CULTURAL DESTINATION: LET'S PARTY TRAVEL CONVERSATION SEMESTER 4, LESSON 001 TABLE TOPIC Choose and discuss one of these interesting table topic questions in order to get warmed up for the lesson! Table Topic: Did you party and drink a lot in high school or college or focus on your studies? Why or why not? Hypothetical Table Topic: Imagine you are hosting a house party. What would you serve for refreshments and rinks? TRAVEL CONVERSATION IDIOMS Read and practice these useful idioms. They're great to use with this topic. party pooper - a person who refuses to join in the fun of a party Steve's a party pooper. He always refuses to dance. party animal - a person known for frequent and wild partying Have you ever met Michael? He's a real party animal. He has been out three nights this week already. TRAVEL CONVERSATION USEFUL WORDS Read and practice the vocabulary below. keg stand - a drinking activity where a person does a handstand on a keg of beer and attempts to drink as much as possible I had fun at the party but I can't remember anything after the keg stand I did. beer pong - a drinking game in which players attempt to throw ping pong balls across a table into an opponent's half-filled cups of beer Aaron was the best at beer pong last night. He made every shot he took. rager - a wild party I went to her house for a quiet meal. I didn't know Lily's party would turn into a rager. BYOB - short for "bring your own beer." A party in which the guests are expected to arrive with their own drinks. We ran out of beer very quickly. No one had read on the invitation that it was a BYOB party. toast - an act of proposing or of drinking in honor of a person, usually made in the form of a speech Steve is very shy and usually doesn't speak in public but the toast he made last night at the party was impressive. TRAVEL CONVERSATION GUIDED CONVERSATION Use these questions as a guide for conversation. Do you like to party? Why or why not? What's partying like in your culture? What does it take to host a good party? What's the wildest party you have ever attended? Have you ever been to a rager? Have you ever gotten in trouble for partying too hard? If you had to host a party for the rest of your class what would it be like? What kind of drinking games do you know? What is your favorite drinking game? TRAVEL CONVERSATION ACTIVITY Use this activity to practice the vocabulary and idioms you have learned so far! Speed Conversation Example situation: Plan the best party ever with your conversation partner(s). Students should sit across from a classmate. The teacher will assign a situation for each group of students to talk over. Students should rotate partners every 2-3 minutes. TRAVEL CONVERSATION HOMEWORK Homework! Daily practice is essential for language learning. 1 MINUTE PRESENTATION/SPEECH Think about your first party or other fun experience. Give a 1-minute speech presenting it (after the student is through, the teacher will quiz the other students about the speech so as to test their listening comprehension). TRAVEL CONVERSATION.