Unit all about Uzbekistan Lesson Where’s Uzbekistan?

Activity 4 Work in pairs. Listen, look, point and say. 10 min
Objectives: to develop the pupils’ listening and speaking skills;
to consolidate the structure “be going to + place”.
STEP 1: Play the DVD. Pupils listen to Bob and his dad’s plan for a day in Samarkand.
STEP 2: Set up pairwork. Pupils look at the plan and in pairs speak about what Bob and his parents are going to do on Tuesday in Samarkand. Pupil A says a time, Pupil B says a sentence as shown in the example.


DVD script:
Bob: Dad, tell me about Samarkand. When are we going there?
Dad: Let’s look at the ticket! Well, we’re going to Samarkand by train on Tuesday.
Bob: Is Samarkand beautiful?
Dad: Yes, Bob! It’s a big city. There are beautiful, old houses.
Bob: Dad, what are we going to do in Samarkand?
Dad: Well, at 8 o’clock we’re going to have breakfast.
After breakfast, at 9.20 we’re going to the Registan Square.
Before lunch, at 11.40 we’re going to Gur-Emir.
At 12.30 we’re going to have lunch.
After lunch, at 2 o’clock we’re going to Bibi-Hanum.
Then at 2.40 we’re going to Ulugbek observatory.
At 3.30 we’re going to Shahi Zinda.
Then, at 5.30 we’re going to have dinner.
And after dinner, at 6.30 we’re going to Shakhrisabz by bus.


Activity 5 Work in groups of 5. Play “I’m going to Samarkand.” 10 min
Objective: to reinforce the structure “be going to + place”
STEP 1: Set up snowball drill. Use: I’m going to + place; He’s/She’s going to + place.
First demonstrate: invite 2 boys and 2 girls to the board. Have them stand in a circle of one boy, one girl, one boy and one girl. Explain that now everybody in the circle must make a plan of where to go for their summer holidays and keep their plan in mind. Tell them not to tell it to anyone. Then ask the boy in the circle to say his plan. Help him say ‘I’m going to + the place he has planned to go, for example Samarkand’. Repeat this once more. Then ask the girl next to him to say the boy’s plan and add her own plan. Help her say ‘He’s going to Samarkand. I’m going to + the place she has planned, for example Khiva.’ Then ask the boy next to her to say the boy’s and the girl’s plans and then add his own plan. Help him say ‘He’s going to Samarkand. She’s going to Khiva. I’m going to + the place he has planned, for example Bukhara.’ Then ask the last girl in the circle to say the pupils’ plans and add her own plan. Help her say ‘He’s going to Samarkand. She’s going to Khiva. He’s going to Bukhara. I’m going to + the place she has planned, for example Shakhrisabz.’ Then ask the first boy who began the play to say everybody’s plans beginning with his own: ‘I’m going to Samarkand. She’s going to Khiva. He’s going to Bukhara. She’s going to Shakhrisabz.’
STEP 2: Ask if everybody in the class have understood how to play the game. Explain the rule once more if there is any misunderstanding.
STEP 3: Divide the class into groups of 5. Ask them to make a circle and think of a plan of where to go for the summer holidays. When everybody is ready, ask the groups to begin the game. Monitor the activity. Help if necessary. They can play the game 2 times if the time allows.
Homework 2 min
Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks and look at the homework. Check that everybody understands what to do. If necessary, explain that they must write sentences using the plan in Activity 4 in the textbook.