Welcome to the project site for the Travel project - Let's take a trip abroad.
During this project, you will be working on two final products in groups of four. One of these products is a travel brochure on a country of your choosing. The other final product is going to be a presentation in which you tell something about the country you made your brochure on.
Click on the buttons to read more about the final products.
I can use the Present simple tense to write about a country that interests me.
In English, We use the Present Simple tense to talk about facts (feiten). In task 7 you will be asked to write a Country study. You'll need to use the Present Simple tense to fill in the worksheet.
This task will help you to practice the Present Simple
But first, let's refresh our memories by watching the video.
Instructions
Watch the video to refresh your memory.
Copy the sentences in your notebook.
Complete the sentences using the information in brackets (tussen de haakjes)
Check your answers using the Answer key
Sentences
1. I _________________ (be) in a café now.
2. _________________ (she / play) tennis every week?
3. They _________________ (go) to the cinema every Wednesday.
4. _________________ (she / be) a singer?
5. You _________________ (find) the weather here cold.
6. _________________ (they / be) on the bus?
7. Lucy _________________ (ride) her bicycle to work.
8. Why _________________ (he / be) in France?
9. I _________________ (not / play) the piano often.
10. It _________________ (not / be) cold today.
11. We _________________ (be) from Portugal.
12. _________________ (we / make) too much noise at night?
13. Where _________________ (Harry / study)?
14. _________________ (it / be) foggy today?
15. We _________________ (not / be) late.
16. They _________________ (not / like) animals.
17. Where _________________ (you / be)?
18. He _________________ (not / be) an accountant.
19. _________________ (the dog / eat) chicken?
20. She _________________ (be) my sister.
You're going to create the perfect trip abroad. For this project, you need to work in groups of four students each. You'll need to present your planned-out trip to the country of your choosing to the other students at the end of week 5.
Every group has 4 students. One of them is the Travel agent. He or she is the leader of your group and makes sure you stay on task, edits the final product and presents most of the information in the final week. The other students are Tour guides and they will be creating the bulk of the travel information for the travel brochure.
Task 7 Country study
Goals
You can write simple information about a country that you like.
Instructions
Think of a country you would really like to visit in the future.
Ask your teacher for the "My country study" worksheet
Use the internet to complete the worksheet.
Share and compare your worksheets in your group.
Choose one country that every group member would like to go to.
Deze opdracht lever je in voor een cijfer. Je levert de opdracht in op papier bij jouw docent.
Hieronder kun je nalezen waar je op beoordeeld wordt.
Lesson 2 Preparations
Task 1 Pre-reading and listening
Goals
I can use vocabulary to talk about tourist destinations.
Instructions
Copy the table in your notebook.
Put the tourist destinations in the correct columns.
I can listen for specific information between a hotel receptionist and a guest.
I can book a hotel room.
Instructions
Before you listen. Write down 5 questions that can be in a hotel booking conversation.
Listen to the conversation between the hotel receptionist and the guest.
Do the scrambled conversation task.
Scrambled conversation task
Vraag je docent naar de gesprekskaartjes. Je gaat het gesprek in de goede volgorde leggen.
Controleer de volgorde met behulp van het antwoordenblad.
A hotel booking:
Task 3 Vocabulary Matching
Goals
I can use vocabulary related to checking-in at the airport and booking a hotel room.
Instructions
Volgende week gaan jullie in tweetallen een gesprek voorbereiden en uitvoeren. De woorden hieronder helpen je bij de voorbereiding.
Airport vocabulary
Hotel Vocabulary
Task 4 Plan your Trip
Use this format to plan your trip.
Who will travel with you?
What are you going to do there?
Where will you stay?
When and how long are you going?
How much do you have to pay for his trip?
Means of transportation?
Task 5 Writing - Travel brochure
Deze week gaan jullie een 7 daagsreisschema voor in je Travel Brochure maken.
In het reisschema beschrijven jullie de volgende dingen :
Welke steden,bezienswaardigheden en restaurants jullie willen bezoeken.
De reistijden tussen de verschillende stops.
Overnachtingsplekken
Vliegreizen
Natuurlijk moet je niet vergeten om je koffer goed in te pakken voordat je gaat. In jullie reisbrochure beschrijven jullie tenminste 20 dingen die jullie nodig gaan hebben tijdens jullie reis.
