Wednesday 16 April 2008

PLANNING A TRIP


Bring a brochure of a touristic place in the town.

Eg; The Broughty Castle.

Ask the participants to answer the questions using the brochure:

a) When was The Broughty Castle built?

b) When was it rebuilt?

c) What are the opening hours?

d) How much is the entrance fee?

e) What are the facilities in the Castle

f) What can you see there?

The readers don't need to understand every single word in the brochure, but they are supposed to be able to understand and answer the questions.

Before checking the answers the tutor can prepare a listening activity using the brochure, to improve the pronunciation and speaking skills.

Provide them a copy of the timetable sheet of the local bus. Ask them to use the timetable and according to the instruction in the brochure, prepare a trip to visit the Broughty Castle.

To check their understanding, tell them that you want to visit the Castle on Monday at 2:30pm in April.

They have to answer the questions:

a) What time does the bus leave the bus station?

b) What is the number of the bus?

c) What time does it arrive in Dundee?

d) Do I need to take another bus? At what time?

e) What time does it arrive at the Broughty Castle?


It is a lovely activity. They are going to enjoy, and probably they are going to visit the Castle as I did. Gorgeous!!!!!

LEASURE


This subject can be linked with favourite activity outdoors. So, bring some pictures of the touristic attractions in your city and their names.

E.g:

Coast, Beach, Cliff, Mountain, Village, Harbour, Park, Building, Museum, Statue, etc...

You start a quick recap with the question:

T:What is your favourite activity?
S1:My favourite activity is walking.
S2:My favourite activity is travelling.
S3:My favourite activity is visiting museums.

T:What can you see in a museum?
S1:I can see pictures.
S2:I can see old objects.
S3:I can learn about history.

T:Very good! So, now...in pairs, match the pictures and names and prepare 3 sentences about them.

Eg: The coast is beautiful.

The village is small.

The museum is big.

The building is high.

The cliff is dangerous.

The beach is peaceful.

Introduce a variety of adjectives to describe a place:- busy, gorgeous, nice, quiet, lovely, modern, old, ancient, cold, hot, etc...

Ask questions:

T:Is the village noisy?

Is the beach dirty?

Is the city calm?

S: Yes, it is.
No, it isn't.

To conclude, ask the participants to describe their home place.

E.g: I live in Colliston. Colliston is a small and noisy village.

I live at the beach. It is calm and beautiful.

I live in the mountain. It is high, quiet and gorgeous.

Tuesday 1 April 2008

FAVOURITES







Write the word FAVOURITES on the board and ask the participants what they understand about "favourites".

E.g: CAR, colour, CITY, sport, COUNTRY, clothes, ACTOR, writer, FILM,...

Bring a picture of someone very famous and his/her favourites and complete a chart with the words from a box.

E.g: Ronaldinho's favourite things. (Brazilian Football Player)

Sport : football
______ : Ferrari
______ : Brazil, Spain
______ : green, blue
______ : Friday
______ : February
______ : Orange juice
______ : Feijoada
______ : Paulo Coelho
______ : Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona

With a friend separate the items below in categories:

E.g : Colour, Months, Car, Drink, Cities, Countries, Days, Sport, Writer, Food.

December, Blue, BMW, Coke, Potato, Baseball, Friday, USA, Washington, Shakespeare, etc....
(you have to complete the chart with about 10 items of each category).

The participants report the lists and check the answers.

Ask them to prepare their own "FAVOURITES".

Play the game "FIND SOMEONE WHO" using the question yes/no answers. E.g: Is red your favourite colour? Is fish and chips your favourite food? etc... The participants use their own favourites to find someone who has the same favourites.

To conclude, make a general review.

The objective is to introduce Months, Days of the Week, Sports, and talk about Favourites.

CLASSROOM


Write the words of a selection of objects you have in your classroom.

E.g:

THE BOARD, A BAG, A BOOK, THE CASSETTE PLAYER, A CHAIR, A DESK, A PIECE OF PAPER, A STUDENT, THE TEACHER, A PICTURE, A DICTIONARY, THE DOOR, A MAP...

In pairs ask the participants to label the objects. Check an go around reading the words. Point the things and work on ask and answer questions:

A: What's this?
B: A picture.
A: What's that?
B: The board.

Introduce some verbs and complete the sentences:

E.g: Listen, Look, Read, Use, Work.

A)_____________at the picture.

B)_____________to the song.

C)_____________your book.

D)_____________with your friend.

E)_____________the words.

Practice the sentences and replace some words building up different sentences:

E.g: Article, Music, A Pen, Photo, In Group Of Four.

A) Look at the__________.

B) Listen to the _________.

C) Use the __________.

D) Work ______________.

E) Read the_______________.

Review the new words and make sure the participants are able to recognize the objects and say the words properly.

EASTER CELEBRATION

Easter is a time to celebrate the rebirth of Jesus Christ, and it brings an excitement to all of us.

Start a discussion about the subject and find out the meaning of Easter and what are the things that symbolise Easter. Listen carefully the participants and write down a list of items they know.

E.g:

Rabbit, egg, cross, chicks, Jesus, chocolate, ...

It has been a tradition to give chocolate eggs for friends and family. In school, children decorate boiled eggs and roll them down the hill, which symbolises the rock that was rolled in the cave Jesus was buried. It is also a symbol of fertility, the rebirth of Jesus Christ.

Easter Sunday is a day for a beautiful meal. Bring this spirit of joy to your classes. Prepare a meal with your students, describe different meals in different countries at Easter.

In Scotland we have HOT CROSS BUNS, a sweet roll with raisins. Very tasty!

To conclude, EGG HUNT. Wow...that is very funny.

Hide chocolate eggs in the classroom;
Divide the participants in groups,
Ask them to hunt the eggs;
The winner is the group that gets more eggs;
Prepare a quiz about the topic and have fun! wow...the group that had more eggs might have to share and eat them... nhumi....