Warmup Discussion: Festivals
Discussion Questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Word Library: Festivals
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
Read & Remember: Festivals
Student Activity. New vocabulary. Summaries. Synonyms.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Give students the handout.
Go through the handout together as a class.
Explain new vocabulary.
Duration: 15+ minutes.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
Conversation: Festivals
Write a short conversation about the lesson topic.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual activity.
Practice grammar, write short sentences, and do a bit of creative thinking.
Duration: 5-10 minutes
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
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Odd One Out
Students underline the word that doesn’t belong with the rest.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Each line has four words.
Underline the word that doesn’t belong with the rest.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Get In Line: Festivals
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Like & Dislike: Festivals
Asking and answering questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Pair work.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Beginner – Pre-intermediate
On a Scale From 1-5: Festivals
Individual opinion-sharing.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR Pair work.
Another fun activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Adverbs of Frequency: Festivals
Individual activity. Students create a sentence using the adverb.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual work.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Your Teacher Says: Festivals
Fun Activity/fun debate. The teacher reads a sentence to the students. The teacher says whether the sentence is True or False. Students argue Yes or No!
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Find & Discuss: Festivals
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Complete the words and find them on a grid.
Use the words to start a conversation with your partner.
Duration: 10-20 minutes.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
Research, Read & Repeat: Festivals
Students do research and find interesting information that they can discuss.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
More suggestions on the worksheet.
Duration: 10-20 minutes.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
News: Festivals
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
