Speaking around the world

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Let's take a look at the homework first

I will just ask you for the correct answers. 

Today and tomorrow we're going to do some virtual travelling! First, a little quiz. 

What is this?

1. Brighton Beach, UK
2. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
3. Uluru, Australia
4. Hobbiton, New Zealand

On which continent is this mountain?

1. It's the Matterhorn so Europe
2. It's the Kilimanjaro so Africa
3. It's Mount Everest so Asia
4. It's Mount Saint Helens so the USA

If I want to go from Yakutsk in Russia to Alaska, which route is the shortest?

1. Go West
2. Go East
3. Go North
4. Go South

Is it possible to cycle from Helmond to Cape Town (South Africa) without having to take a boat or airplane?

1. Yes
2. No

What is the southernmost inhabited city in the world?

1. Puerto Williams, Patagonia
2. Ushuaia, Patagonia
3. Wellington, New Zealand
4. Anchorage, Alaska

Where is this?

1. Blyde River Canyon, South Africa
2. Fish River Canyon, Namibia, Africa
3. Grand Canyon, USA
4. Gorges du Verdon, France

In which ocean is the island Madagascar located?

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean

Patagonia is in....

1. Argentina
2. Chile
3. Argentina and Chile
4. Argentina and Peru

If I want to see the Great Trek of animals crossing a river with predators galore, where do I go?

1. Yellowstone Park, USA
2. Kruger Park, South Africa
3. Amazon River, Brazil
4. Masai Mara, Kenya

I want to go to the desert, eat great food, drive through the Atlas mountains and sleep in a Riad. Where do I go?

1. Egypt
2. Jordan
3. Morocco
4. Tunesia

Now if you could go anywhere... 

Picture this: your class has won a trip around the world, for you to plan. 
BUT: 
- you can travel to a maximum of eight different countries 

- you have to visit a minimum of three continents 

- you have to use a minimum of three different kinds of transportation. 

- you can only travel in one direction: only east, or only west. You can travel from north to south and back without restriction. 

Example

I want to travel from Paris, France to Budapest, Hungary to Sydney, Australia, to Thailand, Asia, to Peru, South America, to Reykjavik, Iceland. 

Does this meet all the requirements? 

Your task 

In your group, first decide on the eight countries that you're going to visit

Secondly, decide how long you're going to spend in each country

Thirdly, decide what you're going to once you're there. 

Finally, decide which part of your trip is the most interesting because that's what you're going to present to the rest of us. 

You have today and all of tomorrow's lesson to work on it. In the second lesson of next week, each group will present their trip. 

Possible forms of your presentation. 

The easiest and quickest: a PowerPoint or Prezi which you present in front of the class. 

All other creative forms (vlogs, websites, all the socials) are allowed, as long as all of you are ready to tell us about it. 

We will vote for the trip we like most. 

Speak English! 

I'll put you in groups. 
Speak English at all times. Not speaking English makes the whole exercise rather pointless, in which case you might learn almost as much from going downstairs and mopping the floors or cleaning the toilets. 

Homework for tomorrow: nothing at all, unless you want to work on your trip 

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Victor Tim Belle Saar	Sude Mads Anouk Bent	Dalil Kay Moreno Jaymie Rozemarijn	Lena Bente Jan Daahen	Eva Maciek Cas Lieve	Thijs Luna Anco Mandy Soufian

Groups, created at random by Magister