1. Title of the Unit Moving On
Level 4ESO
Subject: ENGLISH
Teacher: ANA M ROJAS MARTINEZ
2. 1. Learning outcomes/ Evaluation criteria
To know vocabulary about travelling and travel arrangements
To know how to write a diary entry
To take part in a conversation at a tourist information office
2. Subject Content
Vocabulary and expressions related to travel
Layout of a diary entry
At a tourist info office dialogue
3. Language Content / Communication Vocabulary
Nouns: platform, timetable, coach, single and return tickets,
accommodation, luggage, passport, journey, belongings, means of
transport…
Verbs: book, catch, arrive, get, miss, travel …
Adjectives: convenient, cozy, high-speed
Adverbs: for, since, last, already, yet, just…
Collocations: book a ticket, catch a train, miss a flight
- Structures
Present Perfect Simple
Past simple
Used to + infinitive
3. Discourse type
Description , narration, dialogues.
Language skills
Reading, listening, speaking and writing
4. Contextual (cultural) element
How to communicate in order to get information when visiting a new place
5. Cognitive (thinking) processes
Understand, compare, analyse
4. 6. Activities
This unit is divided up into 3 consecutive sessions of 50’ each.
Session 1:
Warm up: Brainstorming-describing pictures about touristic places in the world.
Presentation: Present new vocab used when travelling as well as different means of
transport.
Practice: Reading a text about mobile homes
T/F sentences
Wh- questions
Production: Pair work- Talk about your last holidays with your partner
Session 2:
Warm up: A quiz: Are you ready to travel to the UK (the whole class)
Presentation: Collocations and words used together, eg: book a ticket, catch a train..
Practice: Watch a video (At a tourist info office)
Pay attention to vocabulary used.
Production: Role Play (pair work) with cue cards.
Prepare a dialogue asking for info according to travel brochures at a tourist info office.
Session 3:
Warm up:
Presentation: Verbal tenses: past simple (used to+ inf) and present perfect
Practice: Listening about people talking about travel experiences
T/F statements
Wh- questions
Production: Writing. Write a diary entry. Imagine you are on holidays and write an entry
in your diary talking about your experiences. (send it by mail to the teacher)
6. Methodology
The methodology will be active and participative. Students will work individually,
in pairs and the class as a whole.
The teacher will provide the students with the structures and vocabulary
required, so they can understand, build their knowledge and put it into practice.
New technologies are also used.
Key Competences
Linguistic competence, mathematical competence, social,
digital, learn to learn, emotional, autonomy and competence in
knowledge of and interaction with the physical world.
Evaluati on criteria:
To learn vocabulary about travelling and means of transport
To carry out a conversation at a tourist info office
To be able to write an entry in a diary about travelling experiences using the
required verb tenses
Evaluation instruments:
Continuous assesment of each student by means of direct observation
(classwork)
Check writing and self-correction errors
Check speaking, pair work
Self-evaluation sheet at the end of the unit
7. Methodology
The methodology will be active and participative. Students will work individually,
in pairs and the class as a whole.
The teacher will provide the students with the structures and vocabulary
required, so they can understand, build their knowledge and put it into practice.
New technologies are also used.
Key Competences
Linguistic competence, mathematical competence, social,
digital, learn to learn, emotional, autonomy and competence in
knowledge of and interaction with the physical world.
Evaluati on criteria:
To learn vocabulary about travelling and means of transport
To carry out a conversation at a tourist info office
To be able to write an entry in a diary about travelling experiences using the
required verb tenses
Evaluation instruments:
Continuous assesment of each student by means of direct observation
(classwork)
Check writing and self-correction errors
Check speaking, pair work
Self-evaluation sheet at the end of the unit