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My Greek Vacation Teacher’S Notes Viewp ints 10 My Greek Vacation Teacher’s Notes 1 Synopsis 2 Individuals. Play the opening segment of the video Elena shows her friends, Josie and Tom, photos and again (until Tom arrives). Have students underline the describes her vacation in Greece. She talks about the stressed words. Check answers. Then have students two weeks she spent on the Greek island of Rhodes shadow read along with the video (see video tip #6 in where she swam, fished, and took boat trips to different the DVD booklet). islands. She also tells them that her mom was born Answer key: on Rhodes. Then she describes her visit to Athens and Josie: Elena, that is so beautiful! shows them pictures of the Parthenon (an ancient Elena: Isn’t it nice? temple on a hill called the Acropolis) and Greek soldiers Josie: You are so lucky! I really want to go there. in traditional uniforms, called evzones. She talks about Elena: I know. I want to go back so much, you can’t her plans to go back next summer, and now, her friends imagine. would like to go with her. Josie: I bet. And I want to come with you next time. Length of video: 3:10min 3 In pairs. Have students work in pairs to complete the 2 Target Language simple past questions in Exercise 3. If necessary, play this section of the video again to check the answers (from Grammar: Simple Past; so + adjective; want to + inf. when Tom arrives to the end). Vocabulary: leisure activities, months Language Points: I bet. Cool! Are you serious? Those Answer key: 1 Where did you go on vacation? are really neat pictures. Hmmm…let me think about it. 2 Why did you choose Rhodes? 3 Didn’t you want to stay there forever? 3 Procedural Notes 4 Individuals. Have students work individually to write A Before you watch as much as they can remember about each place. Then gather information from the whole class to complete the As a class. Read aloud the list of base verbs. Make sure chart on the board. students know their pronunciation and meaning. Answer key: The Parthenon – in Athens, on a hill (the In pairs. Have students work together to write the Acropolis), over 2,000 years old, a temple built for the simple past form of each verb. You could allow them to goddess Athena; use dictionaries for this task. Check answers as a class. The evzones – Greek soldiers, wear traditional costumes, have a special way of marching, everyone took pictures Answer key: go – went, swim – swam, catch – caught, see – saw, ride – rode, make – made, stay – stayed, have – had, take – took, want – wanted C After you watch Ask students to tell you which verbs are regular and why As a class. Read aloud the simple past questions and (stayed, wanted – they end in -ed). check that students understand them. You could have students repeat the questions in a choral drill to practice B While you watch question intonation. 1 Individuals. Give students time to read the list of Individuals. Tell students to think of their last vacation activities. Make sure they understand all the past verb (or a memorable vacation). Give them time to write forms. Tell them to watch the video and check the things answers to the questions. Circulate to help out with that Elena did. Play the whole video. Check answers, grammar and vocabulary as needed. asking students to add more information about each In pairs. Have students take turns asking and answering activity if they can (e.g. She swam every morning.). the questions about their last vacation. If you have time, Answer key: swam (every morning), visited islands you could ask volunteers to tell the rest of the class (by boat), stayed in Athens (it was really hot), visited about their partner’s vacation. monuments (the Parthenon), took pictures, made videos (of the evzones) Viewpoints D.R. © Macmillan Publishers S.A. de C.V. 2009 Viewp ints 10 My Greek Vacation D Language points E Your viewpoint Individuals. Have students choose the correct meaning As a class. Elicit activities that people do on vacation and of the words and phrases in italics. Check answers. write them on the board. Answer key: 1a, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5b Suggested answers: go skiing, go swimming, relax, sunbathe, go sightseeing, eat in restaurants, go hiking, take pictures, buy souvenirs In pairs. Put students in pairs to discuss the kinds of activities they like doing on vacation. Circulate to help out with vocabulary. 4 Video Script Josie: Elena, that is so beautiful! Elena: Yeah, I think there are about fourteen Elena: Isn’t it nice? hundred. Josie: You’re so lucky! I really want to go there. Tom: Fourteen hundred? Elena: I know. I want to go back so much, you can’t Josie: Yeah. imagine! Tom: So why did you choose Rhodes? Josie: I bet. And I want to come with you next Elena: Well, it’s a really interesting place with a time. lot of history. But I also wanted to go there Tom: Hi, guys! because my mom was born there. Josie: Hi, Tom. Tom: Really? Your mom was born there? Elena: Hi, Tom. Elena: Yes, but her family came to the U.S. when Tom: What are you doing? she was 5. Josie: We’re looking at Elena’s vacation pictures. Josie: How long were you there for? Tom: Nice. Where did you go on vacation? Elena: Well, I left Little Rock in mid July, spent 2 Elena: Greece. weeks on Rhodes, and in the beginning of Tom: I want to go to Greece so badly! August I flew to Athens. Josie: Me too. Josie: What was Athens like? Tom: Where did you go? Elena: Uh, it was really wonderful, but it was also Elena: Well, first I went to Rhodos. very hot. The architecture is amazing. Look at Tom: Rhodos? this. Josie: It’s an island. Rhodos is the Greek name. It’s Tom: What’s that? called Rhodes in English. Elena: That’s the Parthenon. It’s really old. It’s over Tom: Wow, Josie, you suddenly know a lot about 2,000 years old! Greece! Josie: Are you serious? Josie: Not really. Elena just told me. Tom: That’s amazing. What was it? Tom: It looks beautiful. Elena: Well, it was a temple of the Greek goddess Elena: It is. This is the beach near my hotel. Athena. It’s on a hill called the Acropolis. Tom: Wow! Josie: It’s beautiful. Did you get a chance to walk Josie: Cool. around it? Elena Yeah, I swam every morning. The water is so Elena: Yes, I did. Look at this one. clear. And look at this boat. I made a video Josie: Wow! Who are those guys?? with my camera. It was very beautiful. We Elena: They’re called evzones. fished, but I didn’t catch anything. The boat Tom: Say again? took us to different islands. Elena: Evzones. They’re soldiers. Josie: There are a lot of islands in Greece, right? Josie: Are they wearing skirts? Viewpoints D.R. © Macmillan Publishers S.A. de C.V. 2009 Viewp ints 10 My Greek Vacation Elena: Yeah, they’re really pretty actually. It’s their Tom: Are you planning to go back? uniform. And they’ve a really interesting way Elena: I sure am. Next summer. of marching. Look at this, I made a video. Tom: Can I come with you? Elena: You see? At first, they stood over there. And Josie: No! I want to go with her. then they marched up and down. There Tom: You do? were a lot of people there and everyone took Josie: You bet. It’s gorgeous there! photos. It was spectacular. Tom: OK. Well, in that case, Elena, can we both Tom: Those are really neat pictures, Elena. come with you? Elena: Thank you. It was a wonderful vacation. Elena: Hmm, let me think about it. Josie: Didn’t you want to stay there forever? Elena: Well, it was wonderful, but I also wanted to come home. Written by Ingrid Wisniewska Design: Wild Apple Design Ltd. Viewpoints D.R. © Macmillan Publishers S.A. de C.V. 2009.
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