High School - Travel and Vacation Theme

[shambles2.0]

I've been using this lesson with my 1st and 2nd grade high schoolers and the kids have been getting pretty into it.  The idea is that they have won a certain amount of money to plan their dream European vacation!  Yippeee

I start out with a powerpoint that covers the vocab on the worksheet (ie. airfare, accommodations, etc.).  I have the students compare pictures of first class seats vs. economy seats, a 5 star hotelroom vs. a hostel room, etc.  I would upload my powerpoint but am having technical difficulties.  Oh, and you will need to label the map on the price list/map paper since it is blank.

Then I put them into pairs and handout the 2 worksheets.  After they are settled each pair draws a piece of paper from a bag.  Each piece of paper has a different amount of Euros on it, some of the students will be rich (11,800 Euros), some of them will be broke (5,000 Euros), and everyone else will be somewhere inbetween.

I explain any parts of the worksheets the may not understand, for example some of the prices are per person while others are per night so they need to adjust their math accordingly.  After everything is explained I let them go to town.

I use this lesson as a 2 parter.  The first day they plan their trip and the second day they present.  I have each group get in front of the class and tell us how much money they have, where they are going, and what kind of plane tickets they purchased.  Then I ask them 3 questions about their trip, ie. "On Tuesday where will you eat lunch?" or "On Friday what activity will you do?"

The kids seem to enjoy it and I hope you do too!

[shambles2.0]

I'm not able to post the powerpoint because it's not one of the allowed file types, it's not ppt, it's pptx.  If you know a way around that then let me know and I'll gladly throw it up.

[zachmokpo]

E-mail it to me.

Zach.Hartwell@gmail.com

I'll try and get it working.

[sleeman]

PPTx is the new 2007 office format.
Therefore goto "save as" and for file type(under filename) choose powerpoint 97-2003 and it will save as ppt.

[shambles2.0]

Ah, thanks guys, I figured it out!  Here you go!

[Arsalan]

Yikes!!  I only noticed this today.  I added the correct extensions to the site so it permits that kind of upload.

Easiest way to get this to my attention is to send me an e-mail, or message directly.  Sorry that took so long. :-(

[taebaekluke]

did this as a demo class a couple of weeks back.

it covers some of the grammar stuff from their reading book as well as some material from their conversation book.

useful to have co-teech explain some of the grammar points here in korean (tenses and stuff, goes over their heads a little bit otherwise).

[megs626]

This was based on a lesson in the textbook, so you may have to modify if you use this lesson.

For my lesson we did vocabulary, a listening exercise from the textbook, practiced the script, and then played the jeapordy game.  If we had extra time I passed out a crossword.

Ive done this lesson over 10 times now, and they all love it. 

[Shauno]

My Co-teacher and I came up with this lesson together so credit goes to her too.

The lesson runs over two classes (approx. an hour and 20 minutes)

Basically students get into groups of 3 or 4, read a short article about a famous place/landmark and then prepare a presentation for the class. The presentation is essentially a summary of the article they read. As homework students are required to find out additional interesting information about that place to include in their presentation.

Notes:
- This lesson is not meant to bring anything new or groundbreaking to teaching, its just an attempt to make a reading article more interesting and fun so you are more than welcome to change anything.
- Students don't produce anything new in the lesson, except for the additional research they do as homework.
- This lesson worked well for my first graders and I may even change it for my second graders too.
- Before the lesson ask students to bring dictionaries.
- I got all information off Wikipedia so please let me know of any inaccuracies.
- The presentation takes about 25-30 minutes so best you have something planned for the rest of the class.
- More details are in my lesson plan.

[dwebsterlfc]

  This lesson is basically to provide the students with the information needed when trying to maketransport ticket or accommodation reservations. It includes a role play exercise and a listening task. The listening task is hyperlinked on to the picture on page 4 of the PPT.

Any feedback is welcome. Depending on how you do this lesson it may not last the full 50 mins but it could also go way over, it depends if you let the students perform their roleplays to the rest of the class. I intent to do this and to get the other students to listen and answer questions about each pair's role play.

[jakub]

Looks good!

My only issue:


 

[dwebsterlfc]

I don't understand how people can have a problem with a font :S.

It's just a font.

[pk19]

I used this concept with my class this week, and they really seemed to have fun with it!  I modified it a bit, and also had them make a trip itinerery to go along with it.  Thanks for the idea!

[Dexter86]

A lesson on how to get through customs. 
I usually skip the partner dialogue and go right to disappearing dialogue because my classes are so big.
This lesson went over well because the students were able to move around for the activity.  However, a lot of the dialogue extras were lost on my low level class.

[cassidyrose]

Domestic Travel--
1. Go over vocab and popular Korean Festivals
2. Pairwork conversation questions
3. Groupwork: they must vote on their group's favorite destination in Korea and graph their results
4. Each group must give a presentation with their graph and reasons for picking those destinations (delicious regional cuisine, good attractions, etc)

[cassidyrose]

1. Go over international travel vocab (PPt)
2. Review continents on world map (PPt)
3. Go over selected locations and attractions (PPt)
4. In their groups, students must create their own travel agency poster (B4 paper) for a package tour. They must prepare a presentation including which country they will be visiting, which attractions they will see, the length of stay, and all-inclusive cost

[Giuli]

Hey guys

I have been doing a few lessons on travel with my highschoolrs and my elementary classes. My high school is pretty low level and my elemntary is pretty high level (grade 5 and 6) so I have been able to use them and adjust a few things.

I got each student at the end to  write their own postcard.... and it worked awesomely. The format was: I want to go to ............ so I can see ........ and I can eat ............... Before you do this activity, brianstorm some countries on teh board and what you can see and eat there.

I also did a travel quizz with them and they LOVED it! This si in a Ppt and I asked questions like: what country is this, what is this country famous for....etc.

Hope it helps

PEACE

[Braveanglo]

WOW...a lot of this is really helpful!! I'll definately be using this stuff!^^ I'm having trouble opening the first file though. Possible to repost?

[pcunit2009]

I'm having trouble opening the first file though. Possible to repost?

Me too.

It's great stuff though. Will definately be using this. Thank you!

[SoMi]

the powerpoint won't download for some reason : ( is anyone else having the same problem?