Thanksgiving Travel Guide—Top 10 Travel Destinations

Activity #1: Pre-Listening

1. What do you think the video is about?

Do you have an idea of what these phrases might mean? If not, wait until we have watched the video to answer. America’s hometown …birthplace of… …comes to life…

Vocabulary ceremony (noun) formal public or religious event. The 2012 Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on November 14th. expansive (adjective) including many things or a large area. The expansive Mall of America has 400 stores and an indoor roller coaster. fare (noun) type of food available. Corn dogs, funnel cake, and turkey legs are all considered traditional amusement park fare. flock (verb) to gather together in a large group, usually because there is something interesting or exciting. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, people flock to the mall for holiday shopping. pardon (noun) an official decision to forgive someone and free them. As a result of the Governor’s pardon, the prisoner was set free. After watching the video/today’s class, these are other words/things I want to better understand:

Activity #2: Listening

1st Time: Listen/Look for the name of each city and write it next to its place on the list.

10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

2nd Time: Listen for and match the city with one of the Thanksgiving traditions/events that make it a popular destination:

New York, NY Presidential Turkey Pardon Minneapolis, MN largest German market Dallas, TX theme parks Los Angeles, CA America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade Colonial Williamsburg holiday shopping at Mall of America Orlando, FL Turkey Night Grand Prix San Antonio, TX NFL’s Thanksgiving Classic Plymouth, MA Holiday River Parade at the Riverwalk Chicago, IL traditional American fare Washington, DC Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

3rd Time: Listen for and list any Thanksgiving traditions/events that were not included in the activity above.

Examples: Minneapolis, MN: holiday parade Los Angeles, CA: no other events listed

Activity #3 Choose a city you would select as your Thanksgiving destination and write why you would select that as your destination.

If I had to choose one of these destinations for Thanksgiving, I would want to travel to….

Activity #4 Hotel Reservation Form (attached) Activity #5 Practice the dialogue below with a partner. Make sure to fill in the blanks appropriately with name and destination. Dialogue practice: Booking a hotel room Agent: Good afternoon. My name is Thank you for calling Marriott

reservations. How can I help you? Customer: Hello. I am looking to make a reservation for Thanksgiving weekend at your property in

. *Agent: Wonderful. When will you be arriving and how many nights will you be staying with us? *Customer: We are arriving Wednesday night the 21st and we will be staying four nights. Agent: Are there any special needs you might have while staying with us? Customer: No, I think we are all set. Agent: Great. Thanks so much for choosing to stay at the Marriott in .

Have a great day. Customer: You too. Thanks so much. *For an additional challenge, substitute the starred lines with any question(s)/answer(s) you and your partner select