Around the world in 1 Hour… (Lesson 14 and 15)

  Around the world in 1 Hour… (Lesson 14 and 15)

“Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind and fills your life with stories to tell”

-Paul Benfield

Around the world in 1 Hour!

To be able to appreciate and enjoy nature is an art in itself. The class focussed on that. The students through games and activities were given wings and wheels to fly to their favourite places and their destinations of dreams. It helped them to be more creative and it was the ideal task to make them open up and share their opinions and. Through the task the acquisition of language becomes easy and natural.

Highlights

Entry Activity

Travelling with wings

The entry activity to travel around the world made the students open up about their experiences and dreams. It helped in appreciating the beauty of nature.

Homework

Poem on Nightingale

The students wrote wonderful poems on the Nightingale which was recited in the class.

Model of flowers

 
Models of flowers

The models of heather, bluebell and hawthorn were shown to the students. It helped them to identify the flowers and to understand more about them.

Revision using “Kahoot”

Kahoot 

The teacher did a small pop quiz on the mobile application “Kahoot”. The link to the quiz: 

https://kahoot.it/challenge/04456138?challenge-id=ee6485e5-24ae-4d37-8f0a-7b983d5a4231_1613149581975

Situational Teaching

Word Study

For teaching words situational teaching was used. Eg: bubbling, pull, crystal, ebb, petal

The class offered an opportunity for both the students and the teachers to travel around the world using the wings of imagination.  


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