Lesson Plan: Travel Around The World

Lesson Level: Senior 2 Duration: 40 Minutes

Lesson Title: Travel Around The World

Note: This lesson has been written for some particularly weak Senior Two classes. It would be suitable for strong junior classes.

Grammar and Vocabulary

Vocabulary of travel items.

Vocabulary of making complaints.

Grammar for making polite complaints..

Lesson Objectives

Students will be able to discuss travel plans and identify what they need to pack to take on holiday.

Students will be able to discuss what kind of problems may arise when travelling to visit another country or to live in another country.

Students will be able to perform in role plays to ask for assistance or make a complaint.

Materials Required

Ball for ball toss warm up activity.

Set of role play cards – each card contains a problem.

There should be half as many cards as there are students in the class. Problems may be duplicated as required.

See Notes for possible list of problems.

Preparation

Prepare enough cards for the class.

Procedure

1 (2 Minutes/2 Minutes)

Write on board “Travelling to another country”

Toss ball from student to student asking where they would like to travel and why.

2 (2/4)

Put students into groups. (Four to six per group.)

Ask groups to make a list of things they would take when travelling to another country for a holiday.

While they do that divide board into columns – one per group – and number them.

3 (2/6)

Ask one student from each group to come and write their lists.

Do not give an official time limit but activity should take no more than two minutes.

4 (5/11)

Check the lists.

Give two points for any correctly spelled answer.

Give one point for any answers with spelling mistakes and show correct spelling.

If there are any unusual items listed ask the group why they want to take it and if they give a good reason accept the answer.

If item can't be packed and taken¹ or if they can't give a reason, give no points.)

5. (9/20)

Write instructions on the board.

“Groups 1,3,5...

What problems might you have when going on holiday in another country?”

Groups 2,4,6...

What problems might you have when going to live in another country?

Give groups five minutes to discuss.

Monitor groups and help if necessary.

Feedback from groups.

6 (2/22)

Get a strong student to come to the front.

Tell the student that they are in a hotel and they have a problem.

Give the student a problem card.²

Act out a dialogue with the student, with you taking the part of a hotel employee.

7 (8/30)

Put students in pairs.

Tell one student in each pair that they work in the hotel.

Give the other student a situation card.

Students must act out the situation.

Students must prepare a dialogue. They can write or just practice the dialogue.

7 (10/40)

Choose a pair to stand up and act out their situation.

Repeat with more pairs.

Notes

1. Some very odd items sometimes get suggested. I have had students want to take a boat, a piano and a dog.

2. Situation cards.

The toilet in your hotel room does not work	Your room is next to the disco and it is so loud that you can't sleep.
The bed sheets in your room are dirty.	You wanted a room with two single beds but they have given you a room with one double bed.
You want to know if there are any good restaurants nearby.	You think someone has stolen some money from your room.
Your room is at the back of the hotel and you want a room at the front.	You ate dinner in the hotel restaurant and it has made you very sick.
You have lost your passport.	You want to know if there is anything interesting to see in the nearby town.
The toilet in your hotel room does not work	Your room is next to the disco and it is so loud that you can't sleep.
The bed sheets in your room are dirty.	You wanted a room with two single beds but they have given you a room with one double bed.
You want to know if there are any good restaurants nearby.	You think someone has stolen some money from your room.
Your room is at the back of the hotel and you want a room at the front.	You ate dinner in the hotel restaurant and it has made you very sick.
You have lost your passport.	You want to know if there is anything interesting to see in the nearby town.
The toilet in your hotel room does not work	Your room is next to the disco and it is so loud that you can't sleep.
The bed sheets in your room are dirty.	You wanted a room with two single beds but they have given you a room with one double bed.
You want to know if there are any good restaurants nearby.	You think someone has stolen some money from your room.
Your room is at the back of the hotel and you want a room at the front.	You ate dinner in the hotel restaurant and it has made you very sick.
You have lost your passport.	You want to know if there is anything interesting to see in the nearby town.