Talking about Christmas

CHRISTMAS: GOOD OR BAD?

ESL PALS

Lesson Overview

This ESL Christmas B1 lesson plan begins with a fun Christmas quiz. Next, there is an engaging vocabulary task which uses pictures, sentences and questions to ensure comprehension.
The lesson plan then moves and analyses an interesting video through various activities. Next, the opposite perspective of Christmas is explored through an article and various fun ESL tasks.
Afterwards, there is a debate activity which allows students to give their point of view. The grammar point of the second conditional is studied with a Christmas edge. The penultimate task of this ESL Christmas B1 lesson plan is a general discussion question. Finally, this class finishes with a super fun ESL game.

Exercises:

1. Christmas Quiz
2. Christmas ESL vocabulary.
3. Video: The Dark Side of Christmas.
4. Article: 10 Best Things about Christmas.
5. Christmas Debate.
6. Grammar: The Second Conditional.
7. General Discussion.
8. Name Game.
9. Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this ESL Christmas B1 lesson plan. Students are challenged to watch a video before being asked to write answers to challenging questions. Then, there are a series of second conditional grammar tasks linked to the grammar studied in class.

Exercises:

1. Watch the video.
2. Writing task.
3. Second conditional.

Download Lessons

• Christmas Good or Bad (Student’s Worksheet)
• Christmas Good or Bad (Teacher’s Worksheet)

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