Learn some facts about Canada’s three Prairie provinces
FOLLOW ESL DIRECTIONS ON
THIS WEEK’S FEATURED POST
Week of Aug. 10/26
This lesson plan offers engaging activities for your first day of class, focusing on classroom rules, introductions, and cultural exchanges.
The plan includes lesson objectives, warm-up exercises, two short videos, and a range of…
Keep reading
What’s on this page?
Lesson plan overview
| Task | To learn about Canada’s three Prairie provinces. |
| CLB level | CLB Stage I (CLB 1-4) |
| Delivery method | Online |
| Class size | 10-15 students (vary the number of activities according to your class size) |
| Estimated time | 1.5 to 3 hours (depending on your class size and whether you complete all parts of the lesson) |
| CLB Skills and Competencies | Speaking: Interacting with others Sharing information Listening: Interacting with others Comprehending information Reading: Comprehending information |
| Language focus | Learn the vocabulary needed to understand this topic. Complete the optional “Part B: Building Sentences” activities to help your students move from understanding vocabulary to using that vocabulary to create simple sentences. Use the appropriate grammar structures and vocabulary to respond personally to the reflection questions. (Encourage students to respond in full sentences.) |
| Cultural focus | Students may only have experienced one part of Canada. Here they broaden their knowledge by learning about a region that may have a very different geography and economy. |
| Specific task learning objectives | Beginning ESL students learn some basic facts about Canada’s three Prairie provinces. Students learn about some facts about the geography and economies of Canada’s Prairie provinces. Students compare the geography and economy of their first countries with this Canadian region. |
| ESL Directions original video (🎥) and audio (🔊) activities? | This lesson includes original video (🎥) and audio (🔊) activities. |
| Resource attribution | ESL Directions original resources are marked below with an asterisk (*). Feel free to use these, but please give credit to ESL Directions. |
Lesson plan
Part A: Vocabulary acquisition and practice
FEATURED CONTENT
Warm-up: Introducing the topic and defining our terms
Today, we’re going to talk about a region of Canada: the three Prairie Provinces.
- What are the names of the three Prairie Provinces?
- What is a province? How many provinces does Canada have?
- Canada has provinces and regions. What is a region?
Skill-building activities
Skill-using activities
Part B: Building sentences
FEATURED CONTENT
Warm-up: Introducing the topic and defining our terms
In this part of the lesson, we’re going to learn about:
- Identifying three parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives). Can anyone tell me what parts of speech are? What is a noun? What is a verb? What is an adjective?
- Practicing the present simple verb tense. Can anyone give an example of this tense?
- Using subject/verb/object word order to make short sentences. Can anyone tell me what a subject is? A verb? An object?
Skill-building and skill-using activities
- Three parts of speech explainer* (A simple explanation of three main parts of speech: Nouns, verbs, and adjectives.)
- Present simple verb tense explainer* (A simple explanation of the present simple verb tense.)
- Subject/verb/object explainer* (A simple explanation of a common English sentence structure.)
Assessment/review tasks
- Three Prairie Provinces*🎥 (Watch and read a passage using the lesson vocabulary. Answer open-ended comprehension questions.)
Part C: Reflection questions
- Any questions about what we learned today?
- Did you learn anything new today?
- Can you tell me one or two facts about each of Canada’s three Prairie Provinces?
- Have you travelled to other provinces in Canada?
- Has anyone visited the Prairie provinces? What was your experience like?
- What parts of the Prairie provinces do not look like flat prairie land?
- Do you have a favourite province?
- What does your home country look like?
- What does your home country produce?
- Do you have areas in your home countries that are similar to Canada’s Prairie provinces? What kind of work do people do in those areas?
- What do people grow in the main farming areas in your home countries?
RELATED PAGES
Canada’s regions: Prairie Provinces (CLB 2-4)
Introduce your ESL beginners to Canada’s citizenship guide. This lesson plan is a simplified version of the history and geography of…
Keep reading
Alberta
This webpage offers online lesson plans and other resources for ESL beginner classes on Alberta topics. Lesson plans cover Alberta’s history…
Keep readingCANADA YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
Click the small arrow at the top right of this video to play the videos or go to the YouTube Canada Playlist.
CANADA WORDWALL ACTIVITIES
Wordwall is a very useful interactive lesson-creation site. If you sign up for a free Wordwall account, you will be able to see our “Canada” folder, which includes ESL Directions activities that you can add to your lessons.
FOLLOW ESL DIRECTIONS ON
TRENDING 🔥
ABOUT ESL DIRECTIONS
Kathy Garnsworthy, the creator of ESL Directions, is an ESL teacher, movie buff, constant reader, and former editor and communications pro. Now a graduate of the Teaching English as a Second Language program at the University of Manitoba and an ESL teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, she specializes in teaching online classes of beginner ESL students.
FOLLOW ESL DIRECTIONS ON
CONTACT US
ESL Directions 