Excursion-linked lesson plans and materials Elac Cardiff (Level B1 / B2) Instructions Stage 1 Introduce students to the city of Cardiff. Has anyone been there before? Does anyone know anything about the city? Tell students that they are going to look at 8 facts about Cardiff and the words in the matching task will be in the information. The words are: to own (v) docklands (n) bay (n) sailing (n & v) to provide (v) views (n) stadium (n) exhibitions (n) natural history (n) religious (adj) to vote (v) experiments (n) planetarium (n) In pairs, the students complete the matching task. Make sure that a) the words are understood and b) they can be properly pronounced. Focus, too, on word class. Stage 2 In this activity, students work as a class but they get the information they need individually. You will need to go around the class checking that they understand the activity, that they are doing it correctly and that they are not having problems with the vocabulary. It is not necessary to understand all of the vocabulary to complete the task. How the activity works 1) Each student has a piece of information (1-8). Therefore, for a class of 16 students there will be 2 copies of each fact. 2) Students start by copying their own fact on to their blank worksheet in the correct space (e.g., fact No. 1 is about Cardiff Castle) 3) Students then move freely around the class swapping pieces of information with each other until their worksheet is complete. The Rules a) Students can only speak in English. b) Students cannot copy the information from other students, it must be dictated. The activity is finished when the first student finishes i.e. all the information is completed. To give the other students the chance to complete the activity, early finishers could be given the teachers sheet (minus the Quick Quiz) to check their answers, spellings etc. is going on too long, stop it and elicit the information from the class as a whole. Plenary (10-15 minutes) When they have all completed the task, read the facts through as a class. Give as many students as possible the opportunity to read. Do the Quick Quiz with them to see how much information they remember. (The Quick Quiz could also be done the following lesson to reinforce some of the information in preparation for their trip to Cardiff.) All the students need to have a copy of the facts for their excursion.
Eight facts about Cardiff 1. Cardiff Castle, which is in the heart of the city, was built over 2000 years ago. The castle is owned by the Bute family which used to be the richest family in the world. 2. The Cardiff docklands have been developed to make Cardiff Bay. It has a lake for sailing lots of restaurants and a 5 star hotel. 3. The Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre is in Cardiff Bay. It provides information for visitors. There are also exhibitions, and fantastic views of the bay. 4. The Millennium Stadium is where important football, rugby and boxing matches and music concerts are played. Up to 75,000 people can be in the stadium at the same time. 5. The National Museum of Cardiff has exhibitions and information on many different things including Natural History and Geography. One of the most popular exhibitions is on the Evolution of Wales. 6. LLandaff Cathedral is one of the oldest religious places in the United Kingdom. The cathedral was built in 1107. 7. Techniquest was voted Europe s best science centre. There are lots of exhibitions and practical experiments that you can do. There is also a planetarium where you can watch the stars. 8. The Wales Millennium Centre is a modern theatre in Cardiff Bay. Since it opened in 2004, 6 million people have visited.
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Draw lines to join the word and its meaning. TO OWN (V) DOCKLANDS (N) BAY (N) A large area of water in the land To choose something or somebody Things to look at in the country SAILING (N & V) Tests to see if something works TO PROVIDE (V) To have something that is yours VIEWS (N) STADIUM (N) EXHIBITIONS (N) NATURAL HISTORY (N) RELIGIOUS (ADJ) The area around a port A building with a projection of the night sky It looks like this To do with the church or god Shows TO VOTE (V) To give or supply EXPERIMENTS (N) Going on the sea in a boat PLANETARIUM (N) A big sports place
1. Who owns Cardiff Castle? Quick Quiz 2. Name 3 things you can find in Cardiff Bay 3. What is the name of the stadium which is used for football, rugby and boxing matches? 4. What is the most popular exhibition in the National Museum of Cardiff? 5. When was LLandaff Cathedral built? 6. What can you do in the Techniquest? 7. What can you see in a planetarium? 8. How many people have visited the Wales Millennium Centre since it opened in 2007?