A trip to Riaza

Learning more about the Present Continuous

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Context and meaningful learning

1st ESO students go to Riaza (Segovia) at the beginning of May. They stay for a week and learn in a different way. They enjoy this trip very much and look forward to it during the year. Therefore, there is a high motivation towards Riaza. In this context we are going to learn a grammar structure. It will make sense to students as it is a preparation for the trip: their learning will be meaningful.

Objectives In this didactical unit we are going to learn how

to communicate plans in the future, according to the Decreto 22/2007 de 10 de mayo de la CAM:

“1º ESO: Expresar planes e intenciones para el futuro. […]. El presente continuo con valor de futuro going to ”

Presentation: The hook

• Several strategies may be useful in order to present the activities to students:– Watch a video from last year– Read the invitation letter in English– Let an older student explain last year’s trip in

English

Previous questions• What do we know about Riaza?

– Suggested answers: It’s a place It’s in Segovia We are going with the school We are going to like it

• What are we going to do there?– Suggested answers: We are going to have fun We are going to be with friends We are going to dance We are going to play football

• Other questions:– What places are we going to visit?– How long are you going to stay?– What objects are you going to take?

• Write on the board and underline the expressions the students have said using the present continuous to make a future plan.

• Ask students to find the Grammar Rule• Fix the structure on the wall

Game

• Work in groups of three students• Role-playing: a student plays an action and

the rest of the group must guess it, using the expression “you are going to….”

Pair work

• Find information about Riaza and other villages in Segovia: images, etc.

• Elaborate a pp presentation of 8-10 images• Present the village. What you are going to visit

there and what activities are you going to do?» Use the present continuous» Use I and We

Practice

• Do some exercises from de text book: fill in the gaps, rewriting sentences, etc.

Writing

• Choose a village from another group• Describe what your fellow students are going

to visit there and what activities they are going to do.

» Use they, he or she.» Use the structure “going to”

Assessment

• Oral skills • Writing skills• Grammar• Pair group• Computer literacy • Learning to learn

• Define the skills that are going to be marked. Choose some.

• Tell students BEFORE doing the activity

• Give them qualitative feedback as soon as possible

High level students

• Write the Wikipedia article for Riaza in English.

Calendar and place

– 1st session: Presentation (hook), previous questions and game

– 2nd session: Pair work (and assessment) in the School Library

– 3rd session: Oral presentations and practice (and assessment)

– 4th session: Writing (and assessment)

Visualize what you have learnt

• Fix photos of Riaza on the wall • Fix in capital letters the structure we are

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