Birthday Wishes
ESL Lesson PlansBirthday Wishes

Birthday Wishes

This 45-minute ESL lesson focuses on writing birthday messages using key phrases like "I hope you," "thank you," and "best wishes for." Designed for A1–A2 learners, the plan includes vocabulary building, gap-fill exercises, and a creative writing task where students compose a birthday post for a friend, colleague, or family member.

Skills

  • Can compose a short text in a greetings card (e.g. for someone's birthday)
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
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Warm-up

Happy Birthday, John! I hope you get a cake as big as you! You are getting older, but you still look young. Maybe it's magic! Have fun and enjoy your special day. Don't eat too much cake or you'll get a bellyache!
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Make a list of things you can wish to a person on their birthday. Share your list with the teacher.
2

Read the birthday wishes to John on these three cards and guess who wrote them.

3

Discuss the meaning of the words below and fill in the gaps in the sentences.

4

Share your answers to these questions:

5

Write a birthday wish!

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