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Road Trip
This unit should take 1-2 hours, depending on time, interest, and extension activities. It is designed for intermediate students age 12 and above. Objectives Students will: Materials to Print Activities Activity I: British or American? (15 minutes) Hand out copies of Printout I. Ask students to read through the list of vocabulary, underlining the words they do not know. Then go through the list as a class, asking students to explain the words they do know. Provide the answer when students do not know it. Then ask students whether they are more familiar with the words on the list of British terms of the list of American terms. Ask them why they think this is true. Explain that each different English speaking country has a slightly different version of English. Ask if they can think of any other examples of words that are not used in all English speaking countries. Activity II: Ideal Cars (25 minutes) Ask students to write for five minutes about their ideal car. They should describe what it looks like and why they like it. They should also use the vocabulary from the list to describe its accessories. If this description is difficult for them, give them the option to show a picture of the car. Have each student read the description aloud to the class (or describe their picture). Provide any necessary vocabulary the students might not have. Activity III: Reading (20 minutes) Ask students if they have ever been on a long car trip. Explain that in English, the expression for a holiday by car is "road trip." Tell students that many people drive their cars across the entire country (both US and UK) so that they can see the different cities and rural areas in their country. Hand out copies of Printout II. Ask students to take turns reading sentences aloud to the class, stopping at the end of each paragraph to ask if there are any questions. Then divide students into pairs and have them answer the questions at the end of the reading. Go over the answers as a class. Activity IV: Grammar Exercise (15 minutes) Explain that to talk about travel, students should use from and to. Write on the board an example of a sentence using both prepositions (I drove from New York to Los Angeles). Ask students where the trip starts and where it ends. Then reverse the prepositions (I drove to New York from Los Angeles). Ask students the same question. Hand out copies of Printout III. Have students complete the worksheet in pairs. Go over the answers together as a class, asking students to read their answers out loud. Activity V: Directions Game (20 minutes) Divide students into small teams and assign each team a color. Tell students that they must use directions to find a their color flag somewhere in the classroom (hide the flags ahead of time). Give each team a list of five or six directions (Start at the classroom door. Walk from the door to the teacher's desk. Turn right. Walk five steps from the desk. Turn left. Walk from that spot to the other side of the classroom. Look in the bookshelf for your color flag). The first group to complete the directions and find their flag wins. Activity VI: Planning a Road Trip (15 minutes) Divide students into pairs and ask them to plan a seven-day road trip of their own. They can start from anywhere in the world and travel anywhere they want, as long as they are capable of going that far in seven days. Hand out copies of Printout IV. Students should use the worksheet to help them plan their trip. They should use the Internet to find out distances if they want to plan a trip in another country. If this resource is not available, they should plan road trips in the area and use local maps to plan it. Activity VII: Writing Assignment (40-60 minutes) Ask students to write a sequel to the reading. Their story should be about what happens to the friends on the second day of their trip. Encourage creativity. They should write the paragraph for homework or, if necessary, in class. If there is time, have each student read his/her sequel aloud to the class. If not, choose two or three. |