Lesson Overview

In this A1 ESL lesson plan on Christmas traditions, students will explore common festive customs, learn holiday-themed vocabulary, and practice simple sentences about Christmas. Activities include matching exercises, speaking practice, and much, much more!

The class begins with a fun warm-up exercise. Next, they are introduced to new words related to the topic, which they are then challenged to use in the next exercise. 

There are awesome vocabulary and speaking activities that enable teachers to ensure their students comprend the new words and are able to use them in context. 

In this A1 lesson plan on Christmas there is an excellent reading activity that challenges students to learn new words in context. The lesson finishes with fun speaking games which are designed to help student progression while ensuring they are fully engaged and loving learning.

Activities: 

1. Warm up: Pictures. 
2. Let’s make sentences. 
3. Video: True or False.
4. Question time.
5. Reading: Christmas traditions. 
6. Reading: Comprehension.
7. Question time: Part 2.
8. Picture round. 
9. Game: Name game. 

Homework

1. New words recap and practice. 
2. Reading: Christmas traditions.