You need some beauty sleep! In this lesson, students will discuss sleep and sleeping habits. The lesson features a video about the benefits of getting enough rest. Students will learn and practice vocabulary and idioms relating to the topic. The lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and worksheets that have been developed for adult and teenage learners.

Lesson Objectives

To develop speaking and listening skills

To discuss the topic of sleep and sleeping habits

To learn and use new vocabulary in practice

Video

Are you getting enough sleep? Or are you too busy with work and family? Watch this video to learn about the benefits of getting enough rest.

Video Transcript

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

sleep tight [idiom]: sleep well (said to someone when parting from them at night)

beauty sleep [noun]: sleep considered to be sufficient to keep one looking young and healthy

early bird [noun]: a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time

night owl [noun]: a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night

light sleeper [noun]: a person who wakes up easily to noise and other disruptions

heavy sleeper [noun]: a person who can sleep through noise and other disruptions

sleep in [phrasal verb]: to sleep until later in the morning than you usually do

fall asleep [idiom]: to begin sleeping

[b]a tall order[noun]: an unreasonable or difficult demand

let sleeping dogs lie [idiom]: avoid interfering in a situation that is currently causing no problems but may well do so as a result of such interference

tossing and turning [idiom]: to move about and turn over in bed because one is unable to sleep

sleeping like a log [idiom]: sleep very soundly without meaning

hit the sack [idiom]: go to bed

ready to drop [idiom]: to be very tired

chronic sleep debt [noun]: a kind of sleep deprivation caused by years of insufficient sleep that's never paid back

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