My Worst Holiday Ever - A2 - Activity 4 - BOOST

My Worst Holiday Ever – A2 – Activity 4

My Worst Holiday Ever – A2 – Activity 4

Aim of Activity

30 mins

To connect topic to real life experience and teach vocabulary via a game format.

Steps for Students

Did you buy any souvenirs on your last holiday? What did you buy?
What is the best souvenir?
What is the worst souvenir ever?
Play the souvenir game here: Activity 4
In the animation Violet bought a Souvenir for Tara but she left it on the plane. In your group design the perfect souvenir for Tara from your region.
Think about the following:

What kind of object is it? ( a mug/plate/keyring…..)
What can Tara use it for?
What is it made of? (wood/plastic/gold……)
Is it cheap or overpriced?

Ask the class what words they associate with souvenir and create a mind map.
Next play the game on souvenirs by clicking the link here: Activity 4
In the animation Violet bought a Souvenir for Tara but she left it on the plane.
Ask the class to work in groups to design the perfect souvenir for Tara from their region.
Ask them to consider the following:

What kind of object is it? ( a mug/plate/keyring…..)
What can Tara use it for?
What is it made of? (wood/plastic/gold……)
Is it cheap or overpriced?

TIP!

Here is a useful tool for creating online mind maps https://www.mindmeister.com/

Answers are given.

The BOOST Project (Building Open Online Series for Teaching) aims to improve the digital readiness of teachers of English as a foreign language to students aged 8 -14 by providing an open-access series of engaging native-speaker content videos linked with a Resource Pack of ready-made activities to stimulate production of the language in online learning.

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