The Louvre Jewel Heist
ESL Lesson PlansThe Louvre Jewel Heist

The Louvre Jewel Heist

This 45-minute ESL lesson is designed for teens and adults at the B1–B2 level and focuses on the Louvre jewel heist in October 2025. Students explore the event through a visual prompt, reading comprehension from an authentic news source, and discussion. Activities include predicting and discussing what happened, and a short creative writing task where students imagine how the heist might have taken place.

Skills

  • Can recognise significant points in straightforward news articles on familiar subjects.
  • Can give clear, detailed descriptions of real or imaginary events and experiences.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Look at the picture and answer the questions.

1. What objects do you notice in the image? 2. What can you guess about their importance or value? 3. What do you think happened before this image was created? 4. What do you think will happen to these jewels next?
2

Read the news article.

3

Mark the sentences as True or False.

4

Discuss the robbery.

5

How do you think it happened? Get creative with your writing!

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