Lesson Plan - Holidays

UNICAES

Intermediate Level

Topic: 

Holidays

Teachers:

Henry Santos Mendez Cartagena. 
Jonathan Ernesto Urrutia Figueroa.

Online Tools: 

-Youtube
-Youthink.com 
-Vocaroo 
-Mind42 
-Voicethread 
-Voxopop
-Facebook 
-Pro-Profs Brain Games
-Blogger
-ABC Article Directory 
-Slideshare 
-Google 

SWBAT Objective:

At the end of the lesson students will be able to use “holidays” vocabulary and write sentences including it.

Warm-Up 

-Students will watch the “Last Holiday” movie trailer (to introduce the topic, with the purpose of observing some topical vocabulary):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBUcxMNInL8

The teacher will ask students what places from the video they would like visit, or what activities they would like to experience. They will provide answers by sending them to the teacher's e-mail.

Presentation

-The teacher will present the “Holidays” topic to students by showing them a voicethread topic containing a descriptive audio, giving definition, common vocabulary and examples related to the content, with pictures that reflect what is being said.

http://voicethread.com/share/2786661/ 

The link above will be posted on a facebook group, previously created by the teacher, in which all students are members. 

CONTROLLED PRACTICE 

1. Students will take an online "holidays" quiz on the following link: 
http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?obj_id=208726 

2. Students will solve the following online crossword: http://www.proprofs.com/games/crossword/holidays-puzzle/

HOLIDAYS crossword puzzle game » crossword creator

3. Students will read this article:  http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Exotic-Holidays---Vacation-in-France/1072004

Afterwards, they will answer the following questions, and post their responses on the facebook group.

Questions:

-What factor makes France a great vacation destination?
-Who are french people used to be around?
-Why is it advisable to plan your trip forward of time?
-Is visiting France nowadays as expensive as in the past?
-What journey packages are generally appealing?

SEMI-CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES 

1. A short Toy Story Toon video - “A Hawaiian Vacation” will be played. Students will simply watch the video, which will be paused at some points in order to identify “holidays” vocabulary, and write it down, for later choral repetition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VxgzOAdkzA

2. Students will be asked to write a blog entry, consisting of a 15-line paragraph, narrating their last holiday experience. The blog entries' links will be posted on the facebook group, for everybody to read. 

http://www.blogger.com/ 

3. Students will come up with a one-minute recording, after joining in a voxopop topic of a "holidays talkgroup" (created by the teacher), in which they will comment regarding the teacher's initial recording. In addition, they will write the transcription there, by attaching text in the "message options" section. 

http://www.voxopop.com/topic/fef70f33-e46d-41d0-9566-ed6fa766a847

FREE PRACTICE 

1. Students will create a Vocaroo recording, pronouncing 3 sentences of their own, using new words from the topic. They will share the links on the facebook group. 

vocaroo.com/ 

2. Students will open a new discussion (clicking in "record a new discussion") in the voxopop " holidays" talkgroup, and comment each other's participations regarding what they liked best of the holidays topic, using some of its vocabulary.  They will also write the transcription there, by attaching text in the "message options" section. They will share the link on the facebook group.  

http://www.voxopop.com/group/80a54aa0-95f7-40c3-9f60-3f2196e0b236 

3. Each student will create a new voicethread with pictures of their last holiday/vacation, including places they visited. The photos will be complemented wih an audio recording, in which they will describe their experience and what happened in those images. They will share the links on the facebook group.   

-Sample:

http://voicethread.com/share/2786499/ 
 
4. Students will open an account in mind42 and create a "holidays" mind map. They will add more branches to the existent topic and write about what they did in the last holiday they celebrated with their families. The link will be shared on the facebook group.

http://mind42.com/ 

WRAP-UP 

-Every student will post about what he/she liked the most of the "holidays" topic on the facebook group and use the newly acquired words. 

HOMEWORK

-Students will make a small powerpoint presentation, in which they promote the last touristic destination they visited during a holiday (they can use the same pictures from their voicethreads or google pics). The slides will be uploaded to this website (the links will be posted in the facebook group): http://www.slideshare.net/