Lesson Overview

In this A2-B1 ESL lesson plan on the Olympic Games, students will explore the excitement of this global event through engaging activities. They'll learn key vocabulary related to Olympic sports, practice using action verbs, and understand the significance of the Games while improving their English language skills.

The class begins with a fun warm-up exercise where they have to identify different Olympic sports based on a series of images. Next, they are introduced to common Olympic sporting verbs, and a series of fun questions to improve speaking skills. 

After there are a series of fun, detailed, well-structured speaking exercises which are designed to help student progression while ensuring they are fully engaged and loving learning, 

1. Olympic Sports.
2. Olympic verbs.
3. Olympic adjectives. 
4. Article: The Olympic Games. 
5. Article: Comprehension. 
6. Questions. 
7. Agree or disagree? 
8. Picture round.

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome ESL lesson plan on the Olympic Games. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson. 

1. New words recap and practice. 
2. Video: Comprehension and writing task.