Around The World

Around the world

This book is intended for 8th – 9th grade students,

in standard English level.

The educational goals of this book are:
– Improving and expanding the student’s vocabulary.
– Improving the students’ writing and reading skills.
– Learning the English language in an interesting and non-threatening way
– Sharing of personal and interesting experiences.
– Expanding the personal knowledge of the students
and learning new things about the world,
through the English language.

 New vocabulary: 

1. vacation
2. adventure
3. trips
4. cultures
5. exploring
6. countries
7. holiday
8. undergo

1. First activity: cloud generator – In this activity, I will write in a cloud of words, words that related to the topic I chose, in a form of a question mark. The children will have to read the words aloud in the classroom and guess the topic that links all the words.

2. Second activity: Quizlet – after we learn the new vocabulary, we will learn the definition of each new word, by presenting flash cards, using matching images to help memorize the meaning of the words.

https://quizlet.com/_7nf7ak?x=1jqt&i=19avzw

Amazing adventurers

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/amazing-adventurers-level-1

Vacation in Thailand

In the comic shown above, the character marvels at a number of things unique to Thailand and different from the Western world, please explain them.

 “Amazing adventurers”: Reading comprehension questions

1. Kahoot it! – After the students had read the text, we will play a game with questions about it’s topic, that will contain keywords from the text.
   https://create.kahoot.it/share/amazing-adventurers/63cbe07e-fe2e-442f-a00d-5acafb5a92c2
2. Wordwall – In this section, we will play a “match game” between words related to our topic, and their definitions we have learned. Here, the student can memorize the definitions and also see if they really understood the meaning of each word.
   https://wordwall.net/resource/711401

Listening Practice: “Vacation Plans”

A link for a hearing and reading section that talks about preparing for a vacation.

https://www.dailyesl.com/vacations/vacation-plans/

Enter the link above, and answer the questions the audio section.

Then answer the following question:

•  In your personal opinion, what are the three most important steps in vacation planning?

A Writing Assignment

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ktjb7DFXpFc4fV2UJA3d9zg59bHR7gj/view

1. Watch the animation shown above.

2. Give the animation a headline.

3. Name the characters that appear in the animation.

4. Write a story behind the animation.

5. Now create a new animation that continues the story you wrote.

Forums assignment

Trigger a discussion, in an online class forum in the schools portal.

Question for discussion:

Where have you recently traveled?

1. Write about where you last traveled, in Israel or in other countries around  the world.
2. Provide some general information or a few interesting facts about the place you presented. If desired, you can add pictures from your vacation.
3. Each student must respond to at least two places they have previously visited or they would like to visit, from the places presented by the other students.
4. In you responses, try to formulation in the widest possible way. Use elaborated sentences, correct use of grammar and sophisticated vocabulary.
5. You have one week to do the writing assignment. After that the writing option will be closed, and you will have one more week to write your responses to the other students.