Funny English Idioms with Animals
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Funny English Idioms with Animals

This engaging ESL lesson plan explores English idioms with animals tailored for B2 level teens in an individual lesson. Over 45 minutes, students will enhance their speaking, reading, and vocabulary skills through various interactive tasks. Activities include describing images, analyzing an email, spotting idioms, and discussing personal experiences related to idiomatic expressions, facilitating a deeper understanding of contextual language use.

Skills

  • Has a good range of vocabulary related to familiar topics and everyday situations.
  • Can extrapolate the meaning of occasional unknown words/signs from the context.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Look at the pictures. Describe them and brainstorm possible idioms that might relate to them.

2

Read an email Max got from his friend Alex. Answer the questions.

3

Spot the idioms. Explain what is meant in each sentence.

4

Match the idioms to their definitions.

5

Discuss the questions.

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