Warmup: Holidays
Simple discussion questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work if your students have the ability.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Beginner
Word Library: Holidays
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember at this level.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Match Them 1: Holidays
Draw a line from the word to the matching picture.
Quiz included with answers where necessary.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students need to match the words with the correct picture.
An excellent activity for the expansion of vocabulary, a bit of creative thinking, and an easy/fun quiz.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner
Fix The Spelling: Holidays
Put the letters in the correct order.
Put the words in alphabetical order.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner
Fill The Gaps: Holidays
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Find the correct words and fill the gaps.
Reading and pronunciation practice.
Duration: 10-15 minutes depending on student ability.
Level: Beginner
Get In Line: Holidays
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: Beginner – Elementary
My Friend And I: Holidays
A variety of questions for students to answer and ask their partners.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Easy layout.
Pair work.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Can You Name 3: Holidays
Fun and creative thinking.
Fun activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Write a List: Holidays
Items needed and not needed? (old-fashioned/outdated)
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual activity OR pair work.
Students write the items they need in one column and unnecessary items in the other column.
The teacher can use this activity to see how much vocabulary the students know or don’t know.
Duration: 10 minutes.
You can extend this activity by asking students to make sentences with the words they wrote in the columns.
Level: Beginner
News: Holidays
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
Fill The Missing “W” Words: Holidays
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Fill in the missing “W” words. Some sentences have more than one answer.
Reading and pronunciation practice.
Duration: 10-15 minutes depending on student ability.
Level: Beginner
Match Them 2: Holidays
Draw a line from the word to the matching picture.
Quiz included with answers where necessary.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students need to match the words with the correct picture.
An excellent activity for the expansion of vocabulary, a bit of creative thinking, and an easy/fun quiz.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner
Odd One Out: Holidays
Individual challenge.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Recognize words in context.
Find the word that doesn’t belong with the rest of the sentence.
Duration: 5 -15 minutes
Level: Beginner
