Free A1 (Beginner) ESL lesson plan — 45 minutes of speaking activities, conversation questions and to be grammar practice for online English classes. Student can describe their best friend's personality using simple adjectives and 'to be'.
A1⏱ 45 min
My Best Friend's Personality
🎯 Goal: Student can describe their best friend's personality using simple adjectives and 'to be'
📐 to be
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#friendship#personality#adjectives
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🎲 Speaking Activity 1
🔥8 minutes
Hot Seat
Be the person. Talk with me and stay in character.
🗣️ “Hi, I am...”
🔥YOU ARE IN THE HOT SEAT
You are a happy person. Tell me about your best friend.
Stay in character. Convince your teacher!
🎲 Speaking Activity 2
🔎7 minutes
Find the Difference
Look at picture A and picture B. Find what is different.
🗣️ “In picture A ... but in picture B ...”
A
B
🔎 Find all 5 differences. Say every difference in a full sentence: "In picture A … but in picture B …".
🔎 Differences found
0 / 5
the number of people
the girl's smile
the color of the shirt
the weather
the number of books
🏁 FINAL CHALLENGE
Choose the picture you like more and say two things you can see in it.
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