Going Abroad!A Lesson on travel by Evanie SquiresLevel: A2/A2+Duration: 2 hours

Lesson Sequence: -Warm Up -Making Future Plans -At the Airport -Meet Laura -Travel Role-Play

Objectives: By the end of this lesson you will be able to…

1. Talk about future travel plans (using the present continuous and be going to)

2. Identify important locations in an airport (restrooms, baggage claim, etc.)

3. Respond to questions commonly asked when checking-in and passing through customs at the airport

4. Read and answer questions about a travel itinerary

Warm UpRead the quote and discuss the questions below with a partner.

1. What does the quote mean to you?

2. Do you like to travel?3. How frequently do

you travel?4. Where are you going

on your next trip?

“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

Making Future PlansTo talk about plans at a set time or place in the future we often use two different forms;

present continuous or be going to.

1. Present continuousAffirmative: Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing…Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not/n´t + verb-ing…Interrogative: (Question word) + am/is/are + subject + verb-ing…?

Examples:I´m seeing a movie with a friend tonight. / They are arriving tomorrow morning.We aren´t going to the party on Friday. / He isn´t leaving until Monday.What are you doing later? / Is she coming to the office?

Making Future Plans - cont´d 2. Be going to

Affirmative: Subject + am/is/are + going to + verb…Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not /n´t + going to + verb…Interrogative: (Question word) + am/is/are + subject + going to + verb…?

Examples:I´m going to see a movie tonight. / They are going to arrive tomorrow morning.We aren´t going to attend the party on Friday. / He isn´t going to leave until Monday.What are you going to do after work? / Is she going to come to the office?

*Tips: 1. You can often use be going to or the present continuous with no difference in meaning. (Ex: I´m going to see a movie tonight. = I´m seeing a movie tonight.) 2. You cannot use the simple present to talk about arrangements. (Ex: X I go out tonight. I´m going out tonight. )

Making Future Plans (Practice)Are you ready to practice? Look at the pictures. What are these people doing next week?1.

Bill / not go / to workBill / go / on vacationBill is not going to work on Friday; he is going on vacation.

2.

I / not go / to a concertI / go / to a party

3.

Jill / meet

4.

The Smiths / travel / to New York

5.

Sam and his wife / not watch / baseballSame and his wife / watch / football

6.

Martin / attend / a conference

Making Future Plans (Practice 2)Now let´s practice be going to. Look at the pictures. What are these people going to do? Use the sentence starters to help you.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Example: She´s going to do yoga.

Sentence starters: He ............. / She ............ / They ............

Making Future Plans (Practice 3)Now use both be going to and present continuous to ask questions!

1. Are / us? / lunch / with / you / eating2. to? / travelling / Where / they / are3. we / stay? / going to / are / Where4. When / returning? / he / is5. tomorrow? / time / What / is / the meeting / 6. are / going to / you / stay / Who / with / over the weekend?7. time off? / you / are / requesting / Why8. Is / to the restaurant? / coming / he

At the AirportCan you match the airport signs to the words below?

Baggage check-in Restrooms Elevators Baggage carts Customs/Passport control Gate Departures Train/Subway Taxi Bus Arrivals Baggage claim

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Meet Laura

Hi! I´m Laura. I´m 27 and I´m a journalist! I work at a publishing startup called Nine Millimeters Press. I started there about 6 months ago. It´s a really interesting independent company started by a travel blogger, Simon Patterson. We publish an online magazine about travel and we even have our own channel on YouTube! Yesterday I had my first assignment. I went to Chicago O´Hare airport to interview travelers. It was really fun! Click on the next page to see more about the interviews!

Meet Laura – cont´d Look at the people in the picture. Which person do you think is:

Returning home to Germany for a funeral, after being away for ten years

Traveling to a work conference in San Diego

Going to shoot an action movie

Click on the next screen to check.

Meet Laura – cont´d 2

Listen to each person talk about their travel plans. Did you guess correctly? Then, listen again to complete the table.

Where are they going? Why?

1. Ryan2. Michele3. Lucy

Travel Role-Play

Now you´re going to practice what you have learned! You will be given a scenario card with an explanation and some extra material. Practice checking in at the airport and getting through Passport control/Customs. Good luck!

Now I can: Talk about my future travel plans Identify important locations in an airport Respond to questions when checking in and going

through customs at the airport Read and answer questions about my travel

itinerary

*All activities and supporting material were created by Evanie Squires. Images were taken from Google (licensed for re-use).

Thanks!