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At the Supermarket
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60 min
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Overview

In this beginner ESL classroom lesson plan, students will learn how to express prices in English using different currencies. The lesson aims to provide students with the necessary skills to comprehend and convey pricing information in English.

The lesson plan starts with a couple of optional warmer activities that revise some of the previously covered material on the course. It also includes sample boardwork that offers one way to present the topic. Additionally, there are several low-resource classroom activities where students will practice working with prices in different currencies. To encourage further study, there is a suggested homework task, and as usual, the lesson wraps up with an idea for a classroom game.

Lesson Outline
Warm-up
1Giving personal info
2ESL counting circle
Activities
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Boardwork
1Price talk
2Tricky numbers
3Role-play
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Homework
Games
1The Price is Right
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Warmers

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Giving personal information

Ask each student a few simple questions based on everything they have learned in the course so far.

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ESL counting circle

The students have to count in a circle, aiming to reach as high a number as possible without making a mistake.

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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

Students learn how to read and work with prices in English, along with some useful related expressions.

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Price talk

An excellent little pair-work activity where students practise the target language for the lesson.

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Tricky numbers

The teacher dictates prices to the students who have to copy them down correctly.

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Role-play: Buying different items

The students will practise a simple role-play situation.

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Suggested homework

The students have to learn vocabulary related to the next unit.

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Classroom games

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The Price is Right

Teams have to guess the average cost of everyday items in different countries.

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