Lesson Overview 

This A1 ESL lesson explores the topic “Dates and Days”, helping students talk about days of the week, months of the year, and specific dates using very basic, natural English.

Learners learn functional language about dates, holidays and festivals, daily activities, and well-known events. They also practice prepositions of time to talk about their birthday, and what they do at different times of the year and scheduled events.

Through various fun and engaging ESL exercises, students build confidence talking about days, months and dates and sharing their opinions in short, simple sentences.

This lesson is ideal for A1 learners who are developing basic speaking skills on familiar topics such as dates, holidays and daily activities.

1. Days of the Week.
2. Months of the Year. 
3. Days and Dates: Practice.
4. Match the dates to the events.
5. Prepositions of Time.
6. Dialogue: New Year’s Eve.
7. Dialogues: My Birthday.
8. Audio: Katie’s Birthday. 
9. Picture Round.

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome A1 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to write detailed answers to topic-based questions. Activity layout:

1. Questions: Writing task.