ESL lesson plans for elementary level students  | A2

A collection of ESL lesson plans and resources for teaching elementary-level students. All of the activity and game ideas that we include can be used in low-resource classrooms and require little to no preparation time. Each lesson contains a warm-up activity with board work, several classroom activities and a game.

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ESL lesson plan for teaching present simple
LESSON 1
Present simple
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LESSON 2
Present simple: Questions
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ESL lesson plan for teaching ordinal numbers
LESSON 3
Ordinal numbers
ESL lesson plan for teaching adverbs of frequency
LESSON 4
Adverbs of frequency
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ESL lesson plan for teaching
LESSON 5
The present continuous
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ESL lesson plan for teaching questions with present continuous
LESSON 6
Present continuous: Questions
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ESL lesson plan for teaching subject object pronouns
LESSON 7
Subject & object pronouns
ESL lesson plan for teaching obligation
LESSON 8
Obligation: must & have to
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ESL lesson plan for teaching past simple verbs
LESSON 9
Past simple: Verbs
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ESL lesson plan for teaching past simple negative
LESSON 10
Past simple: Negative
ESL lesson plan for teaching Past simple: Questions
LESSON 11
Past simple: Questions
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ESL lesson plan for teaching Past simple: Be
LESSON 12
Past simple: Be
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ESL lesson plan for teaching past simple questions be
LESSON 13
Past simple: Questions with be
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ESL lesson plan for teaching countable and countable
LESSON 14
Countable & uncountable nouns
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ESL lesson plan for teaching articles
LESSON 15
Articles
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ESL lesson plan for teaching some and any
LESSON 16
Using some & any
ESL lesson plan for teaching How much and How many
LESSON 17
How much & how many
ESL lesson plan for teaching Comparative adjectives
LESSON 18
Comparative adjectives
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ESL lesson plan for teaching as __ as comparisons
LESSON 19
Comparisons with as
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ESL lesson plan for teaching a little and a few
LESSON 20
Small quantities: A little and a few
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ESL lesson plan for teaching Questions with how
LESSON 21
Questions with how
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ESL lesson plan for teaching future going to
LESSON 22
Future with going to + infinitive
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ESL lesson plan for teaching questions with the future
LESSON 23
Future questions with going to + infinitive
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A library of ESL lesson plans for teachers.