ESL Lesson Plan The New Year: Unit 2

Level
A1
Time
90 min
Media
Article
The New Year: Unit 2

Lesson Overview

In this A1 ESL lesson plan on the New Year, students will learn basic vocabulary and phrases related to New Year celebrations, discuss simple traditions, and practice making resolutions using beginner-friendly sentence structures and fun activities.

This A1 ESL lesson plan on New Year is perfect for your beginner students. It will resonate with all…

In this A1 ESL lesson plan on the New Year, students will learn basic vocabulary and phrases related to New Year celebrations, discuss simple traditions, and practice making resolutions using beginner-friendly sentence structures and fun activities.

This A1 ESL lesson plan on New Year is perfect for your beginner students. It will resonate with all learners as it introduces key vocabulary, explores traditions, and encourages sharing simple New Year resolutions. The essential future tense “going to” is used to explore the topic. 

Activity Layout

  1. Warm up: Pictures. 
  2. Let’s make sentences. 
  3. Grammar: Going to. 
  4. Grammar Activities
  5. Dialogue and comprehension. 
  6. Reading and comprehension.
  7. Question time. 
  8. Picture round. 

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome A1 ESL lesson plan on the New Year. Students are challenged to watch a video then write detailed answers to the questions. Activity layout:

  1. New words recap.
  2. Video with exercises.

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