Há 4 anos colaboro para o Blog
da Disal! Desta vez, compartilharei um plano de aula com o tema Viagens, mais
especificamente “a long trip” e “things I miss from home”. Hope you enjoy it! A
aula foi pensada para alunos cursando o intermediário, mas você pode adaptar
para outros níveis.
Explorers and travelers
Before watching, discuss these questions:
Do
you like traveling? What places have you already visited?
Have
you ever traveled alone? Where have you been to?
What are some advantages and disadvantages of traveling alone?
What are some reasons why people travel alone?
What are some advantages and disadvantages of traveling alone?
What are some reasons why people travel alone?
Watch the trailers below and answer these
questions:
- Have you
ever seen these movies? What are they about? Would you like to see them in case
you haven’t watched? Why (not)?
- According
to the trailers, what are some similarities and differences between the lives
and journeys of the man and the woman?
- Do you
know anybody who has taken a long trip? Who? What about famous people in
History?
Into the wild (Na Natureza Selvagem)
Wild (Livre)
Before reading
- Have you
ever spent a long time away from home? When and how long? Where did you go?
Why?
- What did
you miss most from home? What do you usually miss when you are away for a few
days?
- If you
moved to a different city or country, what do you think you would miss the
most?
Read the text and answer the questions:
Source: http://thelittlebackpacker.com/2012/08/12/super-seven-sunday-the-silly-things-i-miss-from-home/
Super Seven – The Silly Things I Miss From Home
HI! I’M
JODIE.
I’m a twenty-something, rather short
British girl who constantly has itchy feet. I took four years out on a ‘gap
year‘ before heading back to university to study Primary Teaching. Follow me as
I show you how to study and travel or search my blog for all things about
backpacking travel.
To me
home is the New Forest, Hampshire. I grew up in a little village called Woodgreen – not to be
confused by the Woodgreen in London. It is in the middle of nowhere and you
know everyone that lives there, it’s that kind of place. As a kid I loved
knowing everyone but as I grew older the place grew smaller and I needed to get
myself out of such a small place.
In the last year I have spent just over a month at ‘Home’, and as this time gets longer I find myself missing silly things. More so because I am a country girl and right now I’m stuck in the city so I find myself realising how much I love where I grew up and why.
In the last year I have spent just over a month at ‘Home’, and as this time gets longer I find myself missing silly things. More so because I am a country girl and right now I’m stuck in the city so I find myself realising how much I love where I grew up and why.
1.
The
Quiet! – In the city there is never silence, you can always hear a car or a
siren or people or the train. But in the country you get complete silence for
long periods of time, you can go for hours without seeing another car and the
train has not run past the village since 50 years ago! Until you are faced with
constant noise you don’t realise how nice living in a quiet place is.
2.
The
Open Space – the New Forest is what the name says, a forest. Everywhere you
look is green – fields, trees, forests… It’s everywhere, there is tons of
walking to be done and in the summer/spring/autumn it is beautiful come to
think of it. Winter is nice too. I love being able to wander through the forest
or kick a ball about in the field next door. You feel free because there is so
much open space – we don’t do ‘National Parks’ in England like they do in the
USA but I would certain say the New Forest is a ‘National Park’.
3.
Being
able to Horse Ride – I love riding and got on my first horse when I was 4 – I
lived near to Whistbury Horse Farm for years in the 90’s. At home I can just
get on the horse and ride, I know where I am and where to go. I have access to
a horse and I don’t have to spend a fortune on getting there and riding at a
school. Since leaving except for my summer at camp I have only ridden twice when I have
visited home.
4.
Being
close to the beach – Home is 30 minutes’ drive from the beach (Bournemouth), I
love the beach and love nothing more than to spend time there – either to enjoy
the sun or have a walk and clear my head. Currently I am in London a city with
no beach and the nearest one is a day trip away. It’s funny how when you don’t
have something close by you realise how much you appreciated it.
5.
My
friends – I have friends who I have grown up with my whole life that still live
at ‘Home’, these are people I always miss when I’m away. The sort of friends
that next time you see them even if it has been months, nothing has changed. I
am lucky to have friends who support my travelling and who still ‘get me’
despite my constant changing.
6.
My
Family – Of course I miss my family, there isn’t a person who I know who
doesn’t miss their family when they are away. But just like my friends they
support me and due to the internet wonders of twitter/facebook and skype they
always know where I am and what I’m up to.
7.
The Night Sky – in the city the sky is always orange
with street lights, you can never really see the stars and appreciate the
Northern Hemisphere. From Woodgreen – my little middle of nowhere home you can
see so many stars, it’s easy to spot many of the constellations and let the
light from the sky guide your walk home at night.
Answer these questions:
1 – What’s
her hometown and how does she describe it?
2 – Where
does she live now and what does she say about it?
3 – What
does she like doing in her hometown that she can’t do often in the place where
she lives now?
Vocabulary
Match the
words and expressions with their meanings:
a) itchy feet ( ) impossible
or unable to move from a particular position
b) gap year ( )
the desire to go somewhere new
c) to be
stuck ( ) very much
d) tons ( ) to walk slowly across or around an area,
usually without a clear direction or purpose
e) to
wander ( ) what I’m doing
f) what I’m up to (
) a year between leaving school and going to university,
which some young people use as an opportunity to travel, earn money, or get
experience of working:
Writing
Imagine you are living in another country for three months, and will
spend another six months there. Write an e-mail to your family or to a friend
describing the place, your new routine, the things you like and dislike about
it, the things you miss from home etc.
