Title: Expedition, expotition

Lesson plan elaborated by: Katarzyna Maciejak

Topic:

Expedition, expotition. A few words about traveling.

Target group

6th‑grade students of an eight‑year elementary school

Core curriculum

I. Literary and cultural education.

1. Reading literary works. Student:

12) defines the theme and topic of the work;

15) explains the literal and figurative meanings of the texts;

2. Reception of cultural texts. Student:

2) searches for information that is directly or indirectly expressed in the text;

3) determines the theme and main thought of the text,

II Language education.

2. Diversity of language Student:

4) understands the literal and figurative meaning of words in an utterance; recognizes polysemous words, understands their meaning in a text and consciously uses them to create his/her own utterances;

8) distinguishes between synonyms, antonyms, understands their functions in the text and uses them in his/her own utterances.

III. Creation of utterances.

1. Elements of the rhetoric. Student:

1) participates in a conversation on a given topic, separates its parts, constructional signals strengthening the bond between the participants of the dialog, explaining the meaning;

2. Speaking and writing. Student:

3) creates a reproductive and creative text plan;

5) discusses the text he/she has read.

IV. Self‑study Student:

1) perfects reading quietly and aloud;

8) develops the skill of critical thinking and opinion forming;

9) develops the skill of effective use of information technology and Internet resources and uses these skills to present their own interests.

The general aim of education

The students develop travel‑related vocabulary (also in its symbolic meaning).

Key competences

• communication in the mother tongue;

• communication in foreign languages;

• learning to learn;

• social and civic competences.

Learning outcomes

Student:

• gives synonyms of the word “travel”;

• explains what homonyms are;

• gives the examples of homonyms;

• creates a plan of events;

• uses the travel‑related vocabulary;

• discusses the benefits of travelling.

Methods / techniques

• problematic: talk;

• practical: exercises concerned;

• exposing: recording;

• programmed: using the computer, using an e‑textbook.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• collective activity.

Lesson plan overview (Process)

Introduction

1. The teacher defines the purpose of the course: the students talk about travelling, learn about homonyms.

2. The teacher asks the students if they like travelling, which countries they have already visited and which they would like to see in the near future. The teacher, together with the students, formulate the answer to the question what are the benefits of travelling.

Realization

1. The teacher and the students open the lesson entitled “Expedition, expotition”. The students do interactive exercise 1 – in the “word search” they are to find the synonym of the word “travel”, and then, together with the teacher, discuss the differences between individual words.

2. The students read the text entitled “Biegun Północny” (The North Pole), paying special attention to the course of the expedition. Basing on the text, the students form, individually, the plan of events and explain which pole Winnie the Pooh reached and how it managed to do it. Next, they are to find in the text the words that Winnie the Pooh did not understand and give their synonyms. Selected students read their answers.

3. The teacher refers to the word “pole” and explains what homonyms are (gives examples). In pairs, the students do the task in the abstract – they look for their examples of homonyms.

4. The teacher reminds which pole Winnie the Pooh reached and asks the students if they know how the real North Pole looks like. The students look at the interactive map of the Arctic's fauna, flora, climate and population in the abstract.

5. The teacher asks the students if they know any travellers who reached the North Pole. He directs the conversation to the figure of Jaś Mela. The students listen to the interview with Jaś Mela and, together, think about the benefits of travelling (with other student(s) or alone).

Summary

The teacher asks the students questions, e.g.

• What do you associate with the word travel?

• What synonyms of the word travel do you know?

• What is homonymy?

• What does it mean to reach the North Pole? And in Polish: „zdobyć biegun”?

Homework

Using the crossword generator, create a crossword containing the words you learned during the lesson (min. 5‑6 passwords).

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Expedition, expotition

Do you like travelling? Which countries have you visited? Which countries would you like to visit in the near future? What do you think people get when they travel?

What is the difference between particular synonyms? Do you know all the words from the word search?

Which expedition is mentioned in the extract of the “Winnie the Pooh”? List its members and write down a short plan of events.

Winnie the Pooh found a slightly different North Pole. Do you know what the real one looks like?

Do you know any travellers who have reached the North Pole? Jaś Mela is one of them.