Packing up - Tour Package

Introduction

Travelling broadens people´s horizons!!! 

 Why do people like to travel to other countries?                                                                              

Travelling abroad is good because:

1.By travelling you get to learn about different cultures first-hand.

2. Adventure? the adventuring possibilities are endless.

3.Language-Along with learning about a culture´s traditions and foods you can also immerse yourself in their language.

4.Find yourself-Travelling also shows that you are a responsible and mature individual with an ability to quickly adapt to different situations.

5.Looks good on a résumé- Most employers view travelling as a great way to become more knowledgeable about world cultures.

So let´s pack up and go?

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Task

HANDS ON!!! Work in groups of 3.

Imagine your group has won $5.000,00 in the lottery to spend on this trip. Choose one country from the list below where you would like to go. One country per group.Work in your group to prepare a  Tour Package presentation to this country. You can use power point presentation,Prezi, Glogster or Padlet to make your digtal poster. You need to include in the presentation:The destination, when to travel, length of stay, where to stay, a description of the place, transportation, how much money to spend, who is going with you and why you want to go there.                  COUNTRIES

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Process

In order to collect information and ideas for your presentation you should visit the following websites and select materials that can help you prepare the presentation and learn more about your favorite vacation destination:

www.yazigitravel.com.br/destinos

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com

http://www.funjet.com/Destinations/

http://www.expedia.com/Vacation-Packages?rfrr=Header.POSRedirect.www.ex…

Your presentation must include lots of pictures, including the country´s flag and the map, as well as a video.

Evaluation

Make sure you summarize the information collected from the web using short text and simple language, for example, to talk about future plans use be going to,to describe things that exist in this place (there is/are) and also travel vocabulary. Check in your student book for more examples and information.

Conclusion

After you and your group finish your presentation, publish it in our Facebook group and be ready to present it to the class orally as a group.

Do your best and I hope your country wins the competition.

After all the groups´presentation, you are going to decide which is the best vacation destination and why, and

in pairs you are going to write an online postcard to your friends/family members imagining you are there.

www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/postcard

Credits
Teacher Page

Practice of the language used to say that something exists somewhere.

Also, offer students opportunities to ask, answer and report about future plans and intentions concerning traveling.