The Five Senses
ESL Lesson PlansThe Five Senses

The Five Senses

This lesson plan helps students explore and understand each of the five senses through interactive exercises and discussions. Learners will practice listening and speaking skills while identifying sensory experiences that connect to daily life. This lesson plan encourages critical thinking and personal reflection, with targeted activities designed to reinforce vocabulary related to sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Perfect for engaging group learning.

Skills

  • Can make basic inferences or predictions about text content from headings, titles or headlines.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Discuss the following questions in small groups.

1
What do you prefer to eat: a lemon pie, a chocolate cake or a pizza? Why?
2
What is one sound that you like and one sound that you don't like?
3
What do you think feels better: taking a hot shower or swimming in cold water? Why?
4
Can you share a specific memory that is strongly connected to a specific smell?
2

Match these halves to form sentences about how we can experience our five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

3

Fill in the blanks to complete the story about Kind Midas.

4

Watch the video and choose the best summary.

5

Watch the video again and answer the questions.

6

Share your opinion on the following questions.

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