Lesson Overview

This A1 ESL lesson explores the topic “My Money”, helping students talk about money, spending habits, and personal finances using simple, natural English.

Learners discuss different types of money, talk about how they pay for things, and learn useful vocabulary related to banking, shopping, saving, and spending. They practise describing their money habits, discussing what they buy, what they save for, and sharing their opinions about cheap, expensive, and affordable things.

Through multiple fun and engaging ESL activities, students build confidence talking about everyday money situations, personal choices, and financial decisions.

This lesson is ideal for A1 learners who are developing basic speaking skills on familiar topics such as shopping, banking, saving money, and daily life.

1. Warm Up: How much? 
2. Key Words
3. My Money: Sentences
4. Money: Verbs
5. Money: Adjectives 
6. Dialogue
7. Reading and Comprehension 
8. Monthly budget 
9. Debate

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome A1 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to write detailed answers to topic-based questions. Activity layout:

1. Writing Task: Questions