Travel Blog
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To practice product writing skills to write a Travel Blog
Subsidiary Aims
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To practice writing for a real life situation
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To learn some useful expressions to describe a place, its landmarks and historical events
Procedure (35-44 minutes)
The class will begin discussing the following questions. Instructions: discuss with your classmate for three minutes. - When you travel, do you read or check a Travel Blog? - Do you think it can be helpful? The teacher mentions some cases and examples where reading a Travel Blog have been helpful to have prior ideas about a place or to save memories and tell personal experiences. Then , the teacher conducts OCFB by nominating individual learners to give answers.
The teacher introduces the aim of the lesson (writing a Travel Blog). Now, the students read a model for two minutes and answer some questions. Instructions: Read the Blog. Discuss with your classmate. You have two minutes. - Is it a helpful Travel Blog? - Is it the title engaging? - What title would you write? The teacher conducts OCBF by listening to the students' opinions.
The teacher ask some questions. Instructions: Look at the text and answer: - How many paragraphs does it have? - What do they mention on paragraph one? Then, students will circle the information mention in the paragraph. Students will have two minutes. The teacher asks some ICQ´s: do you have to write or circle? (circle) how many minutes do you have? (2 minutes) The teacher will name each part of the paragraph: - Presenting the place - Historical events and landmarks - Unexpected situations
MEANING: four minutes The teacher requests to classify some sentences taken from the text into simple present and simple past. Also, to classify some adjectives into positives and negatives. Finally, students will put on the box the verbs of perceptions. - Instructions: Classify the following sentences (simple present and simple past). Classify the following descriptive adjectives (positives and negatives). Put on the box the verbs of perceptions. You have three minutes. The teacher elicits answers by nominating individual learners. FORM: four minutes Now, the students will see the same sentences they had in the above exercise and they will have the parts of the speech. The teacher asks to organize the sentences according with the structure. - Instructions: Read the sentences. Organize the structure with the parts of speech. You have three minutes. Then, the teacher elicits answers by nominating individual learners. APPROPRIACY: two minutes Finally, the teacher asks students some CCQ´s: - Does the text have contractions? (yes) - Is it formal or informal writing? (informal) - Give some examples (a bit, but, it´s...)
Now, the teacher encourages students to write words as information to develop the main task. Instructions: Complete the following information: - Place - Historical events/landmarks - Things you notice/unexpected situations That information will help students to have some ideas to write their Travel Blog.
Students will have their time to write a two-paragraph Travel Blog where they write a title, present the place, mention some historical events, describe some landmarks and tell some unexpected situations or things they noticed during their trip. They will post their writing on a Padlet. Also, the students are expected to use some sentences in simple present, simple past, descriptive adjectives and verbs of perceptions.
To finish, the students will be provided a checklist for them to write their peer´s Travel Blog and check if they included the needed information. Then, the teacher will provide some general feedback on their writings.