3º ESO A PROJECT: My trip to London book YOU’RE GOING TO CREATE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO LONDON
Step 1 Do the exercises on the Worksheet about the video “About London”.
Steps 2 and 3 Brainstorming. Think about the possible topics you are going to include and decide the structure of your book.
Surf the Internet and search for useful information about the city. These websites may be useful:
http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/regions/london.htm
http://www.all-about-london.com/
Some ideas to write about: LOCATION Map
BRIEF HISTORY Origin: Londinium and the Romans Two cities in one The Black Death, the Great Fire, the Blitz...
TRANSPORTATION The Tube Cabs Double-deckers
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
Buckingham Palace Tower of London Westminster Abbey The Houses of Parliament (Big Ben) St. Paul’s Cathedral Royal Courts of Justice Lloyds’s Canary Wharf Tower The Shard The Gerkhin
MARKETS
Borough, Leadenhall, Portobello Road, Candem
SQUARES
Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus Leicester Square
PARKS
Hyde Park St James’s Park Green Park Holland Park Regent’s Park
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
National Gallery Tate Modern British Museum and British Library Natural History Museum Science Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Madame Tussauds
OTHER LANDMARKS
Tower Bridge London Eye Covent Garden The Thames The Monument The City
ENTERTAINMENT
Shakespeare’s Globe West End theatres & Royal Albert Hall The O2 Arena The Hard Rock Café, Starbucks... Chinatown & the Soho
SHOPPING Oxford Street: Selfridges... Regent Street: Hamleys Harrods
INTERESTING FACTS
World Heritage Sites Cockney Films (Harry Potter, Notting Hill...) People related to London
SPORTS & THE OLYMPIC GAMES CELEBRATIONS Notting Hill Carnival Trooping the Colour Pearly Kings and Queens
3º ESO A PROJECT: My trip to London book
Step 4 Finally start writing your project. Remember: You mustn’t simply copy and paste. Try reading, summarizing and organizing the information you find and write it using your own words instead.
Step 5 Not it’s time to decide how you are going to display the information. Remember you can include text, photographs, tickets, brochures, leaflets... When you finish, proofread your work carefully for accuracy, design and format. Step 6 Now present something you have prepared for the project to the rest of the class. Your classmates can ask you questions. At the end of all the presentations, the whole class will vote for the best one. SELF-ASSESSMENT
Have you learned anything?
Did
you
like
making
the
project?
Was
it
easy/difficult/boring?
Did you like working in a group? Did you help/complement
each other? Did you distribute the tasks in a balanced way?