Our intermediate Holiday ESL Lesson Plans are designed for adult intermediate classes. Each lesson includes a reading on the history of the holiday, as well as reading comprehension, vocabulary review, idiom work and pair and group work. (For our beginner level holiday lesson plans, click here.)

• An introduction to Mother's Day
• Group work exercise with reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Valentines Day
• Group work exercise with reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to St. Patrick's Day
• Group work exercise with reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Pair work - information sharing
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Easter
• Reading and comprehension
• Pair work - information sharing
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Halloween
• Reading and comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Jack O' lantern exercises
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Thanksgiving
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Pair work - information sharing
• Vocabulary, idiom and expression work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Christmas
• Group work exercise with reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Ramadan
• Group work exercise with reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Chanukah
• Group work exercise & reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Kwanzaa
• Group work exercise & reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction

• An introduction to Chinese New Year
• Group work exercise & reading task
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary review
• Idiom work
• Group Interaction