Lesson Overview:

This lesson takes on the interesting topic of tipping around the world, and students get to learn about a very important grammar point - modal verbs of obligation. This ESL Tipping Culture lesson plan contains many fun and thought-provoking exercises to keep your B1 intermediate students engaged!

The class starts with a fun warm up exercise where they have to decide what tip they would give in different situations. Then, they learn new vocabulary related to money and payment methods with an engaging exercise. Next, in this ESL Tipping Culture lesson plan - students learn about the grammar point: modal verbs of obligation. They need to complete multiple exercises to practice! 

Your students will love completing a case study and practicing their speaking skills. This ESL Tipping Culture lesson ends with another speaking activity. Students get to practice their free talk with conversation questions about the topic.

Activities:

1. Warm up. 
2. New words. 
3. Grammar: Modal verbs of obligation. 
4. Video: Listening and understanding. 
5. Reading: Tipping around the world. 
6. Case studies. 
7. Discussion questions. 

Homework

As usual, this ESL Tipping Culture lesson includes a set of homework exercises. Students get to practice the grammar more with three exercises. Then, students practice their writing skills with questions. Lastly, they get to recap their vocabulary with a crossword puzzle.

Activities: 

1. Grammar practice. 
2. Writing task. 
3. Vocabulary: crossword.