I recently came across two large collections of lesson plans for ESL teachers, ESL Holiday Lessons and Breaking News English. ESL Holiday Lessons is a comprehensive collection of lesson plans for every major holiday in the United States. The collection also includes many lesson plans for minor holidays.

Breaking News English is written by and hosted by the creator of ESL Holiday Lessons. Breaking News English uses current events articles as the basis for ESL lesson plans.

Applications for Education
ESL Holiday Lessons and Breaking News English both use the same lesson plan format. The lesson plans emphasize development of vocabulary.

As always, the premiere place to find ESL resources is Larry Ferlazzo’s website.