The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:
- – broaden vocabulary on the theme of coffee and explore how humanity developed its coffee culture throughout history;
- – practice advanced grammar skills through complex noun phrases, sentence transformation, reading comprehension, and discussion abilities;
- – watch a video about how humanity got hooked on coffee and engage in categorization activities with coffee-related phrases and terminology.
In this Advanced ESL lesson plan, the goal is to broaden students’ vocabulary on the theme of coffee. The lesson also introduces and practices the uses of complex noun phrases.
Warm-upThe lesson starts with an exercise where students organize words to create sentences.
VideoStudents will watch a video named “How humanity got hooked on coffee.” Post-viewing, they will fill gaps in sentences to check for comprehension.
GrammarFocus here is introducing complex noun phrases. Examples are given to aid understanding.
ExercisesIn this part of the lesson, students will transform sentences using complex noun phrases. They will also complete words with missing letters to create coffee-related phrases.
In the last exercise, the students will organize coffee-related phrases into the correct categories.
ReadingStudents will read a short text about the history of coffee, followed by a Q&A session.
DiscussionTo wrap up, students will discuss a famous quote.