Sample Lesson Plan for ESL Beginners – Simple Statements About People

Looking for a sample ESL lesson plan for beginners? This downloadable lesson plan on “Simple Statements About People” teaches the present simple be and how to make positive and negative statements about people. Designed for beginner students at the WIDA: Entering or CEFR: A1 level, this lesson is part of the Off2Class Step-by-step Curriculum, which takes students all the way from lower to higher proficiencies — lesson by lesson.

Whether in a classroom or online, this lesson sets the stage for meaningful communication and continued language development!

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Download this sample lesson plan for ESL beginners

“Simple Statements About People” is the second lesson of the Step-by-step Curriculum, designed to help your students get started. It is designed for beginner students (WIDA: Entering; CEFR: A1). (If you missed the first lesson of the curriculum, you can access it here!)

Objective: Learn present simple be (he, she, they) positive and negative, including contractions. Learn be present simple Yes/No questions and short answers.

Can do: At the end of the lesson, students can make positive and negative statements about other people, including about nationality. Students can ask Yes/No questions and give short answers about people.

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