Travel can be fun!

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Lesson Plan Intermediate – pre-advanced level

Materials:• Video 1• Video 2• Mind map example• Text Trip to London

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Lesson Objectives**for a 60 minutes class

Students will be able to:

• speak about their travel experience in the past tense verb• write a text using a “mind map”

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Warm Up and Objective Discussion 

• 1.          show video 1 (1min)

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Video 1 attention catcher (1min)

wait 2 seconds and click to watch the video

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1 - Recalling information briefing - (1min)

In our last class we learnt: • Verbs past tense: go, come, to be, see,

Give some examples:• I went to...• I was• I saw...

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 2 - Introducing New Information

Today we will learn how to use a mind map to organize our text:

• Mind Map example:

Mind Map example

Subject

...

general

what...

What I...

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Like...

dislike

Good things...

bad things

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3 - Informing the objectivesOur objectives in this class are:• Use verbs in the past tense and

(grammar)• Use a mind map to write our text

(wrinting)• Speak about our trip making a class

presentation. (pronunciation) - assessment

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4 - Asking for understanding

Any question about our activity?Check if they understood how to use the mind map.

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Instruct and Model

• Show the vídeo 2

Students have to choose one of these countries to write and speak about

Video 2inspiring vídeo

wait 2 seconds and click to watch the video

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InstructPrior to this lesson ask the students to bring maps and pictures of places, travel magazines to the class.

They have to write a text with the topics (use the previous mind map)

Later they have to make a presentation speaking about the travel

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Mind Map example

My trip to...

By...(transportati

on)

How it looks like...

Where...

What I...

Visited...Me and ...

Like...

dislike

Good things...

bad things

Modelling• Give the text below as an example: (make it in a paper sheet)

My trip to London I went to London last month with my family. I visited the Tower of London near the Thames and saw the Beefeaters, the guardians of the Tower.Then, we visited Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. Because we were hungry, we had lunch at the 'Sherlock Holmes Pub' a famous place near Trafalgar Square. After lunch, we decided to do some shopping at Picadilly Circus. There were lots of shops there! When night came, we had dinner at Covent Garden and heard some jazz bands. We had a good time and tasted the famous Irish coffee. At the end of the evening, we were walking back to our hotel but we got lost in the streets! A cold wind was blowing and I got the flu! Source: http://www.tolearnenglish.com Cristiane Freitas 2016

Guided PracticeNow with the mind map and the text “My trip to London”:Make groups of students to work togetherThey have to make a mind map relating their trip or a dream country

Organizing ideas:After finish the mind map they have to write their text (5 paragraphs) in a paper. Use magazines and pictures to ilustrate.In this point the teacher has to evaluate the grammar and organization of the tex.

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Independent Practice

At homeAsk to the students to make a poster with pictures to ilustrate their presentation in the next class with important phrases.

Use also to decorate the classroom after finishing the lesson!

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Assessmentindividual speaking

60 minutes class

Now it is time to present what they have written in the last class:• Ask to the groups to come to the front and presente

their “Travel” experience. (prior to begin the class, calculate how many groups and how many minutes each one can have to make their presentation)• They can make a reading or a dialogue presentation

telling to the class what they have writen. Each student has to speak• In this point the teacher has to evaluate the

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Assessmentgroup/pair writing

60 minutes class

To evaluate their writing use the text made in class

Use the rubric below:• G – grammar error• 0-1 errors – very good / 2- 3 good / 4-5 average / above 6

need to review• V – verb conjugation error• 0-1 errors – very good / 2- 3 good / 4-5 average / above 6

need to review• Pr – pronunciation• 0-1 errors – very good / 2- 3 good / 4-5 average / above 6

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Finishing the workDecorating the classroom!

This is the best part of this work, students engaged to decorating their classroom with their posters.Stick their works around the classroom or in na event in the school, you can make a presentation for all the students.BELIEVE ME THEY LOVE IT!

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