Cem English Institute

Level: Intermediate

Aims:

That sts will be able:

to describe a place

N of sts: 15

to express themselves

Age of the sts: 13/14

to justify choices

Duration: 60 min

to adquire vocabulary related to travelling

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Type of activity

Description

Time

Opening activity

The T greets the sts, and she

writes the word "travel" on the
board. The sts have to say
words that come to their minds
related to travelling. It could be
whatever they want, or things
that are connected with
"travel"(objects, feelings). They
have to explain what that word
represents for them. The T
writes the words she hears
around the central word.

Watching a video

The sts watch a video called

"The kid trotter". The sts will be
divided in 3 groups. They will
discuss some question, and they
can take down notes. Then, the
groups will share their answers
orally. Questions: Who is the
girl? Where does she live? What 10 min.
does she want to do? Can you
guess where she decided to go?
Have you ever taken an airplane
? Have you ever watched a
volcano? Would you like to go
exploring too?

To expeculate about the

video, to make predictions,
to extract specific
information, to discuss.

Listening activity (it could

be an extra activity)

The sts listen a conversation

between two men talking about
travel and culture. They have to 10 min.
read the questions and choose
A, B, or C. The exercise is
checked orally.

To identify specific items of http://www.esllab.com/trip1/tr Listening

information.
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10 min.

Objectives

To elicit vocabulary, to
activate prior knowledge

Resources

Board

Skills

Speaking

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Interaction
pattern

Anticipated
problems

T/sts

Some sts are

ashamed to
talk,so the T will
encourage them
to say sth at
least. They can
relate "travel" to
a feeling, a
song, food, or
whatever they
want.

Problems in
understanding
the video
without
subtitles. T
T/sts- Sts/sts could ask
someone to
explain a part of
the video. The
activity may
take longer.

Solo work

The sts might

get lost, so the
audio will be
played two or
three times.

Game

Crossword: the sts have to find

words related to travelling. The
words they found should be
used in the following activity.

Creation of slideshows

Choose pictures from your

holidays or a place you would
like to visit. The sts can use their
pendrives, computers, or
download the pictures from
facebook. They have to create
slideshows, adding pictures,
music, and words. They can
choose different slideshows
20 min.
designs. Next class they will
share the presentation with their
peers. They will have to talk
about the place, make a
description of it, try to use some
words from the crossword, tell
why they like it, and talk about
everything they want to share.

10 min.

To practice spelling of
words, to incorporate
vocabulary.

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Solo work

It may take
longer than
what it is
expected. Some
sts can not
found the words
on time.

Solo work

If they do not
have pictures,
or they have not
travelled to
anywhere they
can use pictures
from the
internet. The
pictures should
be related to
places they
would like to
visit.