Brazilian Carnival Celebration
ESL Lesson PlansBrazilian Carnival Celebration

Brazilian Carnival Celebration

This ESL lesson plan explores the vibrant carnival in Brazil through reading, speaking, and vocabulary activities. In this 60 min lesson, students will match key vocabulary, complete a dialogue, discuss carnival traditions, and read about the event’s history. The lesson includes comprehension questions and a fun creative task where students design and describe their own carnival costume and float, improving their communication and critical thinking skills in an engaging way.

Skills

  • Can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters.
  • 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

Match these words to their definitions.

2

Read the dialogue below and fill in the blanks.

3

Answer the following questions in pairs.

4

Read the text to understand the history of carnival in Brazil and how people celebrate it.

5

Answer the questions about the text.

6

Create your own carnival costume and float. Then, take turns describing them to a partner.

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