Unit/class Description: Travel and Tourism

Students would have a new unit each week. Each unit focuses on topics students may
encounter in their daily lives, such as health, occupations, and holidays. We will begin to discuss
a new topic on travel and tourism.
Descriptions of the student:
This is an intensive language program class (ILP) in a school located in Provo, Utah. It
has 16 intermediate students. Most students have been in the States for less than a year. While
they are preparing to perceive further educations or seeking career development, many of them
try to learn and understand the culture, too. The average age of the students is 22; the oldest
student is 47, and the youngest student is 17. There are 8 Spanish speakers, 4 Japanese speakers,
2 Portuguese speakers, and 2 Chinese speakers. According to the survey given in the mid of the
semester, it indicated students have different styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
Overall Goal and objectives in this week:
1. Students will be more confident and obtain sufficient cultural knowledge and vocabulary to
sustain a conversation about travel and tourism.
2. Students will be able to read instructions and articles concerning traveling.
3. Students will be able to express their travel experiences, both in the spoken and written
discourse.
Day 1 Writing & Grammar

Terminal Objective:
1. Students will be able to give general information about their traveling experiences, such as
time and place, both in the spoken and written discourse.
Enabling Objective:
1. Students will learn some common vocabulary about travel
2. Students will be able to use common prepositions (at, on, in) to indicate time and place of
their travel experience.
Materials:
1. Vocabulary List 1
2. Computer
3. Projector and projection screen.

Location: UPC 361

Time: Monday 9:00-10:05

9:00—class begins
-make announcements and review
-Content of the final exam. Students will be tested on their reading, writing, listening, and
speaking ability.
-remind students to prepare their personal presentations/mini-grammar lessons. (Josh and
William are going to do their presentations next week.
-review—last week, we talked about words we use at a restaurant. (Ordering food, teaching
different cooking methods, shopping for ingredients, etc.)

9:05—Warm-up & introducing a new topic

-Students will be given the following prompt to write for 5 minutes
-When was your last time travel to a foreign country? Where did you go? What did you
do?
9:10—mini-discussion
-Students will stop writing and talk to their classmate about their travel experience

9:12—Student presentation/mini-grammar lesson.

-Suki will give a mini-grammar lesson about present progressive tense (students choose their
topics)

9:22—Introducing the new unit

-teaching vocabulary list 1 found in the appendix.
-show the students the words on the screen, ask them about the definitions and their parts of
speech.
-ask students to make sample sentences verbally in order to check their understanding of the
words.

9:30 Mini grammar presentation about prepositions of time & place

-use/draw the following graph on the
board to teach.
-give examples to illustrate the
principles.

9:38—Practice with the students

-ask the students about their arrival in
the U.S.
-write their responses with prepositions
on the board.

9:42—Perform(interviewing their classmates)

-Students will have about 5 minutes to prepare questions. They will need to ask their classmates
about their memorable travel experiences.
-After the preparation, the teacher will assign students to different groups. They will interview
each other and write their answers to the questions.

9:55—Evaluating student performance

-assigning three students to speak about what their classmates said.

10:02-summary
-make a summary of prepositions of time and place.
-show students what their homework is.
Homework: textbook activity 1-4 on p. 37-39
Day 2 Reading/speaking

Terminal Objective:
1. Students will be able to read basic instructions about traveling.
Enabling Objective:
1. Students will learn some common vocabulary about travel.
2. Students will be able to use the KWL chart to activate their knowledge and search for the
main ideas of the passage.
3. Students will be able to give basic verbal instructions about how to travel to their familiar
places
Materials:
1. Vocabulary List 2
2. Computer
3. Projector and projection screen.
4. The reading passage and comprehension questions found in the appendix.

Location: UPC 361

Time: Tuesday 9:00-10:05

9:00—class begins
-Warm-up activity—speaking prompt
-students will be given 3 minutes to talk with a partner about the following prompt.
Prompt: If you were to travel to England tomorrow, what would you bring with you?
-After a minute, students will be given some time to share their answers with the class.

