My Amazing Holiday

• Mentorles
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

My Amazing Holiday/Camp

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to talk about your holiday (or camp) in English and write a paragraph using 5 verbs in the past simple.

Introduce the learning objective to the students.

Conversation Practice

Partner up and take turns discussing:

(if you didn't go away, then talk about the school camp !)

What was the weather like?

What was the hotel/accommodation like?

What was the town/countryside like?

What were the people like?  

Have students work in pairs to practice speaking using the target language.

Vocabulary

Review the past simple of verbs commonly used to talk about a vacation.

went, visited, saw, ate, swam

How much did you enjoy camp?

Not at all

I quite enjoyed it

It was OK

It was good

It was totally awesome

Writing Exercise

Write a page (A4) about camp:

- Use 5 verbs in the past simple (e.g went, saw, swam, played)

- Mention your favourite moments/anecdotes/funny stories.

- Make a recommendation for next year's camp

Provide a writing prompt and encourage students to use the target language.

Peer Editing

Swap paragraphs with a partner and give feedback on grammar and vocabulary usage.

Have students work in pairs to edit and provide feedback on each other's writing.

Grammar Review

Review the rules for forming the past simple tense in English.

Provide examples and rules for forming the past simple tense.

Reflection

Reflect on what you learned today and share with the class.

Encourage students to share what they learned and ask any remaining questions.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.