Introduction
London... You have always wanted to visit such an awesome city and you have just found out that you and your classmates will be going next month.
Therefore, it's time to organise your trip! You and your classmates will organise a 5 day trip to London. You will have to book a flight, make a hotel reservation and plan activities for the entire week.
Have fun!
Task
You will plan a five-day trip to London with your school mates. You will have to book a flight, find out details about attractions in London, reserve a theatre ticket and find your way around in the London Underground.
You will be divided into small groups and each group will present their options for the trip to the rest of the class.
Who can organise the most interesting yet cheapest trip? At the end you will all decide which trip is the best.
When you talk to each other you can make suggestions and reply to them. You can use construction such as: Let's ¿How / What about + -ing? Why don't we...? Shall we...? For example: What about visiting Tower Bridge? or Why don't we take a tour bus? Your can answer by eithe accepeting them, rejecting them or with alternative suggestions. In your presentations you can express your plans with the Future or the Present Continuous: Will/will not. Be going to. For example: On Tuesday, we will visit the National History Museum or We are definitely going to visit Buckingham Palace.
Process
1. Booking your flight to London
First you need to book your flight to London. You need to decide whether to travel from Asturias, Bilbao, Madrid or Barcelona.
What to do:
You need to check the following airlines and decide which flight could be cheaper.
Once you have decided which flight you will book you need to complete Worksheet A.
2. Sightseeing in London 1
Visit Londontown and click on 'Tours and Atractions' then go to Attraction tickets and look up the names of the attractions below and find out the price of a ticket for children. Then complete Worksheet B.
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3. Sightseeing in London 2
Now you are going to find out more about London's famous attractions.
What to do:
1. Read the questions below first.
2. Click on the name of the attractions.
3. Read the information and answer the questions
2. London Zoo
7. London Eye
A. Which building is home to the Crown Jewels?
B.Which atttraction gives you a good view of London?
C. Where can you go behind- the-scenes in a very famous film?
D. Which attraction is located in Regent's Park?
E. Where can you find the Rossetta Stone?
F. Where can you sample delicious food from all over the world?
G.Where can you meet David Beckham, the Queen and your favourite Superheroes?
H.Where would you find the skeleton of a Diplodocus dinosaur?
Now you can check the answers in Worksheet C.
4. Sightseeing in London 3
Now you need to find more information about some of the attractions to help you plan your trip.
Go to Google Maps and type in the name of the attractions mentioned below. What is the nearest tube station and which lines pass through the station?
1. Tower of London 6. Buckinham Palace
2. London Dungeon 7. Madame Tussaud's
3. London Eye 8. British Museum
4. St Paul's Cathedral 9. Tower Bridge
5. London Zoo 10. The Globe
Then you need to complete Worksheet D.
5. Travelling around London by Tube
Travelling around London can take up a lot of your time. The London Underground (also called "the tube") is the easiest way to move around in the city.
You are going to make a few trips in London. Visit the Tube map and look at the map of the underground system.
You will start your trips from Bayswater Station.
You can use Worksheet E.
Trip 1 St. Paul's Cathedral
1 You can use the ............. or .................. line from
Bayswater.
2 You have to change at ............. station.
3 You change to the ....................... line to St. Paul's Cathedral
4 How many stops have you passed?
Trip 2 Green Park
1 If you only want to change once. You travel on the
....................... line.
2 You have to change to the ........................ line at Victoria
Station.
3 How many stops have you passed?
Trip 3 ?????????????????????
1 You travel 1 stop on the ............................... line to Paddington Station.
2 At Paddington Station you change to the .......................
Line.
3 You travel 9 stops and reach a very famous location called
..........................
4 You also pass the station close to the stadium of a famous
London futball club. What is the name of this station?
6. A night out in London
London is famous for its nightlife. Shows are performed every night in the West End. You have to visit the site Londontheatredirect and make a theatre reservation for one of the shows.
Go to the site and click on 'Discounts' and answer the following questions.
1. How many shows are listed? Write down 5 shows you would like to visit.
2. Which shows offer the biggest discount? How many shows are for free?
3. Make a reservation and write down the following information:
Name of the show
Name of the theatre
Address of the theatre
Price of your ticket
Running time of the shows?
You can write your answers in Worksheet F.
Well done!
Evaluation
The evaluation will be carried out by completing the worksheets (A-F).
Each group will do a small oral presentation explaning the flights booked and the chosen sightseeing places to visit.
The rest of the class will decide which group planned the best trip.
Conclusion
Congratulations
You have finished the quest successfully. You have read a few texts and looked up a great deal of information that can be used in real life.
You have also learned to use internet resources you would not perhaps use normally.
So far, so good.
Well done!
Credits
Credits
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This webquest was created by Eva María Fernández Álvarez using createwebquest.com.
Teacher Page
The students have to plan a 5-day trip to London. They have to book a flight, make hotel reservations and plan activities for the entire week.
Teacher Introduction
This quest is meant for Spanish children on 3° ESO (English).
The aim of these exercises is to bring them into contact with 'real' English and compel them to read and look for specific information.
The tasks can be done in groups of 5 students where each student focus on one of the taks. Alternatively, it can be done in pairs so that all students do all exercises.