Have you ever been to London, or another big city? In this quest you're going to learn all about the city London and what to do when you're there. Have fun!
Time needed
Autonomy
Support
If you get stuck and you need help, you can...
ask your English coach: Mr Baldwin, Mrs Wams & Mr Witbraad.
BLP: Learning Muscle
With a little bit of British humour...
Introductie Leerspier Quest London
Routeplanner +leerdoelen
Leerdoelen in Egodact
Door deze quest te doen, werk je voornamelijk aan het leerdoel English Speaking World. Als je deze quest gedaan hebt, kun je je schuifje halverwege het eerste blokje plaatsen.
Daarnaast oefen je met de volgende taalvaardigheden op A1-niveau:
Luisteren --> Ik luister naar mededelingen en instructies
Gesprekken voeren --> Ik regel iets
Schrijven --> Ik correspondeer
Lezen --> Ik lees om informatie op te doen
Routeplanner + tijdsbesteding
Hieronder vind je een suggestie over hoe je deze quest zou kunnen verspreiden over vijf weken. Dan ben je per week ongeveer 1,5 à 2 uur kwijt aan deze quest.
In the hotel - checking in roleplay (in 2-tallen!)
Woordenlijst bijhouden
Egodact: Logboek bijwerken
week 4: ca 1,5 uur
Paddington Bear - kijk- en leesopdracht
In the Tube - reizen met de ondergrondse
Woordenlijst afmaken
Egodact: Logboek bijwerken
week 5: ca 1,5 uur
Seesaw + Resultaat: show
Egodact: terugkijker
Motivatiemotor
Explore a Passion
Aim for a Goal
Delve into your Curiosities
Take on a new challenge
For example:
"I love travelling and I want to be able to travel the world alone one day."
For example:
"I've planned a mini trip to London in the Christmas Break and I want to know what I can do there."
For example:
"What else is there to London besides the Big Ben? And could I get by on my own there?"
Bijvoorbeeld:
"I'm going to learn to read the London Underground map and then I can use the underground trains there."
Reflect in Seesaw which of these four pillars will be your best motivation to complete this Quest and why.
Verderkijker
Questions:
Have you been to London before?
Do you like visiting big cities?
How many people live in London? And how many tourist visit London each year?
What did London look like a thousand years ago?
Watch the videos below to get an impression of London in all its glory. Don't worry if sometimes you don't understand everything that is said in the videos; just look at the pictures and enjoy!
Kids' view: Children from London talk about what they love most about the city.
London Sightseeing: An overview of the main tourist attractions of London.
Where Locals Go: about spots in London that are a lot of fun but are not something that many tourists know about.
Tower of London: about the history of the Tower of London, London's first castle.
Reflect in Seesaw on what you would want to know about London and which video you thought was most interesting to watch.
Reis(blog)
Google Maps assignment
Assignment
There are loads of tourist attractions in London. You probably know about the most famous ones: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge...
But where are they exactly? And what do they look like? And what can you do there?
During this quest you will hear or read a lot of new English words. Maybe you've already heard some in the videos in the Verderkijker assignment. In this assignment you're going to build a vocabulary file to help you remember these new words.
Step-by-step plan
Open the app Pages and make a new file.
Name this file Vocabulary File English Quest: London.
Make a table with 3 columns and 5 rows, like below.
English
Example sentence
Dutch translation
During the Quest, you're going to fill this table with new words you see or hear that you want to remember. The table below is filled in as an example. Obviously you're going to find more than four new words during the quest; you can add as many rows as you need!
English
Example sentence
Dutch translation
met
Mr Brown met Paddington at the station.
ontmoette
Tuesday
On Tuesday, Jenny plays cricket in the park.
dinsdag
palace
The Queen lives at Buckingham Palace.
paleis
bridge
Sorry I'm late, the bridge was open!
brug
You can record as many words as you want, but the minimum you should aim for is 20 new words. Have you got to the end of the Quest, but you haven't recorded 20 new words yet? Then have another look at the videos and text fragments in the assignments to find more words.
After the final assignment (In the Tube), so at the end of this quest, hand in your vocabulary file as a PDF in Seesaw. Copy the link to your logbook in the Egodact Quest Monitor.
Postcard from London
Assignment
If you're travelling, it can be fun to send a postcard home to your family or friends. The front of the postcard shows a picture or a pretty drawing of the place you've visited, and you use the back of the postcard to write a message about where you are, what you've done and what you are going to do, as well as the address of the person you're sending the card to. In this assignment we're going to pretend to send a postcard from London.
Watch the video of Emma writing a postcard to her friends.
Then, read the explanation 'How to Write a Postcard' below the video.
Now it's your turn! Use a spare piece of paper or your Notes app to write a first draft of the message you would like to write on your postcard - in English, of course. Use Emma's postcard and the explanation to help you, but don't copy her text altogether.
Ask at least two classmates to read your message and give you feedback.
Happy with your feedback and your message? Then make your own blank postcard from craft paper. A traditional size for a postcard is A5 (Google it!).
Write your message on the back of the postcard- in English, of course.
On the front side of your post card, make a drawing of one or more London tourist attractions. Tip: use your Keynote from the Google Maps assignment for this!
Take a good quality picture of both the front and back of your postcard and hand it in via Seesaw. Copy the link to your logbook in the Egodact Quest Monitor.
Pin your finished postcard to a notice board in your basecamp, so that everyone can see your work!
In the hotel - checking in
Assignment
In this assignment, you will learn how to check in at a hotel. You will learn phrases to use and practise and record a conversation with a classmate.
