UNIT N° 1

METHODOLOGICAL RESOURCE TO LEARNING N° 002

TITLE: Business stopped? Not today!

Class: 5th Time: A week Date: April 27 – May 1 2020

LET’S MAKE CONTACT AND REMEMBER

1. Look at the pictures and answer the question:

a) What’s your opinion about the

pictures?

2. Reflect on your knowledge:

a. Why are they important?

b. Are they good enough to visit after

quarantine?

LET’S ENQUIRE AND CONTRAST

3. Read, confirm or rebate your response

New Seven Wonders of the

world

By Travel Channel
28 October 2019, USA

Modified text retrieved from: https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/outdoors-and-adventure/articles/new-

seven-wonders-of-the-world

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 New Seven Wonders of the World

The following list of the New Seven Wonders is presented without ranking, and aims to represent global heritage.
In 2007, more than 100 million people voted to declare the New Seven Wonders of the World. The following list
of seven winners is presented without ranking, and aims to represent
global heritage.

Great Wall of China (China)

Built between the 5th century B.C. and the 16th century, the Great Wall
of China is a stone-and-earth fortification created to protect the
borders of the Chinese Empire from invading Mongols. The Great Wall
is actually a succession of multiple walls spanning approximately
4,000 miles, making it the world's longest manmade structure.

Machu Picchu (Peru)

Machu Picchu, an Incan city of sparkling granite precariously
perched between 2 towering Andean peaks, is thought by scholars
to have been a sacred archaeological center for the nearby Incan
capital of Cusco. Built at the peak of the Incan Empire in the mid-
1400s, this mountain citadel was later abandoned by the Incas. The
site remained unknown except to locals until 1911, when it was
rediscovered by archaeologist Hiram Bingham. The site can only
be reached by foot, train or helicopter; most visitors visit by train
from nearby Cusco.

Christ the Redeemer Statue (Rio de Janeiro)

Chichen Itza (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)
The Roman Colosseum (Rome)
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Petra (Jordan)

LET’S CONSTRUCT

4. Answer the following question:

How significantly does the

seclusion politics for COVID-
19 affect a country’s
tourism?

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5. Read the text sample and answer some questions:

I’m 13 and I’ve visited 45 countries; here’s what it’s taught me

Imagine waking up to a breathtaking view every day. That’s what it

is like for me when I travel.
I have been travelling for as long as I can remember. When I was five,
my family took me to Peru. And when I was six, we went on a trip around
the world. We visited 29 countries that year alone. Every day I learned
something new.
Here are a few things that travel has taught me so far:

Talk more
Before we left on our first trip I was very timid. If we went to the playground I would hide behind my mom’s leg
instead of playing with the other kids and I wouldn’t say what I wanted to. During the trip, I realized that if I didn’t
talk to others, I wouldn’t make any friends. With time I was telling my family what I wanted to see and do, instead
of cruising with what my brother wanted or what my parents wanted. Now I’m 13 years old and I have my very
own YouTube Channel (Cameron Travels)!
So, yeah, I kind of got rid of my timidness.

Try new things

On my travels I have tried a lot of new things, from mountain
biking in Whistler, B.C. to zip-lining in Costa Rica to camel riding
near the Great Pyramid of Giza!
When you travel to certain places and start to learn about the
different cultures, you are kind of forced to eat their way as well.
Don’t get me wrong, I ate a lot of pizza in a lot of different
countries but I also learned to cook Pad Thai in Thailand, ate curries in India, and tried dumplings in China. It
taught me that food is great in different countries. Now, I’ve eaten all kinds of different things from duck confit in
France to unique flavours of Oreo cookies in Asia.

Learn in a different way

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When I travelled for a year, I missed grade two at my school. Instead, I learned in a different way. (The better
way! Don’t tell my school.)
For example: I learned about King Tut’s tomb, The Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal, but instead of reading
about them in some book and wondering what they were like, I was actually there to learn about it! I got to touch
the pyramids and “kiss” a sphinx in Egypt while learning about their roots in Persian, Egyptian, and Greek
mythology! Isn’t that awesome!?
Also during our trips, we used Khan Academy – a wonderful educational site – to learn more about the places
we were visiting. We learned about the tunnels in Vietnam first by reading about it on Khan Academy and then
by going in the tunnels ourselves. Only a few of us made it the whole way and I was one of them!

Be more independent
My trips also taught me how to become more independent. How you may ask?
Here’s how: When we’re planning to travel I always have to pack my own suitcase.
Before, of course mom or dad would check it but now my brother and I are always
in charge of what we bring. If we forget something, it’s on us.
Also, when we were traveling I saw a lot of families that really had to depend on
each other to survive. That really motivated our family to allow my brother and I to
take on more duties at home. Now we do dishes, our own laundry, make our own
lunch, cook and more. I don’t love these chores but we have learned that this
family is like four gears; if one stops working it is harder for the other three. But if
all four of us work together, it runs smoothly.

Take risks
The biggest thing that travel has taught me is that sometimes you will have to take risks. When I was in Vietnam,
I was playing with a little boy when out of the blue, he bit me. I still have the mark! It made me wonder if I should
go back to being shy, but then I realized that not being shy allowed me to meet a lot of great people.
I learned that there are both good and bad risks. Take the good ones.

CAMERON DAVIS
I am a 13-year-old boy based in Toronto, who is eager to travel and explore the
globe. So far, I’ve visited 45 countries on six continents. When I’m not travelling I
play representative basketball and take photos and videos for my Instagram
@Cameron.Travels, and YouTube channel Cameron Travels.

Written by Cameron Davis

(All images c/o Cameron Davis.)
Retrieved from: https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/teenager-travel-perspective/

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 5.1. Answer the following questions:

a. What kind of text is it?

b. What’s the purpose of

the written text?

c. What’s the audience?

d. What’s the tone?

6. Write a 250-450 text with the following context: Your family has lived in a rural area were you have a small
touristic business since you were a child. The COVID-19 outbreak has affected the economy negatively reducing
the amount of tourists visiting it, but after the quarantine has finished ii’s time to re-start the family business. Your
task is to describe and explain why your city is a good place to visit and have fun.

6.1. Determine the following:

a. Purpose of your
written text.

b. Audience of your
written text.

c. Tone of your written

text

6.2. Plan your text.

a. Generate ideas to be
used in your text.

b. Organize your ideas by

theme topic.

c. Choose a stance to
take in your text.

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 6.3. Choose the best option for your text and write your first draft in your notebook or a different word
document if you work online.

An article - A blog - A diary entry

LET’S TRANSFER

7. Answer the following question:

How can we overcome the

economic problems caused
to tourism after the
quarantine ends?

LET’S ASSESS AND REFLECT

8. Answer the following question:

What did you learn?

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Cameron, D. (January 19, 2018). I’m 13 and I’ve visited 45 countries; here’s what it’s taught me, Melbourne,
Australia. Retrieved from https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/teenager-travel-perspective/
 Travel Channel (October 28, 2019). New Seven Wonders of the World. Washington, D.C., USA. Retrieved from
https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/outdoors-and-adventure/articles/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world
 Oxford. (2014). Oxford IB Skills and Practice - English B for the IB Diploma. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 Saa’d, K. et al (2018). English B Course Companion. Oxford University Press. United Kingdom.

AUTORSHIP

 Durand Morishigue, Koichi. (English teacher). Methodological resource to learning 02 - Unit 01 - fifth grade - 2020:
Business stopped? Not today!

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