Unit 3 - Wanderlust Lesson 3 |
Thursday, October 23rd
Today's Goal: To practice speaking about current events, activate vocabulary knowledge, practice writing and speaking about profit-driven adventure travel
**Announcement: Please bring a laptop, tablet or smartphone and headphones (if possible) for Monday's class. We will do an in-class listening activity.
Agenda:
1. Practice speaking by doing headline chats
2. Part one of research study
3. Practice revising essays using peer and teacher feedback
4. Discuss and debate the ethics of profit-driven adventure travel
Today's Goal: To practice speaking about current events, activate vocabulary knowledge, practice writing and speaking about profit-driven adventure travel
**Announcement: Please bring a laptop, tablet or smartphone and headphones (if possible) for Monday's class. We will do an in-class listening activity.
Agenda:
1. Practice speaking by doing headline chats
2. Part one of research study
3. Practice revising essays using peer and teacher feedback
4. Discuss and debate the ethics of profit-driven adventure travel
Activity #1 - Headline Chats
Instructions:
1. In pairs, look at today's front page headlines from The New York Times.
2. Discuss the following questions together:
Activity #2 - Research Study
Instructions:
1. In pairs, look at today's front page headlines from The New York Times.
2. Discuss the following questions together:
- Which headlines are you confident you know about?
- Which ones do you maybe know about?
- Which ones are you unfamiliar with?
Activity #2 - Research Study
Activity 3 - Writing Revision
Revise your essay from this week incorporating all of the feedback you have received. You will hand this in and receive feedback from the teachers. (20 mins)
Activity 4 - Profit-Driven Adventure Travel
1. Do you like adventure travel? Why or why not? Tell your partner about some of your experiences (5 mins)
2. Watch the trailer for the documentary film "The Summit", about a disaster on K2. Who is MORE responsible for safety on these adventures - the hikers or the tour operators? Why? Who goes on these hikes and what type of people do you think died? (HINT: professional climbers; tourist climbers; mountain guides/Sherpas) (10 min)
3. Read the article from the New York Times. (10 min)
4. Discuss your opinions with your partner. (10 mins)