This Intermediate ESL lesson plan explores the cultural significance of chocolate through various language activities including sentence construction, word completion puzzles, and emotional expression exercises.
Warm-up
The lesson starts with an exercise where students organize words to create sentences.
Video
Students will watch a video named “The history of chocolate.” After viewing, they will fill gaps in sentences to check for comprehension.
Exercises
In this part of the lesson, students will complete words with the missing letters to create chocolate-related phrases. In the second exercise, they will pick out phrases that describe emotional reactions. Lastly, the students will categorize phrases by meaning.
Reading
Students will read a short text about chocolate, followed by a Q&A session.
Discussion
To wrap up, students will discuss a quote about chocolate.
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I’ve used this lesson in both high school and adult ESL groups, and it consistently sparks interest and engagement. I recommend starting with a simple discussion question like ‘What’s your favorite chocolate brand?’ to warm things up. The reading text in the slide works best when projected and read aloud in pairs, followed by vocabulary matching.
Thanks Samantha!