Amerilingua

What Is on Your Bucket List?

Category
General English, Speaking Lessons
Topic
Life Choices
Media
Video
Level
B1 Intermediate
Grammar
Indefinite Pronouns
Focus
Grammar, Speaking, Vocabulary
Lesson ID
B1-5
Lesson Time
45 minutes
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What Is on Your Bucket List? | ESL Lesson Plan for Adults
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Lesson Description

What are you itching to check off your bucket list? In this lesson, students will discuss bucket lists and life accomplishments. This lesson features a video of a 27-year-old traveler who has visited every country in the world. Students will learn and practice indefinite pronouns and vocabulary relating to this topic. The lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and worksheets that have been developed for adults and teenagers.

Lesson Objectives


  • To discuss bucket lists and life accomplishments

  • To learn and review indefinite pronouns

  • To develop speaking and listening skills

  • To learn and use new vocabulary relating to the topic


Video

A bucket list is like a wish list of things you'd like to do. In this video, you will learn about a fascinating story of a 27-year-old who has visited all 193 countries in the world. Whether it is eating bugs in Uganda, partying in Gambia, playing cricket in Pakistan, or being force-fed nuts in Syria, this man has truly had many eye-opening experiences around the world. What’s on your bucket list?

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Vocabulary and Pronunciation

bucket list [noun]: a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime
envious [adjective]: very jealous
willing [adjective]: ready to do something
eye-opening [adjective]: shocking, surprising, or enlightening
diversity [noun]: the state of having many different types of things or people; variety
bug [noun]: insect
host [verb]: to have guests stay in your home
randomly [adverb]: without order or pattern
appreciate [verb]: to understand how good someone or something is
bump into [phrasal verb]: to meet by chance
jot down [phrasal verb]: to write down
first-hand [adjective]: coming from the original source or personal experience
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