9:05—Teaching vocabulary list 2 from the appendix

-show the students the words on the screen, ask them about the definitions and their parts of
speech.
-ask students to make sample sentences verbally in order to check their understanding of the
words.
9:15—Reading activity
-hand out the reading passage, not the comprehension question sheet
P.s. The reading passage is adapted from a passage found on the following webpage.
https://www.excellentesl4u.com/esl-taking-a-trip-reading.html

Pre-reading (about 5 minutes)

-Use a KWL chart
-ask the students to look at the title and finish what they know and what they want to know on
the board.
Reading stage (about 3~5 minutes)
-ask the students to read the passage silently
Post-reading (about 3 minutes)
-finish the KWL chart with the students

-hand out the comprehension question sheet

-ask the students to work on it for 5 minutes

-after they finish, correct their answers and use the KWL chart to explain the answers again
(about 7~8 minutes)
(Transitioning from a reading activity to a speaking activity)
9:42 Speaking activity
-divine the students into four groups
-each group will be assigned a country (U.S.A., Japan, Korea, and Mexica)
-they need to prepare to present what people have to prepare in order to go to their assigned
countries.
-They will have 5 minutes of preparation. The teacher needs to encourage all students to
participate in the group discussion. The students are allowed to search for information on the
internet.
9:49 small presentation from each group.
-each group will be given 3 to 4 minutes to speak

10:02 Summary
Homework: textbook activity 5-7 on p. 39-42
Day 3 Listening/speaking

Terminal Objective:
1. Students will be able to participate in a conversation regarding traveling actively.
Enabling Objective:
1. Students will learn some common vocabulary about travel
2. Students will be able to use the vocabulary we learn this week in their in-class activity and
their daily lives.
Materials:
1. Vocabulary List 3
2. Computer
3. Projector and projection screen.
4. Cell-phone for Kahoot

Location: UPC 361

Time: Wednesday 9:00-10:05

9:00—class begins
-Warm-up activity—speaking prompt
-students will be given 3 minutes to talk with a partner about the following prompt.
Prompt: If your friend is going to travel to your home town, what do you suggest to him/her to
visit, why?
-After a minute, students will be given some time to share their answers with the class.
-the teacher will check if the students have done the homework assigned on Monday and
Tuesday.

9:05— Student presentation/mini-grammar lesson.

-Joel will give a personal presentation about himself (students choose their topic)

9:15—Teaching vocabulary list 3 from the appendix

-show the students the words on the screen, ask them about the definitions and their parts of
speech.

9:23—Writing with vocabularies

-show the vocabulary learned throughout this week on the screen
-instead of asking students to give examples, they are asked to use the words to create a
paragraph.
-ask the students to respond to the following questions.
-your family is going to travel to the U.S. for two weeks. Your job is to tell them what
they need to prepare.
-you should use at least ten words from the lists
-you will be given 8 minutes to write.

9:33—transitioning to another activity

-collect students’ writings and evaluate them later.

9:34 Listening activity

The teaching will use the listening lesson on the following website:
http://www.elllo.org/english/1351/T1353-TS-SanFranciscoSuperlatives.htm
Pre-listening (3 minutes)
-go through the unfamiliar words from the listening
-the vocabularies are given on the webpage
Listening (3 minutes)
-encourage students to take notes in their notebook.
Post-listening (about 5~6 minutes)
-do the online quiz with the class
-listening to the audio again to enhance students’ comprehension.

9:45 Summary
-Summarize what we have learned this week and play Kahoot
-The game is an acceptability judgment task. Students need to judge if the sentences are
grammatically acceptable or not. (The teacher may find the answer below)
-If the students demonstrate misuse or misunderstanding of common prepositions, the teacher
may review the concept at the end of the class.

