Project for PLACES

Learner-Centered Communicative Activity Template

 DESCRIBING CITIES

 

Title of lesson	Places
By	Monserrat Angulo, México
Student Profile	18 and 19 years old, 3rd quart, pre-intermediate
Class Profile	Class 22, 1 hour Time needed: 4 hours
Target Language	Grammar: (a)There is, there are   (b) how many, how much (review)  (c) can  (review) Vocabulary: public places, adjectives for describing cities, food and drink ( review), verbs
Target Content	Virtual trip to some countries
Materials	Colorful sheets of paper, copies (reading, filling), cd, lap top, speakers, videos, projector.
Source	Inside out pre-intermediate (Unit 2: places), world view 2 (reading about Mozambique), videos
Procedure
	Task 1 (15 mins): In teams of three students will watch four short videos about different countries. They will be asked to make a chart by using the information watched and listened. Each team will be given a different color sheet of paper with a chart template. country Adjectives for describing it Places to go Can  do France Cold weather Romantic modern Eiffel Tower Moulin Rouge Louvre Museum Drink a cup of coffee and eat a baguette Take pictures to the Eiffel Tower …. Brazil       Japan       Egypt
	Task 2 (25 mins):After that, they will be given some examples of what to do with the information compiled. e.g. France is a romantic country. There are many museums. Louvre museum is the most important one. You can drink a cup of coffee… Students will do the same with the countries missing
	Task 3 ( 20 mins): Learners will watch a video about Mexico, the point here is that this video is speechless. They have to add it to their chart and organize their ideas. Then they have to write a speech for this one.(They will have the opportunity to finish it at home if they do not finish in the time given)
2nd lesson	Task 1 (10 mins): A team member will  read the speech they wrote class before while the speechless video about Mexico is being played. Four of seven teams will go ahead and read.
	Task 2 (15 mins): students will listen to four people talking about their countries. They will take their charts again and add some more information.
	Task 3 (15 mins) now, they will be given a reading about Mozambique. They have to read and discuss about the way the information is organized.   a)     Main data chart b)    Typical food and drink c)     Places to go d)    What to do   This is the moment to ask them to choose a country and organize the information the same way Mozambique one is shown. They will be given a rubric to know what is been evaluated from their expositions.
3rd lesson and 4th lesson	Students will make their presentations. (all of them will be filmed by any classmate, 5 of them will be posted in the facebook language group)