A kind of example

In this post I will show you a lesson plan I designed to start the implementation of PBE with an ecotourist approach. This lesson was focused on learning the definitions of Tourism and Ecotourism and learning the basics of the Ecotourism practices

PERIOD: August 16^th – August 20^th  (Two sessions)

SUBJECT: English

TOPIC:  What is Ecotourism?

GRADE: 6^th

STUDENTS: 38 (10-13 years old students)

TEACHER: Carlos Mario Morales

TIME: 120 minutes (2 sessions of 60 minutes each)

OBJECTIVE: To approach students to the definition, main traits and principles of Ecotourism.

FIRST SESSION (60 MINUTES)

NAME: “From Tourism to Ecotourism 1”

MATERIALS:

-          Board

-          Videobeam or TV with sound

-          Videos 

-     Coded alphabet

PROCEDURE	DESCRIPTION	MATERIAL
WARM UP (10 minutes)	Teacher will start the class with a simple hangman game. The word to find will be TOURISM. Teacher will ask students to guess the word by saying a letter of the alphabet. If the letter said is in the word, teacher will write it; if no, teacher will draw the hangman.	A board
TRANSITION (5 minutes)	Once the word is found, the teacher will ask students for the meaning of the word TOURISM.
STAGE 1 (15 minutes)	Teacher will show in the screen the definition of TOURISM. One student will read aloud the definition. If it is necessary, it could be translated. Having in mind the definition, the teacher will ask students for touristic places they know and have visited in Bogotá. These places will be written in the board. Then teacher will present the YouTube video: “One Week in Colombia: Best of Bogota & Cartagena!” until the minute 3:08 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGfVodEYGHc Teacher will ask for the places they watched in the video.	Video Beam Board Video “One Week in Colombia: Best of Bogota & Cartagena!”
STAGE 2 (15 minutes)	Teacher will present a number coded alphabet (See Annex 1) in order to solve with students and find the hidden word. The word is ECOTOURISM. Once the word is found, teacher will ask students to reflect and think on the definition of ECOTOURISM. Students must write it or take notes of what they think the definition is. This task will not take more than 5 minutes. Teacher will show a video that presents some Ecotourism traits. Video: “Ecoturismo Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (subtítulos en inglés)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SVcW5hQPgE	Video Beam Board Video “Ecoturismo Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (subtítulos en inglés)”
CLOSURE (15 minutes)	Teacher will ask students to tell the differences found in both videos in terms of places, people, actions and environment. These differences can be written on the board. Homework: For next class students must bring pictures and images that represent Tourism and Ecotourism	Board

Class Annexes 

________       ________          ________           ________        

25-20   100-97   (7x2)+1    80/4  
________            ________

45-30        7x3        

_______         ________             ________         ________

9+9     2+2+6-1  (9x2)+1    6+7

A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 5 F = 6 G = 7

H = 8 I = 9 J = 10 K = 11 L = 12 M = 13 N = 14

O = 15 P = 16 Q = 17 R = 18 S = 19 T = 20 U = 21

V = 22 W = 23 X = 24 Y = 25 Z = 26

Videos: