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7/27/2019 Around the Town Classroom Activities http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/around-the-town-classroom-activities 1/2 The Richmond Vodcast Series ©Richmond Publishing, 2011 BournemouthQuest Classroom Activities Language focus  VOCABULARY/FUNCTION: asking for and giving directions SKILLS PRACTICE: speaking  Before the activity Students watch Bournemouth Quest Vodcast at home or in the classroom. Each student will need a copy of Worksheet 1. Prior to starting the activities, you may like to revise language for asking for and giving directions (  go straight on , take the third right , etc.). Procedure 1 Elicit from the class what they can remember from the vodcast. What did Tom and Alessandra have to nd? Was it easy or difcult? What did they have to bring back from each place? Ask the class if any of them have been to Bournemouth. Did they like it? What did they visit there? 2 Hold up a copy of Worksheet 1 and elicit some suggestions for the function of each marked building (tourist information, bank, library, arts centre, souvenir shop, etc.). The students should write the names of the buildings in the spaces at the bottom of the worksheet as the class decides them. When you have nished, everyone in the class will have the same map. 3 Organise the class into pairs. In each pair, Student A species a start point and asks directions to another point on the map. Student B then gives directions. The students then reverse roles. Repeat the procedure as many times as you wish. You may nd it helpful to set up the activity with a demonstration rst. Homework extension activity Using the internet, students research and prepare a report about the city of Bournemouth. This could include photos, interesting facts about the city itself and about its history. Bournemouth is a good choice for a research task, partly because it is only 200 years old and so its history is of a manageable size, and partly because the changes it has been through symbolise some of the social changes that have occurred in Britain over that time. Alternatively, you may wish students to write a report based on the following: A recent survey found that Bournemouth is the happiest place in Britain, with 82% of people questioned saying they were happy with their lives. Find out about Bournemouth, and suggest possible reasons for this.

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BournemouthQuest Classroom Activities

Language focus

 VOCABULARY/FUNCTION: asking for and giving directions

SKILLS PRACTICE: speaking

 

Before the activity

Students watch Bournemouth Quest Vodcast at home or in the classroom. Each student will

need a copy of Worksheet 1. Prior to starting the activities, you may like to revise language for

asking for and giving directions ( go straight on, take the third right , etc.).

Procedure

1 Elicit from the class what they can remember from the vodcast. What did Tom and Alessandra

have to nd? Was it easy or difcult? What did they have to bring back from each place? Ask theclass if any of them have been to Bournemouth. Did they like it? What did they visit there?

2 Hold up a copy of Worksheet 1 and elicit some suggestions for the function of each marked

building (tourist information, bank, library, arts centre, souvenir shop, etc.). The students should

write the names of the buildings in the spaces at the bottom of the worksheet as the class

decides them. When you have nished, everyone in the class will have the same map.

3 Organise the class into pairs. In each pair, Student A species a start point and asks directions

to another point on the map. Student B then gives directions. The students then reverse roles.

Repeat the procedure as many times as you wish. You may nd it helpful to set up the activity

with a demonstration rst.

Homework extension activity

Using the internet, students research and preparea report about the city of Bournemouth. This couldinclude photos, interesting facts about the city itself and about its history. Bournemouth is a good choicefor a research task, partly because it is only 200 yearsold and so its history is of a manageable size, andpartly because the changes it has been throughsymbolise some of the social changes that haveoccurred in Britain over that time.

Alternatively, you may wish students to write a reportbased on the following:

A recent survey found that Bournemouth is thehappiest place in Britain, with 82% of peoplequestioned saying they were happy with their lives.Find out about Bournemouth, and suggest possiblereasons for this.

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