Lesson Overview
Who doesn’t love talking about celebrities? Teach your students how to do it in your next class! In this ESL Celebrities lesson plan your students will learn about a very important grammar point - the use of reported speech. It also contains many fun and thought-provoking exercises to keep your B2 intermediate students engaged!
Students start with a fun warm up exercise where they have to guess the celebrity quotes. Then, they learn new vocabulary. Next in the ESL Celebrities lesson plan, intermediate students get to learn phrasal verbs and practice them with a speaking activity.
Thereafter, intermediate students learn the theory related to reported speech and practice with multiple exercises. Next in this ESL Celebrities lesson plan, students watch a vogue interview with a famous celebrity and complete exercises related to it. Later, a thought-provoking article is read. The lesson culminates with interesting discussion questions and a debate so that students can practice their free talk. Activity layout:
- Warm up.
- Celebrity vocabulary.
- Phrasal verbs.
- Grammar: Reported speech.
- Listening.
- Reading.
- Discussion
- Debate
Homework
As usual, this ESL Celebrities lesson includes a set of homework exercises. Students get to practice their listening with another celebrity interview. Then, students need to write answers to discussion questions. Activities:
- Grammar practice: Video.
- Writing practice.
