lesson plan: gerald of wales’s travel blog · • travelling or transport • food • clothes...
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LearnaboutGeraldofWales’sjourneyaroundWalesin1188andcreateatravelblogofhisexperiences.Literacy,HistoryWhowasGeraldofWales(‘GeralltGymro’)?Distributethefactsheetamongstthepupils.Askthepupilstodiscover3factsaboutGerald.Asawholeclass,produceamindmaponthewhiteboardofthefactsyoucandiscoveraboutGerald.WatchthecartoonofGerald’sjourney:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yihBjsyu7wwGeraldofWalestravelledaroundWaleskeepingarecordofwhathesawonthejourneyinhisbooks.ThepupilsmustimaginethattheyaretravellingwithGeraldandthatthey
havetowriteatravelblogoftheirexperiences.Showexamplesoftravelblogs.Whenreadinganexampleofablog,focusonthedescriptivelanguage.Whatmakesagoodtravelblog?AskthepupilstoimaginethattheyaretravellingwithGeraldofWalesandArchbishopBaldwinaroundWales.DescribedifferentareasandsituationsduringGerald’sjourney,usingthefivesenses:
• Touch• Sight• Hearing• Taste• Smell
Aninterestingtravelblogcontainsdescriptionsof:
• Travellingortransport• Food• Clothes• Thelocalpeople• Accommodation• Remembertobecriticaland
adviseothersonplacestostayandwhattoeat.
Youcanusethesheetbelowtoprovidesomesortofstructureforyourtravelblog.
LessonPlan:GeraldofWales’sTravelBlog
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Startofthejourney–howdidyoutravelandwhatwasthepurposeofthejourney?
DescribethepeoplewhoarelisteningtoGeraldpreaching,whataretheywearing?
DescribethefeastinCardiganCastlewithLordRhys.Whatwasonthemenu?
IdeasforcreatingablogofGerald’sjourney
Wheredidyousleep?Wastheroomcold?Didyousleepwell?
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(TheNationalLibraryofWales)
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