Lesson Overview

This B1 ESL lesson explores the topic “Are morning routines important?”, encouraging students to think about daily habits and how they affect energy, productivity, and mood. Learners discuss their own morning routines and compare different ways people start their day.

Students learn useful vocabulary and expressions related to daily routines, such as “get ready,” “hit the snooze button,” “make the bed.” They also practise giving opinions and reasons using structures like “I think… because…” and “In my opinion…”.

The lesson includes speaking activities, short reading or listening input, and guided discussion tasks. Students are encouraged to share whether they follow a routine or prefer a more flexible start to the day, and whether they believe routines actually make life better.

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe their morning routines, give simple opinions with reasons, and take part in a short discussion about habits and daily life.

1. Warm Up: Picture round
2. Intro: Verb + Noun
3. Exercises: Verb + Noun
4. Routine: Adjectives
5. Article: My Morning Routine
6. Audio: Janet’s Chaotic Morning.
7. The Perfect Morning Routine 
8. Routine: Discussion
9. Debate

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome B1 ESL lesson plan on morning routines. Students are challenged to read a detailed article before writing answers to topic-based questions. Activity layout:

1. Article: The Importance Of a Morning Routine 
2. Writing task