Beginner +

A1+

Welcome to our collection of ESL lesson plans and resources for teaching upper-level beginners. These lessons build on the material covered in our beginner course and are aimed at younger learners, although they can be adapted and used with adults.

Lessons should last between 45 and 60 minutes, and each plan includes boardwork, several low-prep classroom activities, and a fun game.

ESL Lesson Plans - Upper Beginner A1+
A1+

Grammar

ESL lesson plan: Teaching plurals
LESSON 1

Teaching plurals

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ESL lesson plan: Short forms of the verb to be
LESSON 2

Short forms of the verb to be

ESL lesson plan: Questions with the verb to be
LESSON 3

Questions with the verb to be

ESL lesson plan: Possessive adjectives
LESSON 4

Possessive adjectives

ESL lesson plan: Possessive 's
LESSON 5

Possessive 's

ESL lesson plan: Short forms of have got
LESSON 6

Short forms of have got

ESL lesson plan: Questions with have got
LESSON 7

Questions with have got

ESL lesson plan: Position of adjectives
LESSON 8

Position of adjectives

ESL lesson plan: Can for ability
LESSON 9

Can for ability

ESL lesson plan: Present simple
LESSON 10

Present simple

ESL lesson plan: Present simple: Questions with do
LESSON 11

Present simple: Questions with do

ESL lesson plan: Prepositions of place
LESSON 12

Prepositions of place

ESL lesson plan: There is & there are
LESSON 13

There is & there are

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ESL lesson plan: Present continuous
LESSON 14

Present continuous

ESL lesson plan: Questions with the present continuous
LESSON 15

Questions with the present continuous

ESL lesson plan: Prepositions of time
LESSON 16

Prepositions of time

Functional Language

ESL lesson plan: Introductions
LESSON 1

Introductions

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ESL lesson plan: Using indefinite articles
LESSON 2

Using indefinite articles

ESL lesson plan: Giving instructions
LESSON 3

Giving instructions

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ESL lesson plan: The months of the year
LESSON 4

The months of the year

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ESL lesson plan: Describing people
LESSON 5

Describing people

ESL lesson plan: Time
LESSON 6

Time

ESL lesson plan: Questions about time
LESSON 7

Questions about time