JOURNEYS

LESSON PLAN

PROF. LILIANA MOCODEAN

Textbook: Opportunities

Education for life

LESSON PLAN

• Grade: 11th C, Students aged 16-17

• Number of students: 22

• Level: Upper-intermediate

• Date: 25th May 2012

• Time: 50 minutes

Objectives

• - to practise reading strategies for answering True/False

question

• - to practise using adjectives to describe emotions and

experiences

• - to practise word building strategies using prefixes to

make words with the opposite meaning

• - to talk about travelling and journeys

1. Warm up (8 minutes)• Look at different images and try to identify them • Answer the questions:Which of the places above would you like to visit? Why?How would you feel being in one of those places?

2. Reading strategiesA) Key words (7 minutes)Read the text and circle the best word to complete this description of Istanbul.When you walk through its breath-taking/bustling/striking streets you can just feel the vitality of this ancient/antique/historic city. It was built on several hills and so from different parts of the city there are breath-taking/exotic/romantic views. The setting is unspoilt/perfect/scenic, with the Bosphorus dividing the city’s western and eastern sides. When you cross one of the magnificent/powerful/breath-taking bridges you can often see the old city with its beautiful, good-looking/bustling/historic buildings like the Haga Sofia mosque or Topkapi palace. The people are extremely exotic/magnificent/friendly and there is delicious/elegant/graceful food. What more could you ask for?

ISTANBUL

B) True/False answers (20 minutes)Read the extract from the book In Ethiopia with a Mule  

21 December

Today the Bromley returned from Massawah. Major Bromley has lived in Ethiopia for thirty years and he gave me much practical advice on conditions of highlands, telling me that it will be necessary to carry a full water bottle and supplementary food rations. When I explained that I couldn’t possibly carry more than my present load we decided on the purchase of a pack-mule. Apart from pack-carrying, it is wise to have an animal that can be ridden in an emergency, should one fall ill or break a bone at the back of beyond.

 

30 December

For two hours we accompanied a donkey-caravan on its way to a market village. The five men and boys registered the usual unsmiling astonishment when they saw us, but I soon realised that despite their silence and inscrutability they had ’taken charge’ of me – obviously as a duty rather than a pleasure. If I stopped to examine a shrub they also stopped and waited politely for me to continue. I soon had reason to be grateful. Jock had been badely loaded and on one steep slope everything suddenly fell off. Without even glancing me, two of my escorts reloaded in a matter of moments; had I been alone, I might have spent hours waiting for help.

 

31 December

Worksegeh is a hilltop with superb mountains visible in every direction and when we arrived it seemed that my appearance was the most shattering local event since the Italian invasion. A ten-year-old boy was summoned as interpreter; his English is minimal, but he conveyed that soon the headman would come. The headman arrived and stepped forward to greet me ceremonially. He looked ill-at-ease in rumpled khaki slacks and a patched tweed jacket, so I deduced he had donned these garments in my honour. It is said that Western clothes have become status symbols – the highlanders look so dignified in their shammas, which gracefully emphasise their proud, erect bearing.

Write which of the statements are True or False:

1. Major Bromley knows a lot about the conditions in the mountains in Ethiopia, having lived in the country for many years.

2. The author decided to buy a pack-mule because she didn’t want to carry any of her things.

3. The author also realised it would be useful to have a mule in case of accidents in remote mountain areas.

4. According to the author, the people she usually met along the way weren’t surprised to see her.

5. The people from the donkey-caravan felt obliged to accompany the author.

6. When the mule’s load fell off the author had to wait a long time for help.

7. From what the author says, it seems little of interest happens in the mountain village she visits.

8. The boy who translated for the author spoke very good English.

9. The author doesn’t think the head of the village was wearing the clothes he would normally wear.

10. The author thinks people look better in traditional clothes than Western clothes.

3. Wordbuilding• A) Vocabulary practice (5 minutes)• Complete the words with the correct negative prefix: dis, il, ir, im, in, mis or un.• _believe• _understand• _do• _convenient• _responsible• _patient• _legal• _qualify• _lucky• _reliable• _spoilt• _efficient• _friendly• _possible

3. Wordbuilding

B) Read these sentences and write the opposites of the words in brackets.(8 minutes) 1. Is it ------ (legal) to park here?2. The beach was ----- (spoilt) by tourists.3. You always seem to ----- (understand) me.4. I’ve never met such ----- , ----- (honest, helpful) and ----- (friendly) people.5. We were ----- (lucky) – the hotel was ----- (comfortable) and very ----- (convenient) for the beach.6. Our postal service is very ----- (reliable) and ------ (efficient).7. I’ve never seen such an ----- (interesting) programme.8. The magician made the rabbit ------ (appear) in a hat.9. She’s very ----- (sensitive) and ----- (tolerant).10. Is it ------ (visible) without a microscope?

Homework (2 minutes – give instructions)

Describe a place that you visited and impressed you a lot.(100-120 words)