The Holiday Party Hunt
ESL Lesson PlansThe Holiday Party Hunt

The Holiday Party Hunt

This ESL lesson plan engages B1-level adults in a 30-minute individual session to explore festive activities through speaking and reading tasks. Students analyze dialogues, choose events from ads, and match cultural facts about holiday traditions worldwide. The lesson develops practical language skills, enabling learners to navigate holiday planning discussions and explore global Christmas customs.

Skills

  • Can scan longer texts to locate desired information and gather information from different parts of a text or different texts to fulfill a specific task.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Look through the dialogue and fill in the gaps in it.

Facebook
activities
music
tree
holiday
home
Emma: "Ben, what would you like to do on Christmas Eve?"
Ben: "Well, I thought we could go to a bar with live
downtown."
Emma: "Oh, that sounds fun. But I was hoping for something more Christmassy."
Ben: "What's more Christmassy than good drinks and live music?"
Emma: "Well, maybe going to a place with Santa and a big Christmas
."
Ben: "No, I don't like such places; they are noisy. What do we even do there besides take pictures?"
Emma: "We can try traditional
treats too!"
Ben: "Hmm... maybe we should just stay
and watch movies then."
Emma: "No way! There are so many fun
happening in the city."
Ben: "Okay, let's find something on
that we both like."
Emma: "Great idea! Let me check..."
2

Answer the questions.

3

Look through the following Facebook ads and find an event that they would both like. Explain why.

4

Discuss these questions.

5

Match these halves to discover some interesting facts about Christmas celebrations around the world.

6

Glossary

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