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This website is designed for ESL teachers, packed full of ESL Lesson Plans and ESL Activity ideas, you're sure to find some inspiration for your ESL Lesson Plans here. Each ESL lesson plan / activity has a space for comments - if you have an improvement / variation on the activity then please share it with the SimplyESL.com community!Also feel free to share your ESL lesson plans and activities.
Featured Articles
Last Letter First
- Article
- 28 December 2010
- ESL Activities, ESL Warmers, High School, Intermediate, Team Games
A fun ESL Warmer with a range of variations that will test your students vocabulary.
Big City
- Article
- 14 December 2010
- ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)
The Big City ESL lesson plan teaches your young learners all about the city they live in.
Body Parts
- Article
- 11 December 2010
- ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)
A series of four ESL lesson plans (approx 1 hour each) that teach 5-7 year old students about the human body.
Recent Articles
ESL Lesson Plan: Sea Critters
- Article
- 13 January 2011
- ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)
This ESL Lesson series contains 3 individual ESL Lesson plans that are approximately an hour in duration each and are aimed towards 5 - 7 year olds. The lesson plans cover a range of sea animals and also have some fun craft activities.
A Day at the Beach
- Article
- 13 January 2011
- ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)
ESL Lesson Plan - A day at the beach is a series of four, hour long lesson plans designed for ESL students aged 5-7.
ESL Lesson Plan: Pirates!
- Article
- 13 January 2011
- ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)
ESL Lesson Plan: Pirates - contains three lessons, each of about an hour in length. This ESL Lesson Plan is designed for beginner students of around 5 - 7 years of age.
Run & Slap
- Article
- 13 January 2011
- Beginner, ESL Activities, ESL Warmers, Fun Activity, Phonics, Team Games, Young Learners
A fun team game for younger ESL students. This activity is suitable for phonics.
Congo Line
- Article
- 13 January 2011
- Beginner, ESL Activities, Repition Drills, Young Learners
A simple and fun drill best used for younger ESL Students
Visual Mish-Mash
- Article
- 13 January 2011
- Beginner, ESL Activities, ESL Warmers, Fun Activity, Young Learners
A fun game that can help your younger ESL students read and distinguish between the object and the word.
Switch
- Article
- 12 January 2011
- Beginner, ESL Activities, ESL Warmers, Fun Activity, Phonics, Team Games, Young Learners
A fun ESL Activity for younger / beginner learners. It can be used as an ESL warmer, a language reinforcement activity of a fun final activity.
How much is it?
- Article
- 10 January 2011
- ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)
A fun ESL lesson plan based around student cooperation and bargaining. This lesson is fun and revolves around two sets of target language: "Do you have a..." and "How much is it?".
Short Stories
- Article
- 10 January 2011
- Adults, Advanced, ESL Activities, Fun Activity, High School, Intermediate, Writing
A quick activity for your ESL classroom that can be used to let your students explore the language and be creative. This activity give students the opportunity to practice their reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Yesterday I...
- Article
- 8 January 2011
- Adults, Advanced, ESL Activities, ESL Warmers, Fun Activity, High School, Intermediate, One on One Teaching, Team Games
A simple activity for the ESL classroom that will help your students improve their memory and ability to create new sentences.