PLACES IN A CITY

lesson plan places in a city

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The lesson plan was designed with the aim of using digital resources in the learning of the English language for a second year at secondary school. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and emergency protocol, teachers need to flip their lessons. That is the reason to create a Genially presentation in which all the content and material are together. In this way, students have access to everything they need, and they can use the resources in the classroom but also while learning at home. We are teaching in reduced timetables, so the in-class time with the groups of students we see once every two weeks should be used for producing language more than just presenting it. So, we use the flipped classroom approach more often than we used to. And as a consequence, we provide students with resources to work in the classroom and at home, using the time together to work collaboratively and applying the language for specific communicative goals, linked to the development of digital and high order thinking skills. According to Edgard Dale (1954) audiovisual material could provide some vivid memorable experiences and extend them regardless the limitations of time, space and economic possibilities. He designed a Cone of Experience to work from the more direct experiences (learning by doing), Iconinc experiences (learning through observation) to the more abstract symbolic experiences (learning through abstraction). Edgard Dale highlighted the importance of building rich learning environments by using the potential of audiovisual materials to provide valuable input in order to promote significant learning. He highlighted the value of audiovisual resources for teaching, and argued that ‘through the skillful use of radio, audio recording, television, video recording, painting, line drawing, motion picture, photograph, model, exhibit, poster, we can bring the world to the classroom. We can make the past come alive either by reconstructing it or by using records of the past’ (Dale, 1969). Or, as is the case in this lesson plan, students have the chance to know different cities despite never having been there. The whole lesson plan is aided by online multimedia tools. Presentation, online board, interactive games, online collaborative designed surveys, interactive worksheets, quizzes and videos were selected to cater for different learning styles and also, as mentioned above, to suit the difficult educational situation in the context of a worldwide spread pandemic. On a final note, this lesson plan can easily be adapted by the teacher to work in a traditional, blended, or flipped fashion.

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to learn, practise, and talk about places in citites. to write a description ofour own city. to google for a favourite city in the world. to create and vote in a survey. to use a wide range of ICT tools and skills

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• Computers /Laptops
• Internet connection
  • Digital resources:
    • Youtube videos (to provide input, to interact with audiovisual content)
    • Padlet (interactive board)
    • tricider (to participate in a collaborative survey adding photo and description)
    • liveworksheets (practise)
    • Kahoot (game)
    • Quizziz (assessing)
    • Genially (presentation, organization and gamification)
    • Google (to search for information)

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The teacher asks sts to watch a video about places in town. Teacher uses Jamboard to explain and solve tasks with sts. Students access different interactive and digital resources. They interact with the contents and materials. They solve tasks and work on reading, and listening skills. Sts are asked to google for a city they like. They search for the places that might be interesting for them to visit. Finally, they go to tricider where they post their cities, a picture and a short persuasive description of the city they have chosen. The idea is that they post their city, have a look at other cities proposed, and finally vote for one. Homelearning opportunity and final individual task: Sts take pictures or record videos about the places in their own cities. They write a short description. They put together a presentation using video, pictures, and their voice. Further steps: Students get in small groups and they compare an contrast the cities they have selected, and their own.

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Places in town There is/There are Prepositions of place Description of cities ICT skills

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Students will be assessed by their involvement in the lesson, their abilities to use the digital resources, and their final productions in both, the survey task, and the presentation of their own city.

lesson plan designed byRomina martini

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PLACES IN TOWN

Let's discover the places in town. Our own town and other cities around the world!

LET' GO!

MAP

Here you'll find the resources and tasks to start our adventure together.

Introduction

Exit tasks

01 Quiz

02 Search for

03 Let's work!

04 Jamboard

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Let's watch this video to discover the places in the city.

Extra videos you can watch

https://jamboard.google.com/d/1TB9fvuINIzUzWNst5kPDG56nz03tMVJqbYE-K6em41s/edit?usp=sharing

let's work on jamboard!

START

QUIZ TIME

Complete the following quizz and have fun!

QUIZ

PREGUNTA 1/5

Where can you go when you are ill?

LIBRARY

SCHOOL

HOSPITAL

NEXT

rIGHT ANSWER!

QUIZ

PREGUNTA 2/5

Where can you buy food for your pets?

PET SHOP

POLICE STATION

BANK

QUIZ

NEXT

RIGHT!

QUIZ

PREGUNTA 3/5

Where can you buy a doll for a child?

TOY SHOP

BOOK SHOP

SUPERMARKET

QUIZ

NEXT

RIGHT!

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PREGUNTA 4/5

Where can you borrow a book?

BOOK SHOP

LIBRARY

BAKERY

QUIZ

NEXT

rIGHT!

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PREGUNTA 5/5

Where can you buy bread and cakes?

BUTCHER'S

BAKERY

CLOTHES SHOP

QUIZ

NEXT

RIGHT!

QUIZ

WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!

QUIZ

¡BUSCA!

Entre todas las afirmaciones que descubras,haz clic solo en las correctas

EMPEZAR

LISTEN AND CLICK ON THE CORRECT PLACE

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PARK

POLICE STATION

TOY SHOP

SUPERMARKET

MARKET

LISTEN AND CLICK ON THE CORRECT SENTENCE

Drag the light to find the correct answer.

The post office is in front of the park.

The post office is between the fire station and the hospital.

The post office is next to the hospital.

The post office is between the police station and the hospital.

The post office is opposite the police station.

RIGHT!

LISTEN AND CLICK ON THE CORRECT SENTENCE.

Drag the light to find the correct answer

There aren't three banks in my town.

There is a bank in my town.

There are three parks in my town.

There are three banks in my town.

There are five banks in my town.

¡CORRECTO!

¡ERROR!

Wrong!

Try again!

Let's work!

Let's discover our city.

Take pictures of your city and write a short description about the places you can find.then, record your notes using your voice and edit a presentation using the voice notes and the pictures.

google for a city that you like.

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post a picture of the city and tell your classmates why they should visit it.

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use the following tricider to share your city and vote for one.

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http://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/3HENGgUUN33

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good job!well done citizen of the world