The Worst Holiday Ever

A2 · Elementary54 minGrammar & FluencyLesson 3 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Five days, one missing wall and a very hungry seagull. Read Lucia's holiday, then tell the story of your own worst day.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Tell Me About Last Week

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Five Days by the Sea

    Read a 153-word text about Five Days by the Sea

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Holiday Words

    7 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Verb to Its Past

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: What Happened Each Day

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Lucia's Review on the Hotel Website

    Error-correction exercise, 6 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your Own Worst Day

    4 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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