Chart Your Own Path
ESL Lesson PlansChart Your Own Path

Chart Your Own Path

This ESL lesson plan focuses on the theme of travelling, helping A2 learners master the past simple through engaging reading and listening exercises. Students will analyze travel stories, complete grammar-focused activities, and discuss solo travel experiences. Structured speaking and writing tasks, including interviews and group discussions, ensure learners build confidence in using past tense verbs while exploring real-world scenarios.

Skills

  • Can answer simple questions and respond to simple statements in an interview.
  • Can write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors like “and”, “but” and “because”
  • Can understand most of what people say about themselves in a personal ad or post and what they say they like in other people.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Interview your partner by asking these questions. Write down their answers in 3rd person.

1
Did you spend time with friends, family or alone during this summer?
2
Did you travel anywhere during this summer?
3
Did you try any new activities or hobbies over the summer?
4
What was your favorite memory from this summer?
2

Read the Instagram post and put the verbs in the right form.

3

Mark the sentences as True or False.

4

Watch the video and choose the right summary.

5

Choose the right answer to each of the following questions.

6

Discuss the questions with the teacher.

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