April Topic: Spring Allergies

  Get Your Students Talking about Allergies!

Read the article, Allergy Season 2015: Hate Spring?  

Download the Conversation Plus worksheet by ESL Made Easy here. 


(See suggested worksheet activities for a multi-level class in RELATED ESL LINKS)

RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ESL STUDENTS AROUND THE TOPIC OF ALLERGIES:

ESL Discussion: Discussion questions on allergies and allergy season
Heads Up English: Discussion questions on allergies 

Talk English: Listening lesson on allergies with follow up questions

Breaking News English: Reading with follow up activities on allergy relief

ESL Podcast: Suffering from Allergies 
EnglishBaby: Listening and reading activity on allergies
YouTube: Why Do We Get Allergies?
Blog ESL Library: Podcast - allergies with follow up activities: membership site

To Learn English: Reading on allergies with fill in vocabulary quiz
Learn English Have Fun: Spring allergy vocabulary  
Many Things: Health report reading on allergies
English-Test: Online quiz on vocabulary for allergic reactions
English Blog: How's the Hayfever? - cartoon with activities 
MNN: Infographic - Where are Allergies the Worst and What Can You Do About It
Web MD: A descriptive list of different types of allergies 
ABC News: Have your students read and discuss a recent news story about a 17 year old girl with a rare allergy to water 

Read about 6 Natural Remedies for Allergies by Bell Lifestyle Products (see full infographic here). Get your students to find what each food contains and how it can be helpful in combating allergies the natural way.

 

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR MULTI-LEVEL CLASSES:

*Note: The Conversation Plus worksheet is designed for an intermediate/advanced class, but can be modified for high beginners using the suggested activities below.

With any conversation exercise worksheet, give your students time to complete some of the suggested activities and then take up the answers and discuss as a class. Your high beginners can listen and hopefully understand some of the new vocabulary words in this lesson. They might even have the confidence to participate!

Intermediate/Advanced: (With a partner or in a small group)
1. Discuss the warm-up questions in Part A with your partner or group. 

2. Using the article, work together on the vocabulary matching exercise in Part B.
3. Find the answers and discuss questions 1-10 in Part C.

Extensions:

Research if needed and then write out some possible answers for question 10 in Part C.

High Beginner: (With a partner or alone)
1. Think about the warm up questions in Part A of the worksheet and see if you can discuss them. Use the dictionary to help you with the words.

2. Find the vocabulary bank words in the left column in Part B of the worksheet in the article. Write out the definitions of the words using a dictionary. Make sure the correct definition is used so that it makes sense in how it is used in the article.

3. Using the article, try to find some of the answers for questions 1-5 in Part C .