ESL/EFL Level: Upper-Intermediate
Lesson Topic: parenting, homeschooling, alternative parenting
Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 1.75 hours
Lesson Plan Download: Parenting-Feral-Children-UppIntermediate-15012012.docx
Lesson Overview:
Lesson Topic: parenting, homeschooling, alternative parenting
Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 1.75 hours
Lesson Plan Download: Parenting-Feral-Children-UppIntermediate-15012012.docx
Lesson Overview:
- The first half of the reading passage describes the 'alternative' parenting practices of a couple from the Czech Republic. The second half of the passage introduces the idea of feral children, i.e. children who were raised in the wild.
- Post-reading activities include a debate about the ethics of baby boxes and a role-play about homeschooling.
- All lessons come with warm-up questions, comprehension questions, a vocabulary section, and discussion questions.
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Parenting ESL Lesson Plan: Warm-up (Pair Work)
- Were you ever left alone or lost for a long time as a child? Or have you ever lost a child?
- What qualities make a good parent?
- What does “alternative parenting” mean? What are some alternative parenting ideas?
- If you had to be raised by animals in the wild, what animals would be the best parents?
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Lesson plan copyright Matthew Barton of Englishcurrent.com
This resource is fantastic! Well done!