A Theme Page about Black Friday / Buy Nothing Day and Consumerism for intermediate-level students, A2-B1
Related Pages: Native American Heritage Day,
Thanksgiving, Year 3-7, Thanksgiving 7-9, Thanksgiving B1
Warm-Up
If You Stayed Home on Black Friday, Behold the Insanity You Avoided – FAIL Blog – Funny Failshttp://cheezburger.com/688133/2015-black-friday-videos?ref=whatspopularCheezburger.com – Crafted from the finest Internets. Several clips of the shopping frenzy
Vocabulary
11 Useful English Shopping Vocabulary Words And How to Use Them | FluentU Englishhttp://www.fluentu.com/english/blog/esl-english-shopping-vocabulary/Americans love to shop. — Americans love to share tips about sales, discounts and the best places to buy things (yr 7-8)
A Black Friday Guide to Shopping in English | Oxford House Barcelonahttps://oxfordhousebcn.com/en/a-black-friday-guide-to-shopping-in-english/Need help shopping in English? Check out our Black Friday guide full of fun facts, history, useful vocabulary and much more!
Black Friday Vocabulary | English Languagehttp://eslblogs.waketech.edu/esl-english/2013/11/17/black-friday-vocabulary/Thanksgiving is coming soon (we’ll talk about that next week), which means that right now, you are probably seeing and hearing advertisements everywhere for Black Friday sales events. (yr 8-B1)
Lesson Plans
159. Black Fridayhttp://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/eslread/ss/s159.htm
A reading/listening lesson with activities below. Closed all day on Thursday, chain stores all across the nation open early on Friday (yr 6-7)
English Mini Lesson – Black Friday – What is it? When is it? – YouTube (11:15)https://youtu.be/viC-uEfZJO0Topic: Black Friday Learn more about U.S. culture and in particular the American holiday shopping season. (yr 6-7)
Black Friday – Breaking News English Lesson – ESLhttp://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1411/141129-black-friday.htmlEnglish News Lessons: Free 26-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson – Black Friday – Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3… current events. (yr 7-B1)
ESL Holiday Lessons: English Lesson on Buy Nothing Dayhttp://www.eslholidaylessons.com/11/buy_nothing_day.htmlESL Holiday Lessons: Free 14-Page lesson plan / worksheet on Buy Nothing Day – Handouts, online activity and mp3. (yr 8-B1)
ESL Blogging : Black Friday Frenzyhttps://esl-palacios.blogspot.se/2013/12/black-friday-frenzy.html In the United States, the day after Thanksgiving is known as the first day of traditional Christmas shopping. (yr 8-B1)
Reading
260. Shopping on Black Fridayhttps://www.eslfast.com/eslread/ss/s260.htmJanice was one of those people that loved getting up early for the Black Friday sales stores have after Thanksgiving Day. (yr 7-8) An easier text: 44. Black Friday (yr 6-7)
10 Tricks Retailers Will Try To Use On Black Fridayhttps://www.shebudgets.com/lifestyle/shopping/10-tricks-retailers-will-try-to-use-on-black-friday/71604/Black Friday is the biggest shopping day in the world. People leave their home in the middle of the night just to get in line and wait in the cold for hours just to get the items that they want at a good price. (yr 8-B1)
Listening
Black Friday is Also Buy Nothing Day | EnglishClub (1:08)https://www.englishclub.com/efl/podcasts/interesting-facts/buy-nothing-day/Black Friday is Also Buy Nothing Day Black Friday takes place the day after American Thanksgiving at the end of November. (yr 6-7)
Black Friday Shopping | Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Labhttp://www.esl-lab.com/english-culture-videos/black-friday-shopping/Black Friday Shopping is one of the busiest shopping days of the year in November. Listen and Learn. (yr 7-8)
Interactive
Black friday listening worksheethttps://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Shopping/Black_friday_listening_op1365941fxShopping online worksheet for B1. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.
Viewing
Black Friday | American Culture | English lesson – YouTube (2:41)https://youtu.be/MRvEl0z2TxUWhat is Black Friday? Learn all about it in this fun, animated video. The perfect resource for learning and teaching English.
Interactive Worksheet
Interactive Worksheet
Speaking
ESL Made Easy: November Topic: Shop Til You Drop!http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/2014/11/november-topic-shop-til-you-drop.html With the holiday season fast approaching, many of us are getting in the spirit of shopping! It’s a good time to get your ESL students talking about shopping and how it relates to CONSUMERISM.
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