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Lesson Plan: How to Describe Charts in English

Published on September 28, 2025 | Updated on September 29, 2025

In this lesson, you will practice describing charts and graphs

Let’s get started


Schema Activation: Crossword(20 Mins)

Task 1A

Solve the crossword

Instructions

  1. Open the link below
  2. Read the words in Spanish and write the word in English

Pre-Task #1: Survey (20 Mins)

Task 2A

Complete the sentences using the words from the previous task

Instructions

  1. Open the link below
  2. Survey one of your classmates

Task 2B

Describe the results using some of the these expressions

Introduce the chart

  1. According to Pie Chart #1 …
  2. As we can see in Pie chart #1 …
  3. Pie Chart #1 shows …

Describing Proportions

  1. Most respondents …
  2. More than 55% of respondents …
  3. Less than 20% of respondents …

Examples

  • According to Pie Chart #1, most users think that Brave is better than Google Chrome.
  • As we can see in Pie Chart #2, more than 55% of respondents don’t use a Password Manager.

Pre-Task #2: Listening (30 Mins)

Task 3A

Listen to the recording

Listen to the recording three times and fill in the blanks

#1. According to Pie Chart #1, respondents using WhatsApp over its

#2. As we can see in Pie Chart #1, than 65% respondents prefer Tik Tok over Instagram.

#3. Pie Chart #1 that less than 20% respondents use LinkedIn .

#4. According to Pie Chart #2, most respondents use Chrome as their .

#5. As we can in Pie Chart #2, more than 45% of respondents Facebook to local news.

#6. Pie Chart #2 shows that than 20% of respondents prefer Snapchat other messaging apps.

#7. According to Pie Chart #3, respondents Twitter at least once a .


Break (30 Mins)

Task4A

Take some time off and be back on time

I need a break

Main Task: Listening to Speak (60 Mins)

Task 5A

Prepare a survey

Instructions

  1. Make groups of 4.
  2. Prepara a survey using Google Forms.
  3. Each survey should include 6 questions.
  4. Make sure your questions are closed.
  5. Hopefully, your questions require common knowledge.
  6. Double check the grammar and spelling of your questions /
  7. Share the survey with your team member
  8. When you are told, interview your classmates

Example of question:

Which browser or browsers do you use on your phone?


Post- Task: Writing Task

Task 6A

Time for Writing Task


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