Step-by-step plan
Watch these two videos to see examples of people checking in at a hotel.
Sometimes you need to be able to spell your name in English. Do you still remember how the English alphabet goes? Watch this video if you don't. Feel free to sing along! :)
Find a classmate to do this part of the assignment together with.
Look at the conversation from the first video in the PDF 'Transcript Video Checking in A1' below. Together, practise the conversation a couple of times. Switch roles so that you practise being the guest as well as the receptionist.
Then look at the conversation on the 2nd page of the PDF file; this is the same conversation, but with bits of text underlined that you need to change to make the conversation your own.
Together, decide how you want to change the conversation. Practise your conversation a couple of times, again making sure you switch roles.
Are you happy with how the conversation is going? Then it's time to make a video! Record the two of you having this conversation. Make sure the audio is of good quality so both your voices can be heard. Also make sure you have an actual conversation, so do look at and talk to each other and don't read your conversation out from your screen or a piece of paper.
Record two videos: one in which you are the guest, and one in which you are the receptionist.
In Seesaw, hand in the video in which you play the guest. Copy the link to your logbook in the Egodact Quest Monitor.
A famous character from English children's literature can be found in a London train station: Paddington Bear. In this assignment, you will read a fragment from Paddington Bear and watch a trailer for the film Paddington. There are exercises for both the reading and the listening assignment.
Reading skills: Read this fragment from 'A Bear called Paddington' a few times. Then to do the exercise below. Don't worry if there are some words you don't know; you don't need to know all the words to understand what the text is about more or less.
Mr and Mrs Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name for a bear, because Paddington was the name of the station. The Browns were there to meet their daughter, Judy, who came home for the holidays.
Mr Brown saw something small and furry near the LEFT LUGGAGE office. “It looks like a bear,” he said.
“A bear?” repeated Mrs Brown. “On Paddington Station? Don’t be silly, Henry. There can’t be!”
But Mr Brown was right. There was a bear sitting on an old leather suitcase with a card around his neck, and as they drew near it stood up and politely raised his hat.
“Good afternoon,” it said. “May I help you?”
“It’s very kind of you,” said Mr Brown, “but as a matter of fact, we were wondering if we could help you?”
“You’re a very small bear,” said Mrs Brown. “And I have never seen a bear on a railway station before. Where are you from?”
The bear looked around carefully before replying. “I come from the jungle in Peru. I’m not really supposed to be here at all. I’m a stowaway. "
“You don’t mean to say you’ve come all the way from South America on your own?” exclaimed Mrs. Brown. “Whatever did you do for food?”
Unlocking the suitcase, the bear took out an almost empty glass jar. “I ate marmalade,” it said. “Bears like marmalade.”
Mrs. Brown looked at the label around the bear’s neck. It said, quite simply,
PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR. THANK YOU.
“Oh, Henry!” she cried. “We can’t leave him here all by himself.There’s no knowing what might happen to him. Can’t he come home and stay with us?”
“Stay with us?” repeated Mr. Brown nervously.
He looked down at the bear. “Er, would you like that?” he asked.
“That is, “ he added hastily, “if you have nothing else planned.”
“Oooh, yes,”replied the bear. “I would like that very much. I’ve nowhere to go and everyone seems in such a hurry.”
“That settles it” said Mrs. Brown. “Now, you must be thirsty after your journey. Mr Brown can get you some tea while I go and meet our daughter, Judy.”
“But, Mary,” said Mr Brown. “We don’t even know his name.”
Mrs Brown thought for a moment. “I know,” she said. “We’ll call him Paddington – after the station.”
“Paddington!” The bear tested it several times to make sure. “It sounds very important.”
Oefening: Reading skills questions: A Bear called Paddington
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Answer these questions about the text fragment from 'A Bear called Paddington'.
Algemene Informatie
Titel
Reading skills questions: A Bear called Paddington
In this assignment you will learn how the London Underground, also known as the Tube, works. The Tube is a system of underground trains that covers most of London. You're going to watch a video, study the Tube map and figure out a few trips.
Video assignment.
Watch the short video below. This man tells you, at high speed and with proper British humour, about what (not) to do in the London Underground. After watching the video, do the exercise to check if you've got the skills to travel on the London Underground.
Oefening: Video exercise London Underground
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What are the do's and don't's for travelling on the London Underground? Watch the video and then do this exercise to check.
Practical assignment: learning to read the Underground Map
In this assignment you'll learn how the Underground Map works. You're going to look at the map and do an exercise with it.
Step-by-step plan
1. Go to the Tube Map. (don't be scared, it looks a little complicated... but it won't bite.)
2. On the map, you see all the different underground railroads in London. These are called lines. Every colour is a different line. On the bottom right of the map you see the names and colours of the map.
3. Make sure you can find the following lines on the map: Bakerloo, Central and Circle.
4. Now look for Paddington station. Hint: it's on the Bakerloo line.
5. Now do the exercise below.
Oefening: Tube Map Exercise
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If you've studied the map of the London Underground (the Tube Map), then you can do this exercise to see if you can work with it.
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Seesaw + Resultaat: show
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Seesaw. Copy the link to your logbook in the Egodact Quest Monitor.
your family or friends. The front of the postcard shows a picture or a pretty drawing of the place you've visited, and you use the back of the postcard to write a message about where you are, what you've done and what you are going to do, as well as the address of the person you're sending the card to. In this assignment we're going to pretend to send a postcard from London.
Transcript Video Checking in A1
