What About a Staycation?
ESL Lesson PlansWhat About a Staycation?

What About a Staycation?

This lesson plan engages B1-level ESL students in exploring the concept and benefits of staycations. Through group discussions, reading activities, and brainstorming exercises, learners analyze staycation advantages and disadvantages while practicing opinion-sharing and problem-solving skills. The lesson plan helps students develop their ability to express thoughts about organizing events and practical solutions.

Skills

  • Can make their opinions and reactions understood as regards solutions to problems or practical questions of where to go, what to do, or how to organise an event (e.g. an outgoing).
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Discuss together:

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What do you think a "staycation" is?
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Why do you think "staycations" are so popular? Name a few reasons.
2

In pairs, complete the list of advantages and disadvantages of a staycation and come up with a couple more. Share your ideas with the rest of the class.

3

Read the text about staycations.

4

Answer the questions.

5

Mike is sharing his staycation experience in his post on Instagram. What do you think about the activities he chose for his staycation? Would you do the same? Why or why not?

6

Brainstorming

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