How did pink become a girly color?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Learn fashion and color vocabulary including “department store” and color shades like “maroon” and “turquoise” while exploring gender stereotypes in this A2 English lesson.
• – Practice subject and object questions by identifying sentence components and forming different question types for adult English lessons.
• – Watch videos about color history and discuss cultural associations with pink and gender using these English teaching materials.

In this A2 English lesson, students will learn vocabulary related to the fashion industry and color shades. They will also learn how to identify and form object and subject questions.

Warm-up

The lesson starts with a few warm-up questions related to colors.

Video: How did pink become a girly color?

Prior to watching a video, the student learns new vocabulary (department store, catalog, survey, magazine, etc.) by matching it with the definitions.

Next, they watch the video How did pink become a girly color? and complete the extracted sentences using the new vocabulary. This is followed by a discussion related to the video.

The student matches color samples with their names (maroon, turquoise, tan, etc.).

Grammar: Subject and object questions

The student learns what subjects and objects are and identifies them in sentences. Then, they learn how to form subject and object questions and put their knowledge into practice.