The reality of political campaigns

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Practice vocabulary and conversations skills related to politics. 
• – Become better at using and applying English reflexive pronouns.
• – Comprehend and analyze information in English about political campaigns.

Warm-up 

Students will look at pictures and connect them to vocabulary words.

Video 

Students will watch and discuss the video titled “America 101: What Are the Nastiest Political Campaigns in History?” After watching the video, students will answer questions to check for and practice comprehension.

Grammar

Students will be introduced to English reflexive pronouns and examples to illustrate their use.

Exercises 

In this “you do” part of the lesson, the students will be asked to complete activities like “fill in the blank” and categorization to practice identifying and applying reflexive pronouns in the correct form.

Reading 

Students will read a passage about political campaigns and answer a set of questions to practice English reading comprehension skills. 

Wrap Up Activity

In the final activity of “you do”, students will create a quote by unscrambling given words before discussing the quote’s meaning with their teacher.