Engaging and Interactive ESL Lessons on Outdoor Activities, Camping, and Adventure!
This exciting Outdoors Adventures unit from SuperEnglishESL.com is designed for pre-intermediate (A2) ESL learners to explore nature-related topics while strengthening their English vocabulary, grammar, and conversation skills. Students will engage in interactive discussions about camping, hiking, rafting, fishing, and outdoor adventures while practicing past tense sentence structures, pronunciation, and reading comprehension.
Teachers will appreciate ready-to-use, engaging lessons that require minimal prep time, making them ideal for 1:1 online ESL lessons, group classes, or classroom instruction. Each lesson includes vocabulary-building activities, comprehension exercises, phonics practice, and real-world conversation opportunities.
By the end of this unit, students will confidently discuss outdoor experiences, describe nature-related actions, and participate in interactive storytelling and role-playing exercises.
Students will explore essential camping vocabulary and practice past simple tense while discussing outdoor adventures.
✔️ Warm-up: Articulation game to describe and guess objects.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: A fun story about a group of kids going on a camping trip.
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: camping, campsite, campfire, pack.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Simple past tense – “We hiked to the campsite,” “They packed their bags.”
✔️ Phonics: Words ending in “ch” and “tch” (match, reach, coach).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Sentence-building games, role-playing a dialogue about camping.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Describing a past camping experience using correct past tense forms.
This lesson focuses on water-related outdoor activities such as rafting, safety gear, and actions associated with river sports.
✔️ Warm-up: Say-it-out-loud vocabulary categories.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: A thrilling rafting trip story where students discuss choices and consequences.
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: rafting, grab, life jacket, balance.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Past simple verbs with a /t/ sound ending – helped, kissed, cooked.
✔️ Phonics: Words with “ch” and “tch” (porch, snatch, stitch).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Role-playing a dialogue about rafting safety and commands.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Talking about water sports and giving safety advice.
Students will describe different landscapes, such as mountains, rivers, and trails, while learning past simple tense with /d/ endings.
✔️ Warm-up: “Would You Rather?” activity about city vs. nature life.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: A summer camp adventure where students explore hiking trails, rivers, and wildlife.
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: mountain, trail, river, hike.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Past simple verbs with a /d/ sound – called, enjoyed, followed.
✔️ Phonics: Words with “ch” and “tch” (bench, speech, fetch).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Storytelling and sequencing events from a hiking trip.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Giving hiking tips and describing past hiking experiences.
Students will learn fishing-related vocabulary and practice -ed ending sounds (/id/) while describing outdoor adventures.
✔️ Warm-up: “Which One is Different?” activity.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: A fishing contest story with surprising twists.
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: gather, equipment, valley, spread.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Past simple -ed ending with /id/ – wanted, needed, ended.
✔️ Phonics: More ch/tch words (sketch, clutch, sandwich).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Acting out a dialogue about preparing for a fishing trip.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Talking about past fishing trips and favorite outdoor activities.
Students will practice storytelling and descriptive skills while discussing ghost stories, jokes, and campfire traditions.
✔️ Warm-up: “Describe the Word” game.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: A scary campfire story about strange noises in the night.
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: tent, marshmallows, valley, peek, campfire, jokes.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Past simple in storytelling – “The kids laughed until they heard a noise.”
✔️ Interactive Elements: Telling jokes and scary stories using expressive language.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Talking about fun memories around a campfire.
A full speaking-focused lesson that encourages students to talk about their personal outdoor experiences and compare activities.
✔️ Warm-up: Picture-based conversation starters.
✔️ Discussion Topics:
✅ Pre-Intermediate (A2) ESL learners
✅ Online ESL teachers, classroom teachers, and homeschool educators
✅ Students learning English for travel, adventure, or personal interests
✅ 1:1 lessons, group lessons, or classroom instruction
📝 Lesson Previews & Worksheets
🎲 Games & Speaking Activities
📚 Reading Passages & Discussion Prompts
🔊 Phonics & Sentence-Building Exercises
📌 Encourage students to share personal experiences about camping, hiking, or fishing.
📌 Use role-playing to simulate real-world conversations (e.g., preparing for a camping trip).
📌 Play Tic-Tac-Toe or storytelling games to reinforce vocabulary in a fun way.