Voorbeeld van een reisschema
Lesson 3 Travelling
At the end of the week, you can...
...ask for information.
....check into a hotel
....check into your flight at the airport.
...use vocabulary related to checking-in
...fill in a simple form using personal information.
Task 1 Introduction
Goals
I can talk about my experiences with flying and/or staying in a hotel.
I can write simple notes.
Instructions
Answer the questions in your notebook.
Discuss your answers with a classmate.
Questions
Do you prefer to travel by train, bus, plane or ship?
Do you prefer traveling by car or by plane?
Have you ever been in a difficult situation while traveling?
Have you ever been on an airplane?
How many times?
What airlines have you flown with?
Which do you prefer to stay in when you travel: hotels, hostels, or another type of place? Why?
What are the best and worst things about staying in hotels?
Have you ever been to a really disgusting hotel? Did you stay or leave?
Task 2 Listening 1 - Airport
Goals
I can understand easy airport announcements
Instructions
Listen to the five airport announcements.
Do task 2.1
Do task 2.2
Check your answers with the answer keys.
Airport listening:
Task 2.1
Fill in : Rome,Tokyo,Athens,Amsterdam or New York
Announcement A: The plane is going to ____________________
Announcement B: The plane is going to ____________________
Announcement C: The plane is going to ____________________
Announcement D: The plane is going to ____________________
Announcement E: The plane is going to ____________________
1. The 9.25 flight to Rome is delayed by _______________ hours.
2. Passengers going to Tokyo should go to boarding gate _______________.
3. Passengers going to Athens should go to boarding gate _______________.
4. The flight number of the plane going to Amsterdam is _______________. It will leave from gate _______________.
5. The time in _______________ is 18.30.
6. The temperature in New York is _______________ ºF
I can fill in a form using information from a conversation between a hotel guest and a hotel receptionist
Instructions
Listen to the conversation
Copy the registration card in your notebook.
Complete the information on the registration card in your notebook.
Listening 3:
Registration card - Strand Hotel
Room type
Guest name
How many nights?
Room number
Guest checked in by
Task 5 Reading 1 - Hotel
Goals
I can understand a conversation between a hotel guest and a hotel receptionist
Instructions
Read the conversation between a hotel guest and a hotel receptionist
Answer the questions in your notebook.
Check your answers using the answer key
Text
Guest: Hi. I have a reservation for tonight.
Hotel Clerk: And your name?
Guest: It's Nelson. Charles Nelson. Hotel Clerk: Okay. Mr. Nelson. That's a room for five, and . . .
Guest: Excuse me? You mean a room for five dollars? I didn't know the special was so good.
Hotel Clerk: No, no, no. According to our records, a room for five guests was booked under your name.
Guest: No. No. Hold on. There must be some mistake.
Hotel Clerk: Okay. Let's check this again. Okay, Mr. Charles C. Nelson for tonight . . .
Guest: Ah. There's the problem. My name is Charles Nelson, not Charles C. Nelson. [Uhh] You must have two guests under the name.
Hotel Clerk: Okay. Let me check this again. Oh. Okay. Here we are.
Guest: Yeah.
Hotel Clerk: Charles Nelson. A room for one for the 19th . . .
Guest: Wait, wait! It was for tonight. Not tomorrow night.
Hotel Clerk: Hum. Hum. I don't think we have any rooms for tonight. There's a convention going on in town, and uh, let's see. Yeah, no rooms.
Guest: Ah come on! You must have something. Anything.
Hotel Clerk: Well. We do have some rooms under renovation with just a roll-a-way bed. [U-hh] None of the normal amenities like a TV or working shower or toilet.
Guest: Ah man. Come on. There must be something else.
Hotel Clerk: Well. Let, let me check my computer here. Ah!
Guest: What?
Hotel Clerk: There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available.
Guest: Great. I'll take it.
Hotel Clerk: But I'll have to charge you two hundred fifty dollars for the night.
Guest: Ah. Man. I should get a discount for the inconvenience.
Hotel Clerk: Well. The best I can give you is a ten percent discount plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
Guest: Hey. Isn't the breakfast free anyway?
