Travel- writing about a place
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of an article in the context of travelling- favourite city/country by doing reading activity related to the topic in advance
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of travelling by using the key phrases they have given and also to do speaking practice about their writing
Procedure (35-47 minutes)
- T starts the lesson by asking Ss whether they like travelling or not, and she mentions the country that she wants to visit with power-point slides -After showing the slides, T elicits the basic parts of presentation such as "important places, famous people, general information -During the PPT, T elicits "cathedral" and "dish" with the pictures in case Ss may not know or remember them
-T asks Ss to do a list of their favourite city or country as the same with the model they have seen in the PPT by paying attention to the categories with their partner. -During their task, T may play a song from Hindi Zahra who is mentioned in PPT to take time. -After their preparation, T gives the text which shows key phrases and ask them to use to describe their place to other group. Pairs check their list with the other group(s). O/C F/B
- T groups Ss 3 and directs Ss' attention to the reading text about Rimini. First, T wants them to work alone, read the text and divide it into four paragraphs as "description of a place, a famous person, a typical food, your opinion" in 3 min. Then, they check their answers with their group. T shows the answers on the projector and analyses the text if needed.
- T gives Ss colourful paper and tells them that they are going to write about one of their favourite places for a travel website. T directs Ss to the model and wants them to write their paragraphs using the ideas of the model. (8-10 min) - T monitors and takes notes for delayed F/B - When they finish their task, T sends them outside the class, they mingle and find out other people's places by asking questions
-When Ss find out about each other's writing, T swaps Ss's paper, they try to correct their paper in 4 min. T monitors and takes notes. Then, they return their paper. If a student finishes early, T will have a quick look on the paper. -T writes 1-2 good sentences on the board, then writes the wrong ones, and elicits the right answer from Ss for error correction