Things

      Describing things with common adjectives

    • 10. Telling the Time

      Telling the Time Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Telling the Time

      Telling and asking for the time.

    • 11. Daily Routines & Times of the Day

      Daily Routines & Times of the Day Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Daily Routines & Times of the Day

      Using the present simple tense to talk about daily routines and different times of the day

    • 12. Subject Pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they)

      Subject Pronouns Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Subject Pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they)

      Using subject pronouns to practice saying how different people are feeling or acting

    • 13. Sports

      Sports Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Sports

      Talking about playing different sports

    • 14. Adverbs

      Adverbs Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Adverbs

      Saying actions with adverbs

    • 15. Transport & Travel

      Transport & Travel Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Transport & Travel

      - Identifying different transport vocab
      - Saying how you got to school

    • 16. Places & Where We Live

      Places & Where We Live Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Places & Where We Live

      Talking about where animals and people live

    • 17. Places in my Town

      Places in my Town Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Places in my Town

      - Talking about places in your town
      - Using the present continuous with the structures "Where are you going?" & "I'm going to~"

    • 18. Jobs

      Jobs Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Jobs

      Asking about jobs and saying 12 different jobs

    • 19. Health & Sickness

      Health & Sickness Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Health & Sickness

      Talking and asking about health and sickness

    • 20. Rooms of a House

      Rooms of a House Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Rooms of a House

      Talking about different rooms of a house and household objects

    • 21. Prepositions of Location

      Prepositions of Location Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Prepositions of Location

      - Saying where things are using prepositions
      - Using singular and plural forms

    • 22. Demonstrative pronouns (this / that / these / those)

      Demonstrative pronouns Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Demonstrative pronouns (this / that / these / those)

      Pointing to specific things using "this / that / these / those"

    • 23. Shopping and money

      Shopping and money Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Shopping and money

      Talking about shopping and money

    • 24. Actions - Present Continuous

      Present Continuous Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Actions - Present Continuous

      Using the present continuous tense to talk about activities you are doing now

    • 25. Adverbs of frequency

      Adverbs of frequency Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Adverbs of frequency

      Saying how often you do things with adverbs of frequency

    • 26. Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs

      Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs

      Talking about yesterday using past tense regular verbs

    • 27. Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1

      Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1

      Talking about yesterday using past tense irregular verbs

    • 28. Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2

      Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2

      Saying the present and past forms of irregular verbs

    • 29. Measuring Parts of the Body

      Measuring Parts of the Body Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Measuring Parts of the Body

      Measuring parts of the body using large numbers and adjectives to describe size

    • 30. Favorites and Asking Why

    • Favorites and Asking Why Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Favorites and Asking Why

      Talking about favorites and explaining why

    • 31. Comparing Things (Comparative Adjectives)

    • Comparing Things Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Comparing Things (Comparative Adjectives)

      Comparing objects using comparative adjectives

    • 32. Comparing Things (Superlative Adjectives)

    • Comparing Things Superlatives Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Comparing Things (Superlative Adjectives)

      Comparing objects using superlative adjectives

    • 33. Time Frequency - "How often ...?"

    • Time Frequency - How often ...? Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Time Frequency - "How often ...?"

      Using the present simple tense to say how often you do things

    • 34. Future Plans using "going to"

    • Future Plans using going to Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Future Plans using "going to"

      Talking about future plans using “going to”

    SPECIAL LESSON PLANS:


    These can be dropped into your syllabus at the required time:

    • Christmas

      Christmas 1 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Christmas 1

      Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol

    • Christmas 2 Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Christmas 2

      Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol

    • Easter

      Easter Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Easter

      Recognize and identify 6 Easter words and 3 prepositions of location

    • Halloween

      Halloween Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Halloween

      Talking about Halloween and popular Halloween characters

    • Thanksgiving

      Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Thanksgiving

      Talking about Thanksgiving

    • Alphabet

    • Alphabet Lesson Plan

      Lesson Plan: Alphabet

      Saying, reading and writing letters of the alphabet
      (Note: use as part of other lessons)

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