3 HOLIDAYS!

DIDACTIC UNIT : HOLIDAYS! ( 3RDYEAR OF ESO)

A. DIDACTIC OBJECTIVES: General (extract general and specific information; improve previous knowledge; value of English). Specific (revise the Past of To Be; revise the Past Simple; practise making and responding to suggestions; practise talking about the past )

B. CONTENTS:

a) Communicative Skills (Procedures): Skimming & scanning. Prediciting & inferring meaning from context. Listening for general & specific information. Building oral texts talking about actions in the past. Making&responding to suggestions. Writing postcards.

b) Reflection on Language (Concepts): Grammar (The Past of To Be; the Past Simple: regular&irregular verbs (spelling); short answers; time expressions. Vocabulary: (Topic-related: holidays: places, things for a trip. Travelling: languages. Time expressions. Pronunciation: (regular verb ending –ed)

c) Socio-cultural aspects (Attitudes): Positive attitude towards the English language. Participate & collaborate in class using the English language. Respect & tolerance.

Transversal topics: Multicultural Education. Education for Peace. Interdisciplinary areas: Spanish language. Geography. Literature.

HOW:

1. Warm up: Topic introduction. Personal opinion. Controlled production.2. Reading: Pre-reading: Identifying text-type. Questions. While-reading: General/ specific

information. Meaning in context. Post-reading: Consolidation: personal questions.3. Grammar: Past Simple of To Be&regular Vs irregular verbs. Time expressions&short

answers. Suggestions. Inductive method. Consolidation and progression. Computer.4. Vocabulary: Topic-based: holidays, places and things for a trip. Languages. 5. Listening: Travelling abroad. Pre-listening: pictures&chart. While-listening: check

answers&complete. Post-listening: brief paragraph on a holiday. Speaking: Talking about languages: opinion. Making suggestions. Talking about actions in the past. Pair-work. Fluency test. Teacher: monitor.

6. Pronunciation: regular verb endings /d/ /t/ /Id/. Classify &check answers.7. Writing: ‘Postcards’. Pre-writing: model&brainstorming & paragraph planning. Coherence &

Cohesion. While-writing: exercise&discussion. Post-writing: write a postcard.

C. EVALUATION CRITERIA: skim & scan texts. Grammar exercises. Students´oral exchanges about personal experiences.

A) Read the holiday brochure text. Answer the questions. 1. Which brochure is it from? 2. How do you travel to the hotel? 3. What can you do there? 4. Why do they say ‘don’t forget your sun

cream’?

3 HOLIDAYS!

WORDS FIRST!

B) Match the words to the correct pictures.Sleeping bag- rucksack – sunbathe- sun creamHave a barbecue - buy suvenirs- suitcase-

In this Unit.... -revise the past of to be-revise the Past Simple-practise making and responding to suggestions -practise talking about the past.

C) Listen and check your answers.

D) Talk with your partner about each picture: A:

The one on the left shows a beach...

EXTRA!

Write a brochure description for your perfect holiday. Use the texts above and these questions to help: What type of holiday is it? How do you travel* there? What do you do? What should you bring?

A) Before you read match the postcards to the correct holiday: a) a camping holiday b) a skiing holiday c) a journey to a

concert

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE READING

B) Quick Read. Read the potcards below and match them to the

pictures above.

C) Detailed Read. Read each postcard again and answer the questions:1 How long was the journay?2 How did they get there?3 What happened after they arrived?4 What are they going to do tomorrow?

D)

Listen to 3 people talking on a TV holiday programme and answer the questions.

A B C

Where is it?

Where are they staying?Do they like it?

EXTRA! D) Talk to your partner about your last vacation*. A: Last summer I went to the beach...

GRAMMAR The Past Simple

We use the Past Simple to talk about things that happened in the past.

Affirmative Negative InterrogativeI talked to John I didn’t talk to Nancy Did I talk to Pat?You talked to John You didn’t talk to Nancy Did you talk to Pat?She talked to John He didn’t talk to Nancy Did he talk to Pat?He talked to John She didn’t talk to Nancy Did she talk to Pat?It looked at John It didn’t look at Nancy Did it look at Pat?We talked to John We didn’t tallk to Nancy Did we talk to Pat?You talked to John You didn’t talk to Nancy Did you talk to Pat?They talked to John They didn’t talk to Nancy Did they talk to Pat?

Note: Short answers Time ExpressionsYes, he did. /No he didn´t Yesterday/ a week/a month ago/last week/month/ year Month/Monday. Spellinglaugh laughed try triedlike liked stop stopped

Note: Many verbs have an irregular form in the Past Simple: go went buy bought See grammar extension and irregular verb list. Appendix ( )

A) Complete the sentences with the verbsin brackets . Use the Past Simple.

1 The boys …. (play) basketball in the Schoolyard yesterday.

2 Anna … (study) for the test last night.3 We …. (not ride) our bikes last week.4 …. the baby …(cry) last night?5 Scott …. (not go) to this school last year6 She … (travel) to Japan a month ago.

About you. Write five questions inthe Past. Ask your partner. Use shortanswers.

A) Laura and Mike each went on holiday to a different country. You are going to listen to them talking about what they did. Before you listen, look at the photos and complete as much of the table as you can.

Name Country

City Language

Famous Building

Food Souvenir

Local Custom

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TALKING ABOUT THE PAST

A) Make a list of five different places you were on vacation last year. Compare lists with your partner.

Did you go to the beach? No.

PRONUNCIATION Simple Past endings

/d/ /t/ /id/played walked needed

Waited, hoped, looked, wanted, painted,Stayed, collected, improved, helped, opened

A) Copy the chart into your notebook. Then write each of the words below in the correct column.

B)

Listen and check your answers.

Did you watch Spiderman Last night?

No, I didn’tLISTENING & SPEAKINGSTUDY SKILLS: Remember! You don’r have to understand every single word during the listening exercise.

B) Now listen to their conversation. Check your answers to

exercise 5 and complete the rest of the table.

C) Pairwork. Complete the table with the languages below. Compare your answers with another pair.+Russian +Portuguese +Japanese+Mandarin Chinese+German+Spanish+Bengali+English+Hindi LANGUAGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS …………………… 885 million ……………………… 332 million ………………………… 332 million ………………………… 189 million …………………………… 182 million ………………………….. 170 million ………………………….. 170 million ………………………………. 125 million …………………………. 98 million+Hindi

WRITING POSTCARDS