Unit 7 Holiday postcards
unit 7 holiday postcards
task objectives
understand more complex or a series of instructions and act accordingly
understand simple role-plays
participate in simple role-plays
provide information by using tables
language focus
now i’m in canada.
where did mark go?
he went to the mountains yesterday.
what did he do there?
he skied all day.
requirement:
topic vocabulary
the uk / visit grandma and grandpa, the us / climb a mountain, canada / ski and skate, australian / play volleyball on the beach.
requirement:
throw-away words
sound and rhyme words : spell, playschool, bucket, spade, shade
rubrics : choose a city. find out what you can do there. make a list of things to do. choose a greeting and an ending for your postcard. here’s an idea. write on the back of your postcard. follow the example on page 66. send it to a friend.
poem words : london, palace, big ben, queen, hope, sydney, koala, kangaroo, snake, crocodile, niagara falls, toronto.
pre-task stage
a mark is going on a long holiday. look at the map and his travel plan. listen, say and act.
presentation
1. (books closed) write on the board a brief travel plan with dates for yourself, following mark’s sample in the book. tell the students, i’m going to travel soon. fist i’m going to … i’m going to be in …from… to…
2. then rub off the place names. ask the students where would you like to travel? write their suggestions up in the spaces.
3. ask individual students to tell you about their travel plans for different dates.
4. show transparency. play the pupil’s book cassette and point to the speech bubbles. ask the students to repeat after the cassette.
practice
1. (books open.) show transparency. point to mark’s travel plans. ask the students where is mark going to go? when is he going to be there?
2. point to the places on the map. ask the students what is mark going to do in the places?
3. play the pupil’s book cassette. tell the students to repeat the conversation.
more to do
while displaying the map, ask the students what other country country names they know. fill in the names on a piece of transparency.
b1 pat an koko are talking about the postcards from mark. listen and read.
presentation
1. (books closed.) write on the board your travel plan again. write on the board the question words where? when? what?
2. tell the students that now your holiday is finished. you came back yesterday. point to the first part of your travel plan. ask the students where did i go? write the past tense form of the question on the board, highlighting the auxiliary did and the stem form of the verb to in contrasting colours. ask the students to answer your question. check that they are using the past tense form of the verb in their answer. write their answer on the board under the relevant question. check that they are using the past tense form of the verb in their answer. write their answer on the board under the relevant question.