Hotel Clerk: Well, only on weekends.
Guest: I want to talk to the manager.
Hotel Clerk: Wait, wait, wait Mr. Nelson. I think I can give you an additional 15 percent discount and I'll throw in a free room for the next time you visit us.
Guest: That I'll be a long time.
Questions
What is the first problem with the man's reservation?
A. The hotel confused him with another guest.
B. Rooms are overbooked for that evening.
C. There are no more rooms available for five people.
D. The price for the room is more than he expected.
2. For what day did Mr. Nelson make a hotel reservation?
A. the eighteenth
B. the nineteenth
C. the twentieth
D. the twenty-first
3. What is taking place in the city that makes getting another room almost impossible?
A. a marathon
B. an outdoor music festival
C. a conference
D. building renovation
4. How much is the initial discount on the honeymoon suite after Mr. Nelson complains about the hotel service?
A. $10
B. $15
C. $20
D. $25
5. How does Mr. Nelson respond when the hotel clerk offers to provide him with a free room on his next visit?
A. He thinks it will take a long time for him to receive the free coupon for the room.
B. He feels he should first receive an apology from the manager for what has happened.
C. He suggests that the hotel should give guests an additional 15% discount in cases like his.
D. He implies that he might not visit again because of the problems he has had.
I can understand words related to holiday and traveling.
Instructions
Practice vocabulary related to Airports/Hotels.
Hotel vocabulary
Airport Vocabulary
Task 7 Writing
Deze week werken jullie 3 overnachtingsplekken uit waar jullie tijdens de reis naar toe zouden kunnen gaan. Deze omschrijf je in hele zinnen (25-50 woorden) en voeg je toe aan de reisbrochure op Prezi.
Voorbeeld
This Manhattan hotel is located across the street from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. The hotel offers access to the adjacent fitness club which includes a gym and a tour desk with ticket services.
Each air-conditioned room at the Hotel Pennsylvania provides cable TV. Guests also have access to a work desk, alarm clock, black-out drapes, iron and hairdryer in every room.
The Pennsylvania Hotel includes a 24-hour coffee shop and a restaurant. Guests can make transportation reservations and acquire theater tickets at the hotel. Guests will also have access to a safety deposit desk at the front desk, any time of the day.
Times Square and the Museum of Modern Art are less than a 15-minute walk from Hotel Penn. Guests are also one block from Macy’s and 2 blocks from the Empire State Building.
Task 8 Speaking
Goals:
You can ask for information at a desk.
You can check into a hotel
Or you can check into your flight at the airport.
You can give personal information.
Instructies
Maak tweetallen.
Kies gesprekje 1 of 2.
Bereid het gesprek voor.
Oefen het gesprek.
Verzamel de spullen die je nodig hebt om het gesprek zo echt mogelijk te doen overkomen.
Maak een video van het gesprek.
Bekijk jullie video en de beoordelingstabel. Misschien kun je nog iets verbeteren.
-You can describe people and places using adjectives.
Instructions
Beschrijf een klasgenoot in het Engels. Maak gebruik van tenminste vijf zinnen.
Onderstreep de 'Adjectives'
Task 2 Watching and Listening 1
Goals
I can listen for specific information in a short Youtube clip
Instructions
Watch the video on 'New York tourist attractions'
Answer the WH-Questions in your notebook.
Complete the matching task.
Video
WH Question
What is the video about? Please, answer in 2 sentences.
Matching task
Task 3 Watching and Listening 2
Goals
I can listen to and understand simple information from a short Youtube video
Instructions
Watch the 360° video tour of the Eiffel tower in Paris
Answer the questions in your notebook
Questions
What's the name of the tour guide?
Where is the tour guide going?
When was the Eiffel Tower build?
What can you find on the second floor of the Eiffel tower?
What kind of building is 'La Concorde'?
Task 4 Reading / Grammar
Goals
I can read short descriptions of tourist destinations.
I can recognize basic adjectives.
Instructions
Read the guide for tourists visiting California
Answer the true-false questions in your notebook.
Fill in the table with the words that describe the tourist attractions.
Example : Alcatraz - interesting G
Guide for tourists visting California
True-false questions
1.Fisherman’s Wharf, Ghirardelli Square and Pier 39 are all in San Francisco.
