Essential UK provides lesson plans, materials, activities and useful links based on contemporary United Kingdom topics and issues
Theme: Christmas Lexical area: Christmas vocabulary
Theme: The British music industry awards Lexical area: Music and prizes Instructions for language assistants in Italics
Theme: New Year traditions and New Year resolutions. Reviewing the year, talking about past events, talking about intentions.
Theme: Record charts, the Christmas singles chart, the taste in music at Christmas. Lexical area: Types of music, types of song
Theme: Halloween Lexical area: Superstition Cross curricular links: Personal and social education Introduction
Theme: Valentine’s Day Lexical area: Love, dating and romance Instructions for language assistants in Italics
Theme: Times of year – changes in the weather and personal preferences Lexical area: Seasons, weather, activities specific to each season
Theme: April Fool’s Day Lexical area: Jokes and hoaxes. Essential UK Special times of year Login or register to post comments Read more 1 attachment
Theme: Easter Lexical area: Easter vocabulary
