English Lesson Plans

Tag: seasonal

  • Gardening – CLB 1/2, vocabulary

    Gardening – CLB 1/2, vocabulary

  • Canada Day – CLB 1/2 vocabulary

    Canada Day – CLB 1/2 vocabulary

    Image by Irene Steeves Canada Day is Canada’s birthday and national celebration of independence. This simple vocabulary exercise has relevant words and example sentences to complete using each one. It is suitable for learners from CLB 1 / CLB 2 and up.

  • Remembrance Day

    Remembrance Day

    This lesson is about the observation of Remembrance Day on November 11th. It is based on a long article in the Canadian Encyclopedia and a short video, with questions, true or false statements and a timeline to complete. There is an activity sheet with related vocab and a sentence beginning and end matching activity.

  • Father’s Day (beginner/intermediate)

    Father’s Day (beginner/intermediate)

    Photo from the City of Toronto Archives Father’s Day is an annual celebration of fathers and father figures that is observed every June in Canada. This lesson was created for a small group of CEFR B1/CLB 5 learners. It has a simple article with relevant vocabulary terms to define and discussion questions. There is a…

  • 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.

  • Easter

    Easter

    Photo by Mariusz Cieszewski Easter is a Christian and secular holiday celebrated in the late spring. The Easter Bunny, chocolate, candy, lilies, and family meals and religious services are all traditional elements of the holiday. This lesson is based on an article about traditional Easter symbols and an article about Easter in Canada. It incorporates true-or-false…

  • Passover

    Passover

    Photo by cottonbro studio Passover, or Pesach, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Its date is set by the Hebrew calendar, and occurs in the spring.

  • Nowruz

    Nowruz

    Nowruz is the Persian New Year celebration, observed on the Spring Equinox yearly.

  • 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.