Mini lessons
Mini lessons
for ESL teens teachers
Alphabet, phonics & reading for ESL teens
ESL teens mini lessons for teachers
Our mini lessons are short lessons to use within your main lesson for alphabet, phonics or reading practice. Click on the lesson plan links and materials icons below to download and print.
Mini-lessons: All levels »
Our mini lessons can be included within your main lesson and should take around 10-20 minutes to complete.
All these lesson materials are in American English and British English (use the language switcher at the top to toggle between languages).
Free sample lessons
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Alphabet and phonics »
Alphabet a-e (Lowercase) – Identify, recognize, say and print 5 lowercase letters – a, b c, d and e.
Alphabet A-E (Uppercase) – Identify, recognize, say and print 5 uppercase letters – A, B, C, D and E.
Letter clusters and phonics »
Vowel clusters “oo” “ee” “ou” – Identify, recognize, say and print 3 vowel clusters – “oo”, “ee” and “ou”.
Grammar, vocabulary and lexis »
Ability with ‘can’ & ‘can’t’ – Saying what you can and can’t do.
Collocations – Words that go together.
Early reading »
Funny sentences 1 – Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences.
Reading short texts »
Text 5: My bedroom – Read and understand a simple text about a girl describing her bedroom. Then write about your bedroom.
Our full list of mini lessons
Alphabet a-z »
12 mini lessons:
Alphabet a-z (Lowercase letters)
Identify, recognize, say and print 26 lowercase letters, read and print some simple words.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the alphabet mini-lessons:
Mini lesson 1: Alphabet a-e FREE SAMPLE!
Mini lesson 2: Alphabet f-j
Mini lesson 3: Alphabet k-o
Mini lesson 4: Early words a-o
Mini lesson 5: Alphabet p-t
Mini lesson 6: Alphabet u-z
Mini lesson 7: Early words a-z
Alphabet A-Z (Uppercase letters)
Identify, recognize, say and print 26 uppercase letters.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the alphabet uppercase mini-lessons:
Mini lesson 1: Alphabet A-E FREE SAMPLE!
Mini lesson 2: Alphabet F-J
Mini lesson 3: Alphabet K-O
Mini lesson 4: Alphabet P-T
Mini lesson 5: Alphabet U-Z
Letter clusters + phonics »
8 mini lessons:
Phonics mini lessons
Identify and recognize 3 letter clusters per mini-lesson.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the letter clusters and phonics mini-lessons:
Mini lesson 1: Vowel clusters “oo” “ee” “ou” FREE SAMPLE!
Mini lesson 2: Consonant clusters “th” “sh” “ch”
Mini lesson 3: Review clusters 1
Mini lesson 4: Vowel clusters “ai” “oa” “ea”
Mini lesson 5: Mixed clusters clusters “er” “ar” “or”
Mini lesson 6: Review clusters 2
Mini lesson 7: Vowel clusters “ue” “ui” “oi”
Mini lesson 8: Clusters “oo” “th”
Grammar, Vocabulary and Lexis sheets »
Supplement your lessons with our worksheets to help your students learn and improve their grammar and vocabulary.
LEVELS: Beginner & Elementary (A0-A2) | Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate (A2-B2)
65 mini lessons:
Collocations FREE SAMPLE!
Comparing with adjectives & adverbs
Future predictions with ‘will’
Future predictions with ‘will’ & ‘might’
I’d prefer, rather & like best
If-clauses & ‘so’ to show contrast
Modifying ideas to [hide_on_uk]generalize[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]generalise[/hide_on_us]
Present simple & passives for useful information
Early reading »
6 mini lessons:
Funny sentences
Read, understand and write 6 sentences per mini-lesson.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the funny sentences mini-lessons:
Funny sentences 1 FREE SAMPLE!
Funny sentences 2
Funny sentences 3
Funny sentences 4
Funny sentences 5
Funny sentences 6
Reading & writing short texts »
8 mini lessons:
1. Text 1: I’m Tom
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about a young boy and yourself.
2. Text 2: Paula the penguin
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about penguins and pets.
3. Text 3: Superhero kids
Read and understand a simple text about the superpowers of each superhero kid. Then write a short text about a new superhero kid.
4. Text 4: Rob the robot
Read and understand a simple text about a robot and what he does during the week and [hide_on_uk]on[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]at[/hide_on_us] weekends. Then write a short text about another robot’s weekdays and weekends.
5. Text 5: My bedroom FREE SAMPLE!
Read and understand a simple text about a girl describing her bedroom. Then write a short text about your bedroom.
6. Text 6: Ronaldo is great
Read and understand a simple text about the famous [hide_on_uk]soccer[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]football[/hide_on_us] player Ronaldo. Then write a short text about another famous person.
7. Text 7: Winola the witch
Read and understand a simple text about a witch’s recipe for making a flying potion. Then write a short text about another witch and her potion recipe.
8. Text 8: A super tall building
Read and understand a simple text about one of the world’s tallest buildings, ‘Burj Khalifa’. Then write a short text about your school building.
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