ESL Curriculum Supplementary Materials - Level 1

Lesson Plans 1-6

Lesson 1: My name is...

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to greet someone, introduce themselves, and ask a person for their name. They will also answer the question,
“How are you?” and be able to identify 6 emotions.

Supplementary Warm Up Activity Freer Production Activity

Lesson Content Worksheet Activities
Materials (Suggested) / Games (Suggested)
• Supplementary • Ask each student, “What is Lesson 1 PPT • Encourage students to To be completed in class or
vocabulary & your name?” and give them choose an emotion and at home:
phrase cards. time to answer. They do 1. Vocabulary: Feelings mime it to the rest of the
not need to answer in full and emotions. class. The rest of the 1. Trace the sentences.
• Extra Activity: English sentences. class should guess the
Question-Answer 2. Roleplay activity: 2. Match the emotions to
Speaking practice. vocabulary word. the pictures.
matching card • Ask students, “How are
game. you?” and mime actions to 3. Spin the wheel and speak • Print out the Extra Activity 3. Match the question
help elicit responses. the sentence. cards. Split the class into phrases with answer
pairs and instruct students phrases.
4. Gap-fill speaking activity. to cut out the cards. Then
they must pair into correct 4. Correct the mistakes in
5. Spot the mistakes in each sentence.
question-answer pairings.
the sentences.
5. Write the sentences in
the correct order.

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Lesson 2: How old are you?

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to count and identify numbers from 1 - 20. They will be able to answer the question, “How old are you?” in a
full sentence.

Supplementary Warm Up Activity Freer Production Activity

Lesson Content
Materials (Suggested)
• Supplementary • Introduce the numbers 1 - Lesson 2 PPT
vocabulary & phrase 10 through a counting/sing-
cards. song activity. 1. Introduce numbers 1 - 10.
• Extra Activity: Count 2. Introduce numbers 11 - 20.
the nouns cards. 3. Counting activity: count
the items on the screen.
4. Roleplay activity:
Speaking practice.
5. Spin the wheel and
practise the sentences.
6. Spot the mistakes.
/ Games (Suggested)
• Organise an interactive
“Number Scavenger Hunt.”
• Print out the Extra Activity
cards and hide a selection
of cards throughout
the classroom. (For
example, hide 4 pictures of
hamburgers, 6 pictures of
chickens, etc).
• Challenge students to find
all of a certain picture, and
count the amount they
can find. They can fill in
their answers on the table
provided.
Worksheet Activities
To be completed in class or
at home:
1. Write the numbers
in English.
2. Unscramble the words.
3. Correct the sentence
mistakes.
4. Count the items on
the page.
5. Match the numbers with
the words.

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Lesson 3: Where are you from?

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify the flags and names of 9 different countries. Students will be able to ask and answer the question,
“Where are you from?”

Supplementary Warm Up Activity Freer Production Activity

Lesson Content Worksheet Activities
Materials (Suggested) / Games (Suggested)
• Supplementary • Show a picture of a map. Lesson 3 PPT • Print out the Extra Activity To be completed in class or
vocabulary & Ask students, “Do you know cards. Print out these at home:
phrase cards. where this is?” and have 1. Vocabulary: Countries cards, one sheet per two
them name countries. Write and flags. students. Students should 1. Write the country names
• Extra Activity: down as many countries in cut out the cards and place under the flags.
Matching card 2. Match flag to country,
English as possible. and match the country to them into a deck. Shuffle 2. Correct the errors in
memory game. the cards and place them
• Introduce them to the map activities. the sentences.
face-down. Each student
English name of their 3. Guess the country based has a chance to pick up 3. Fill in the missing letters
own country. on the picture. two cards. If they find a for each country.
matching pair, they can
4. Roleplay activity: 4. Write the sentences in the
keep the cards. The student
Speaking practice. correct order.
with the most cards at the
5. Spin the wheel and end wins. 5. Place the countries on
practise the sentences. a map.

6. Spot the mistakes in

the sentences.

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Lesson 4: What is it?

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and name a variety of classroom objects in English. They will be able to answer the question,
“What is it?” in full sentences.

Supplementary Warm Up Activity Freer Production Activity

Lesson Content Worksheet Activities
Materials (Suggested) / Games (Suggested)
• Supplementary • Point to a variety Lesson 4 PPT • Print out the Extra Activity To be completed in class or
vocabulary & of items in the cards. Print out one sheet at home:
phrase cards. classroom. Ask, 1. Vocabulary: Classroom objects. per two students. Ask
“What is it?” each students to cut them up 1. Match the pictures to
• Extra Activity: Snap 2. Look at the classroom pictures. their words.
time. Elicit responses Identify the objects. and place them in a deck.
card game. from students. Students should play Snap 2. Trace the words.
Encourage them to 3. Roleplay activity: with one another. Each
point to items and Speaking practice. time they play a matching 3. Match the questions
ask, “What is it?” pair, the student should to their corresponding
4. Speaking activity: Fill in the answers.
say, for example, “It’s a
missing words in the sentences.
pencil case’” to win the pair.
4. Correct the mistakes in
5. Spin the wheel and complete The student with the most
each sentence.
the sentences. cards at the end wins.
5. Write the sentences in
6. Put the sentences in the the correct order.
correct order.

7. Bonus activity: name the

computer-related items.

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Lesson 5: What are they?

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify different types of fruits and be able to answer the question, What are they?

Supplementary Warm Up Activity Freer Production Activity

Lesson Content Worksheet Activities
Materials (Suggested) / Games (Suggested)
• Supplementary • Ask students about Lesson 5 PPT • Print out the Extra Activity To be completed in class or
vocabulary & what fruits and sheet. Have the students at home:
phrase cards vegetables they like 1. Vocabulary: Fruits and cut out the cards and
to eat. Elicit answers. vegetables. complete the labelling 1. Match the pictures to
• Extra Activity: Label Draw pictures on the activity. their words.
the foods game 2. Roleplay activity: Speaking
board. practice. 2. Trace the words.

3. Identify the pictures of various 3. Match the questions

fruit and vegetables. to their corresponding
answers.
4. Spot the mistakes.
4. Correct the mistakes in
5. Put the sentences in the each sentence.
correct order.
5. Write the sentences in
6. Spin the wheel and make the correct order.
a sentence.

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Lesson 6: Let’s Review

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will have consolidated the grammar and vocabulary they have learned in Lessons 1 - 5.

Supplementary Warm Up Activity Freer Production Activity

Lesson Content Worksheet Activities
Materials (Suggested) / Games (Suggested)
• Previous • Point to a variety of Lesson 6 PPT • Play “Find and Count”. Print To be completed in class or
vocabulary cards. classroom items in out a variety of vocabulary at home:
the class. Ask, “What 1. Look at the pictures. Say cards from the lesson, in
is it?” and allow the words. different numbers. Hide, 1. Complete the crossword.
students to answer. 2. Match the questions to for example, 3 pictures 2. Look at the answers.
Mime feelings such the answers. of pencils, 2 pictures of Write an appropriate
as “hungry, tired” and the South Korea flag, etc. question.
have students guess. 3. Roleplay the conversations. Give students a paper and
Ask students about challenge them to count 3. Answer the questions.
4. Answer the questions.
their names and how and write down as many
4. Draw pictures and write
old they are. 5. State whether the statement is items as they can find.
sentences.
true or false. The team who finds the
most wins.

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