What Does Friendship Mean to You?
ESL Lesson PlansWhat Does Friendship Mean to You?

What Does Friendship Mean to You?

This engaging ESL lesson plan explores the theme of friendship, designed for B1-level learners. The lesson targets speaking and vocabulary practice through activities focused on essential phrasal verbs related to friendship. Students will participate in warm-up discussions, match phrasal verbs to their meanings, and rewrite sentences using these expressions. The lesson culminates in group conversations about personal experiences of friendship, enhancing both fluency and confidence.

Skills

  • Has a good range of vocabulary related to familiar topics and everyday situations.
  • Can describe events.
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Warm up: friendship is.. 👩🏻‍🤝‍👩🏻

Look at the quotes below. What do they mean? Which one is your favorite?
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
- C.S. Lewis
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
- Elbert Hubbard
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
- David Tyson
Your answer:
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Phrasal verbs to talk about friendship

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Phrasal verbs in action

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What is friendship to you?

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