2. The Golden Gate Bridge is the shortest suspension bridge in the world.
3. Alcatraz is still a prison today.
4. You can see a surfboard damaged in a shark attack in the museum in Santa Cruz.
5. Ice-skating is a popular activity on Venice Beach.
6. You can meet real film stars at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood.
7. The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles is dedicated to music and dance.
8. Space Mountain is the name of one of the hotels in Disneyland.
Fill in the table with the words that describe the tourist attractions.
Tourist attraction
Adjectives
Alcatraz
Interesting,
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Disneyland
Task 5 Grammar
Goals
You can use adjectives to describe and compare places.
Need help? Use the sentences above.
Instructions
Look at these four streets in different countries around the world.
Write 2 sentences describing each of the streets on the pictures.
Complete the 'similarities' sentences in your notebook.
Complete the 'differences' sentences in your notebook.
Compare and share your answers with a classmate.
Four streets in different countries around the world
Similarities
One similarity is that...
These pictures are similar because...
Unlike photo 2, photo 3...
These photos have some things In both pictures 2 and 4 we can see.....in common
Differences
The photos 1 and 2 are quite different...
In photo 2... whereas / while in photo 3...
In photo 2, ... there are more / fewer... than in photo 4.
In photo 1... people...
There’s not much in common between...
Task 6 writing travel brochure
Goals
I can write a short description of a tourist attraction using basic adjectives.
Instructions
Deze week gaan jullie twee onderdelen van jullie reisbrochure uitwerken. Namelijk, het geschiedenis onderdeel en 4/5 beschrijvingen van toeristische attracties.
Lesson 5 Final week
Final products
Travel brochure
Goals
I can present information using a series of simple sentences in the Present Simple tense.
I can write about a trip abroad.
I can create a travel brochure containing simple information about a country.
Instructions
Tijdens het project schrijf je iedere week een stukje voor in je Engelse reis brochure. De reis brochure maak je samen met je groepje met behulp van het presentatie programma - Prezi. Met Prezi kun je jouw reis brochure interactief maken door bijvoorbeeld filmpjes en foto's toe te voegen.
Onderdeel
Aantal woorden
Waar kun je over schrijven?
Inleiding
50-100
Met wie ga je? Waar ga je heen? Waarom ga je naar dit land? Hoe lang ga je? Wat is de naam van je reisbureau? Wie werken er? Geef wat korte informatie over je land. Waar ligt het? Hoe kun je er komen? Wat is de hoofdstad? Wat moet je weten als je erheen gaat?
7-daags reisschema
25-50 woorden per dag
Waar je heen? Hoeveel kost het? Hoe kom je er? Waarom ga je daarheen? Waar ga je eten? Wat ga je eten? Hoelang ben je daar? Waar slaap je?
Benodigdheden
10-20 dingen die je mee moet nemen.
Waarom moet je deze spullen meenemen? Zijn ze ergens belangrijk voor? Omschrijf de dingen.
Overnachtingsplekken
25-50 woorden per plek
Waar ga je slapen? Wat voor hotel/motel/airbnb/camping is het? Hoeveel betaal je ervoor? Waar ligt het? Wat zijn de faciliteiten?
Geschiedenis
50-100 woorden
Hoe lang bestaat het land al? Wat zijn belangrijke gebeurtenissen? Waarom? Wat zijn de verschillen tussen het land en Nederland? Waarom is dit belangrijk om te weten?
4 / 5 bezienswaardigheden
50-100 worden per plek
Hoe ziet het eruit? Waar ligt het? Waarom is het belangrijk voor het land? Hoe kom je er? Wat kun je er doen?
Extra onderwerpen : Lokale specilicateiten, Belangrijke mensen, Feestdagen, Het weer etc.
Scoring rubric
Hieronder kun je nalezen waar jouw docent op beoordeelt tijdens het nakijken van de brochure.
(schooljaar 17-18) Video
Goals
I can present information using a series of simple sentences in the Present Simple tense.
Instructions
In de laatste week van het project werk je als groep aan het eindproduct - een video met informatie over jullie reis naar het gekozen land.
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Worksheet
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