LESSON PLAN

SUBJECT: English Language

DURATION: approx.2X 45 min.

GRADE LEVEL: PREINTERMEDIATE(11^th Grade)

TITLE: Round the Comenius Countries

OBJECTIVES

• ·         To practise looking for information on Internet
• ·         To get familiar with Comenius partner’s countries and cities
• ·         To talk about interesting places and events
• ·         To write a postcard from holidays
• ·         To make a class presentation

TEACHER’S WORKSHEET

PLANNING A TRIP AROUND COMENIUS COUNTRIES

Introduction

• ·         Ask students what they know about our Comenius Project for 2009-2011,about the partner countries: population, the capital, history, food and drink, weather
• ·         Divide the class into pairs to talk about their last holiday:

Where did you go on holiday last summer?

How did you travel? What did you visit? What kind of accommodation did you have?

What was the weather like?

• ·         Ask the class : Do you think our Comenius Partner’s countries are good places for a holiday?Why?

Why not?

Online

• ·        

Web addresses:

• ·        

• http://www.picturesofbulgaria.com/article/razlog.html

• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g675106-Hunedoara_Transylvania-Hotels.html

• http://www.allaboutturkey.com/sinop.htm

• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g189411-d642485-Reviews-Levadia_Hotel-Livadia_Central_Greece.html

• http://www.sicilytravel.net/

• http://www.taviraguide.com/

• or

• www.google.com 

STUDENT’S WORKSHEET

PLANNING A TRIP AROUND COMENIUS COUNTRIES

1. Plan a trip to one of the partner’s country and city using ViaMichelin 

www.viamichelin.com 

2. Find major towns. Write the itinerary

3. Click on weather from ViaMichelin or go to www.weather.yahoo.com to find out the weather in major cities on the itinerary.

4. Find appropriate accommodation and food and drink clicking on websites of the city or www.google.com

5. Find attractions or entertainment and choose interesting events in the city.

6.FILL IN THE TABLE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COMENIUS COUNTRY

PLANNING A TRIP

FOLLOW –UP

Students make presentations of their research and decide which trip is the best.

HOMEWORK

Write a postcard from one of the places to a friend or member of your family.Say:

Where you are, what you are doing, what you are going to do, what the weather is like?

Author of the lesson:Beata Sobel – teacher of English