English Lesson Plans

Tag: nature

  • Gardening – CLB 1/2, vocabulary

    Gardening – CLB 1/2, vocabulary

  • Confederation Park – CLB 1/2, listening, grammar, quiz

    This brief lesson is about Confederation Park in Ottawa, and can with the previous activity pages about going to the park. It is most suited to CLB levels 1 to 2. It is based on a listening activity in video format, with a quiz and grammar activity based on the verb ‘to be’ in the…

  • Going to the park – CLB 1/2, vocabulary

    Going to the park – CLB 1/2, vocabulary

    These activities are about going to the park, and the different pursuits and features available there. They include a vocabulary sheet with sentences to complete using the new words and a simple story about a newcomer family visiting the park, with follow-up questions. They are most suited to CLB 1/2 learners.

  • Canadian Museum of Nature

    Canadian Museum of Nature

    This lesson is about Canada’s first national museum, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa! It is based on two articles and a short video. It has open-ended, true or false and multiple choice questions, a ‘by the numbers’ activity and an accompanying activity page with vocab terms from the materials and a nature idioms…

  • Ottawa Tulip Festival

    Ottawa Tulip Festival

    Photo by Andrew Scheer The Ottawa Tulip Festival is an annual event that commemorates and celebrates a gift of over 100,000 tulip bulbs from the Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Second World War. The lesson is based on two videos and an article, with questions and a vocab matching activity.

  • Spring Equinox

    Spring Equinox

    Photo by Petr Kratovchvil March 21 is the Spring or Vernal Equinox, the end of winter and the beginning of spring.