miércoles, 11 de noviembre de 2015

Essay Writing Lesson Plan

1. Vocabulary



Land
Sea
Air
car
jeep
bus
coach
motorbike
scooter
bike
walking!
ship
boat
ferry
motorboat
rowing boat
plane
helicopter
 hot-air balloon

Read out a list of different transports and students put them in the correct column.
Students suggest others.

2. Discussion

What's your favourite type of transport and why?
Is there any of the above transports you wouldn't use and why?

Feedback ideas to the board.

3. Reading

a. Read the essay and tick the types of transport mentioned and add any others.

b. Read the essay and try to complete the gaps (in pencil)



What is your favourite way of travelling and why?


--------------, people have a huge variety of transport to choose from when they are considering a ----------- or journey. From the more---------- means like, planes, trains, cars and ships to the less conventional like hot-air balloons, camels and-----------.
For the purposes of this essay, I will -------------the many advantages of travelling by plane.
Flying has ----------------a revolution in the last decade or so. Low cost airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet have changed our ---------------of travelling opening up new possibilities and horizons for even the------------- of students. These airlines have managed to ----------------reduce the cost of an air ticket, making flying both relatively economical, safe and certainly very-------------.
Flights are ------------- as you do not have to concentrate on where you  are driving to, as well as the fact that you can enjoy the -----------below from a window seat or spend your time reading your latest novel or-----------.
Even time spent at the airport checking in, going through---------------- control and reclaiming baggage has  --------------as people now use technology to manage their bookings and choose to take only hand luggage on board and so avoid the wait for suitcases at their----------------.
Personally, I think these are very ------------- arguments in favour of air travel and that is why I would choose it when I need to travel.

c.  Now circle the words in the lines below and add them to the text. How do they compare with the words you had thought up?

outlinedestinationundergoneconceptfastrelaxingmagazinepassportdecreased
traditionalnowadaystriprickshawspoorestdrasticallyscenerystrong


7. Reread the text and make a note of the most important ideas. Can you think of anymore?

Collection of photos related to this theme on our pinterest account:

And a fun video - Louis Cole’s year of travel. Task could be to write down all the different means of transport he uses, the animals, places they see.

And an attractive infographic about miscellaneous facts about transports:
http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/transportation.html

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