Should we make up or break up?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Use relationship phrasal verbs like “make up,” “break up,” and “go out” through dialogue completion and taboo game activities in this intermediate esl lesson.
• – Distinguish good versus toxic friendships by watching comparison videos and engaging in email completion exercises for adult english lessons.
• – Describe personal relationships through meaningful discussions about different relationship types and feelings using these english teaching materials.

This Intermediate ESL lesson focuses on discussion about different kinds of human relationships and vocabulary used to describe relationships.

Grammar: Phrasal verbs to talk about relationships

The lesson starts with a conversation between two friends in which phrasal verbs are missing. The student completes the dialogue using phrasal verbs from the box (make up, break up, go out, etc.).

The phrasal verbs are extracted for the student to match them with their meanings and then complete the sentences.

Taboo game

The student picks a card with a phrasal verb to explain to their teacher and with taboo words which they can’t use in their explanation. The teacher tries to guess. 

Reading an email

The student reads and completes an email using the nine phrasal verbs they learned earlier.

Discussion

The student describes their relationships with different people and their feelings about given situations.

Video: good vs. toxic friends

After watching the video, the student contrasts characteristics of good and toxic friends and answers questions related to the video.