10:03
Homework: Journal writing (fluency writing for 15 minutes and vocabulary)
Vocabulary List
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
1. Airline 1. Airport 1. Airport
2. Aisle 2. Currency 2. Airplane/ Flight
3. Baggage 3. Depart 3. Destination
4. Foreign 4. Flight attendant 4. Embark
5. Journey 5. Immigration officer 5. Foreigner
6. Land 6. Map 6. Gateway
7. Sightseeing 7. Pack 7. Hostel
8. Travel 8. Passport 8. Platform
9. Tourist 9. Souvenir 9. Return
10. Vacation 10. Terminal 10. Sail

The words in the list are selected from the following webpage:
https://www.excellentesl4u.com/esl-taking-a-trip-vocabulary.html
 How to Plan a Trip
Traveling can be tricky for a newbie. If you want to take a trip to a new
place abroad or which is far away from where you live, you may need to make a
good plan in order to avoid troubles during the trip. So once you know where you
want to go, you should decide when and how you are going to go there. 
Many people take a trip during holidays
because that is the time when they can take a
break from work or studies. Unfortunately,
traveling during holiday season may not be a
good choice as prices for flight tickets and hotel
rooms are usually higher than the off-season
period when tourism is not booming. If you have
a limited budget, you may consider taking a day off work during the off-season
when prices are lower and discounted. 
Your budget will also determine what means of transportation you are going
to use. Taking a road trip might be cheaper, but you should be in good shape and
prepare your car for a long trip. If you choose to fly, you may have to take public
transportation to get around in your holiday destination. Whether you take a taxi,
subway or bus, you should know where you are going based on the itinerary that
you have planned before and make sure you know the routes and the fares.
Next, calculate your costs. What kind of accommodation do you want? If
you take a road trip, you may prefer to stay in a motel. Hostels are cheaper, but
today you can search online and find hotels offering rooms with low rates. If the
costs are more than you can afford, make cuts where you can. You may cut
expenses for eating out or even cut the trip short and get back before the holiday
season ends.
Once you are exactly sure of where and when you want to go, how you will
get there and where you are going to stay, make your reservations. You can book
your flight and accommodation online and even many attractions have ticket sales
online so you can skip the lines and enjoy the attraction right in. You may also
consider taking travel insurance. You will have some protection in case you could
not travel during the time your tickets are booked for. If you plan to travel
internationally, keep your passport, travel documents, visas and similar items in
one place to ease you in accessing them.
Lastly, pack light. Heavy luggage will only restrict your movement and
cause discomfort. A few basic shirts and pants or shorts will do and roll them when
packing to save room for souvenirs. 
Reading comprehension questions that go with the above reading passage.

1) When is the best time to take a cheap trip?

a. During the holiday season.
b. During the off-season.
c. During the peak period.
d. During the day off.

2) What is the advantage of taking a road trip compared to flying?

a. A road trip is longer.
b. A road trip could be dangerous.
c. A road trip is usually cheaper.
d. A road trip requires you to be in good shape.

3) If your budget for accommodation is very limited, you can do the following,
EXCEPT:
a. Stay in a luxury hotel.
b. Stay in a hostel.
c. Cut your trip short.
d. Find a low rate hotel room.

4) What is travel insurance for?

a. To protect your health during the trip.
b. To give protection if you lose your luggage.
c. To give protection when traveling.
d. To give protection if you should cancel your reservation.

5) Why should you bring light luggage?

a. To restrict your movement.
b. To save your energy.
c. To ease you in moving around.
d. To give space for camping equipment.
 Kahoot sentences
Question 1:
1. I was born on Utah.
2. I was born in Utah.

Question 2:
1. John usually eats breakfast on the morning.
2. John usually eats breakfast in the morning.

Question 3:
1. On Monday evening, they will go to LA.
2. In Monday evening, they will go to LA.

Question 4:
1. The plane will arrive in 3 p.m.
2. The plane will arrive at 3 p.m.

Question 5:
1. In 2007, I traveled to three countries.
2. In 2007 I traveled to tree countries.

Question 6:
1. In December, Idaho is very cold.
2. At December, Idaho is very cold.

Question 7:
1. My friend’s house is in the main street.
2. My friend’s house is on the main street.