I once had a small group of outdoorsy camping enthusiasts studying alongside students who'd never slept in a tent. They inspired this. You see, some students arrive already dreaming of the woods while others have never slept anywhere but in a bed in a building. This Going Camping role play pack gives your adult ESL students the language to talk about outdoor adventures, ask questions, share opinions, and hold a conversation about something that might be completely new to them.

For students who grew up in dense cities or came from places where camping simply wasn't a thing people did, the whole concept can feel foreign…not just the vocabulary, but the culture around it. And yet camping comes up in conversations with coworkers, in invitations from new friends, in small talk that suddenly requires knowing what a tent stake is or why someone would choose a sleeping bag rated to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

This pack gives students a way into that world, whether they end up loving it or just understanding why their neighbors disappear every Labor Day weekend.

WHAT'S INSIDE the 62-page ROLE PLAY PACK:

• ✅ Teacher pages — a guide through introduction, goals, engagement strategies, study sections, previewing, using scripts, and scenario cards
• ✅ 4 Anticipation pages— statements related to camping for students to reflect on and rate on a scale of 1–5, designed to spark discussion and get students thinking about the theme before the role plays begin
• ✅ Idioms/expressions handout — common idioms and expressions related to camping, with brief definitions
• ✅ Essential vocabulary handout — two versions covering relevant words and phrases for discussing the theme, reading scripts, creating role plays, and participating in discussion; one version includes clipart, the other is text-dense; both use the same terms and definitions
• ✅ Converation matching worksheets — help students build smooth two-person dialogues by organizing scrambled lines; includes two versions (A and B) of the conversations + answer keys + script versions
• ✅ Dialogue prompts — structured ideas for creating role plays without scripted language, offering support while leaving the actual words up to the students
• ✅ 10 Scripts — ready-made scripts best used as reader's theater 
• ✅ Scenario cards — 6 sets providing character information for impromptu role plays or script writing, primarily for 2–3 characters
• ✅ Discussion questions — four cards with a total of 14 prompts related to the theme; can also be used as essay topics
• ✅ Writing prompts — two pages with five prompts each; students write responses to given situations as if they were in them (not dialogue — just their own response)
• ✅ Script starters — six starters, two per page; each includes a line from Camper 1, a response from Camper 2, and blank lines for students to continue the script

THIS IS DESIGNED FOR YOUR ADULT ESL STUDENTS

Every scenario, every script, and every conversation in this pack was written with adult students in mind. That means no childish situations…just real conversations about a topic that comes up in real life, whether a student is curious about camping or has been doing it for years.

This role play activity pack also works well with older secondary students in life skills classes who are building the same practical communication skills. If your students are mature enough to go camping with friends, they're the right audience for this pack.

This is included in my Adult ESL Role Plays Bundle.