ESL lesson plans for teaching upper elementary 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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Grammar

ESL lesson plan for teaching countable and uncountable nouns
LESSON 1
Countable & uncountable nouns
ESL lesson plan for using the present simple
LESSON 2
Using the present simple
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ESL lesson plan for using the present continuous
LESSON 3
Using the present continuous
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ESL lesson plan for teaching relative pronouns
LESSON 4
Relative pronouns
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ESL lesson plan for teaching personal pronouns
LESSON 5
Personal pronouns
ESL lesson plan for teaching Comparatives and superlatives
LESSON 6
Comparatives & superlatives
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ESL lesson plan for using the past simple
LESSON 7
Using the past simple
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ESL lesson plan for teaching past simple and past continuous
LESSON 8
Past simple & past continuous
ESL lesson plan for talking about the future
LESSON 9
Talking about the future
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ESL lesson plan for teaching the present perfect
LESSON 10
The present perfect
ESL lesson plan for teaching the present perfect since and for
LESSON 11
The present perfect: Since and for
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ESL lesson plan for teaching just, yet and already
LESSON 12
The present perfect: Just, yet and already
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ESL lesson plan for teaching obligation, prohibition and advice
LESSON 13
Obligation, prohibition and advice
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ESL lesson plan for teaching Expressing possibility: May and might
LESSON 14
Expressing possibility: May and might
ESL lesson plan for teaching necessity
LESSON 15
Necessity
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ESL lesson plan for teaching verb patterns
LESSON 16
Verb patterns
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ESL lesson plan for teaching the first conditional
LESSON 17
The first conditional
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ESL lesson plan for teaching indefinite pronouns
LESSON 18
Indefinite pronouns

Functional language

ESL lesson plan for teaching question words
LESSON 1
Question words
ESL lesson plan for teaching expressing quantities
LESSON 2
Expressing quantities
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More language levels

Adult Beginner
ESL lesson plans for teaching adult beginners
Beginner
ESL lesson plans for teaching beginners
Upper Beginner
ESL lesson plans for teaching upper beginners
Elementary
ESL lesson plans for teaching elementary level students
Upper Elementary
ESL lesson plans for teaching upper elementary students
Intermediate
ESL lesson plans for teaching intermediate
Upper Intermediate
ESL lesson plans for teaching upper intermediate
Advanced
ESL lesson plans for teaching advanced
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A library of ESL lesson plans for teachers.