ESL Lesson Plan Christmas: Convo

Level: C1-C2
Time: 90 min
Media: Article

Lesson Overview

In this C1/C2 ESL conversation lesson plan, students explore Christmas traditions, celebrations, and the pressures that come with the festive season. They begin with a Christmas trivia quiz before ranking the ingredients of a perfect Christmas and discussing how their priorities and traditions have changed over time.

The lesson introduces useful…

The lesson introduces useful phrasal verbs and idioms related to Christmas, encouraging students to apply new language through personalised questions and practical situations. Through debates, picture discussions, case studies, and hypothetical questions, students consider topics such as family expectations, gift-giving, commercialisation, and the challenges of organising Christmas. The lesson also includes a homework article exploring the environmental cost of Christmas, followed by comprehension questions.

Activity Layout

Warm Up: Christmas Quiz
Christmas: Ranking
Christmas: Phrasal Verbs
Christmas: Idioms
Debate: Christmas
Discussion: Christmas
Picture Round: Christmas
Christmas: Case Studies
Would You Rather?
Christmas: Name Game

Homework

There is an engaging homework task to supplement this C1/C2 ESL conversation lesson plan. Students read an article about the environmental impact of Christmas before completing detailed questions.

Article: The Environmental Cost of Christmas
Comprehension Questions

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