Blue Monday
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Blue Monday

This ESL lesson plan introduces learners to the concept of Blue Monday, targeting A2 level students. It includes a vocabulary, a reading exercise with comprehension questions, and engaging group speaking tasks to foster discussion. The lesson structure balances individual and collaborative work, focusing on building reading comprehension, critical thinking, and conversational skills in a dynamic and interactive way.

Skills

  • Can understand texts describing people, places, everyday life and culture, etc., provided they use simple language.
  • Can give a simple description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines. likes/ dislikes, etc. as a short series of simple phrases and sentences linked into a list.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Read the facts and complete the sentences with the missing words. Have you heard about Blue Monday?

saddest
third
short
weather
stressed
1
Blue Monday is the
Monday of January.
2
It is called "the
day."
3
Cold
makes many people feel sad.
4
January has long nights and
days.
5
People feel
after the holidays.
2

Read the text about Blue Monday and choose the right answers.

3

Match these adjectives to the definitions. Which of them are positive, and which are negative?

4

Talk about these questions. Try to use the adjectives to describe feelings.

5

Homework: plan your Blue Monday.

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