Dream Trip
Socio-culture and activities / International Cooperation
Objective: To have them research, educate and learn of a place and create their ideal ‘Dream
Trip,’ which will in reality be their ideal engagement abroad
Level: Secondary
Week 1: *link resource - 3 mins per person use a timer on front whiteboard so
they all attempt to talk in English for the full 3 minutes, struggle is fine :)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Comparing-and-Contrasting-Unit-using-
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❖ Students meet in groups of four to discuss some of the most interesting places they
have visited.
❖ These may be locations in Spain or other destinations around Europe or the world.
Encourage students to share details about the experience: what they ate, what they
did, what they saw. Group members should take notes on the different locations.
Location Memorable Details
Dream Trip
Directions: After listening to your classmates favorite trips, imagine your own dream trip.
You will create a one paragraph postcard from your vacation. You may use future, past or
present tense when creating this postcard.
Buy a giant map and have students pin their names on the poster for their best
vacation. From there, we can choose our ‘dream trip.’
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Teacher notes: TENSES USED: Future (going to) students simply write their
description as a plan. Future simple, students leave things more open-ended, writing their
destination and transport as a plan (going to), then their predictions for the vacation using
will. If possible, include a mixture of both; this activity is a good way to highlight the
difference between going to for plans and will for predictions without clear evidence. To
practice the second conditional, the students describe what they would do in multiple
destinations. - If we went to Peru we would visit Machu Picchu. - More advanced students
could introduce possibility into the result clause as well, e.g. If we visited Machu Picchu, we
might see a llama.
(add directions) Week 2: Prewriting/ Drafting stage (Introductory Paragraph)
1st sentence 2nd sentence 3rd sentence 4th sentence 5th sentence
Use imagery to How will you get What is the What activities Where will you go and
appeal to the five there and travel climate like will you do? What why? This is your
senses in a ¨hook around? there? What will will you eat and claim or thesis
sentence¨Describe (Transportation) you pack for the drink? statement. It always
your feelings about time of year answers the prompt
what will happen when you go? question directly. In
so the reader can this case, the prompt is
feel as if he or she ¨Where would you go
is at the on your dream trip?
destination.
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Create and insert model paragraph about dream trip to Spain and ask them to
explain the different sentences (color code these in the paragraph )
CHECKLIST
❏ Introduction or hook sentence
❏ Three sentences of background where students explain what climate
their country has, what they would wear and see
❏ Thesis statement of where they would go and why
❏ What would they learn and how would they engage with locals
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Week 3: Revision Stage
Have students go into new groups of four and read their paragraph. At the end,
students should question each other about their dream trip.
PEER REVIEW RUBRIC
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Sentence 5
Take notes on this place and know that you will use this for a future paragraph
next week!
Create a rubric for them to grade each other and insert here
Dream Trip
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Week 4: Editing Stage- make it better!
Now, using the following chart, compare/contrast the locations you and your
partner discussed. (insert model in boxes in different color)
1st paragraph-
Introduction
2nd paragraph-
Discuss vacation spot 1
3rd paragraph- Discuss
vacation spot 2
4th paragraph-
Compare and
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contrast both
vacations
5th paragraph-
Conclusion
CREATIVE TITLE:
Week 5: Final Project (Publishing Stage)
Dream Trip
FRONT COVER is your introduction paragraph
BACK COVER is your conclusion
https://www.tesol.org/docs/default-source/new-resource-library/a-dream-
vacation.pdf?sfvrsn=0 this as an idea for supplemental assignment
Dream Trip
