UNIT N° 5

LESSON 17 – EXPERIENCES 1: “My Last Vacation”

Class: 3RD A-B-C-D Time: a week Date: Date: September 6th - 10th.
Learning evidence: Use the past of be to answer questions about a travel experience.
Purpose: answer questions about a travel experience
EYES ON ME
Activity 1: Dear students, welcome! Look at the pictures and respond the questions

Illustration 1 Tower of London Retrieved from Pinterest Illustration 2Disneyland Retrieved from Google Images Illustration 3 Eiffel tower Retrieved from Google Images

A B C

1. Choose one of these places that you would like to know.

2. Why would you like to visit this place?

3. Traveling is the best way to:

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LET´S OBSERVE AND READ
Activity 2: It’s time to read! Read the text carefully.

LAST SUMMER
I’m Raphaela, last summer holidays, I went with my family
to Paris. It was incredible! There was me, my parents, my
brother Tom and my little sister Sophia. We made the city
tour. We visited the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum they
were amazing places. although the weather was cold, we
were excited Paris is a beautiful city.

On the fifth day we went to Euro Disney. That was fantastic,

we all enjoyed ourselves a lot.

We stayed in Euro Disney four days. They were the most

exciting days I had all my life. We were all very tired
because we had to walk a lot to watch everything and enjoy
all the amusements. My little sister is only 5 years old and
she loved it. I met all the Disney characters and they were
funny. We stayed at a nice hotel the food was delicious
there. We had a really good time.
LET´S UNDERSTAND
Activity 3: It’s time to understand GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY 

A) VOCABULARY. Adjectives that describe holidays TRIP= JOURNEY (VIAJE)

TRAVEL= GO (VIAJAR)
Positive adjectives to negative adjectives to Positive adjectives Negative adjectives to
describe a trip describe a trip to describe food describe food
Exciting Monotonous Delicious Tasteless
Amazing Boring Savory Disagreeable
Incredible Spoilt Tasty salty
beautiful Terrible Succulent Rotten
fantastic Horrible Appetizing Unsavory
Wonderful Terrifying Yummy Yucky
Happy Frightful flavorsome ugly
BLOG = DIARY (BLOG ENTRY = DIARY ENTRY)
B). GRAMMAR: The past tense of to be

The past tense of be The past tense of be The past tense of

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE to be
Was not QUESTIONS
Wasn’t
I was I wasn’t Was I…….?
C) Read You were You weren’t were you...? and fill in the
blanks with He was He wasn’t was he…...? was-were-
wasn’t- She was She wasn’t was she...? weren’t
1. My It was It wasn’t was it…...? daughter
You were You weren’t Were you...?
They were They weren’t Were they...?

______was________ in Rome last year.

2. Lucas and Carlos ____WEREN’T___ (not) in Italy last month.

3. WERE your trip boring? No, ___IT WASN’T__

4. _WERE your daughters happy in their prom trip? No, _THEY WEREN’T

5. The food _WASN’T__(not) flavorsome in my trip.

6. _WERE they in Paris last summer? No, _THEY WEREN’T

7. The weather WAS_ rainy the last week in Miami.

8. _WERE_the Disney characters funny? Yes, THEY WERE

9. They _WERE wonderful places.

10. My mom and dad WERE on vacation last week.

LET’S PRACTICE
Activity 4: Great students! It’s time to practice!
A) Read and complete the following conversation with was -wasn’t or were
Carol: Welcome back! How was London?

Ben: It WAS fantastic! I had a great time

Carol: WAS_the weather, ok?

Ben: Yes, it_WAS__. It __WAS_ pretty warm most days.

Carol: That’s good. How_WAS the food?

Ben: The food _WASN’T (not) delicious. But it __WAS very expensive.

Carol: Did you like the hotel?

Ben: Yes, I did. The hotel_WASN’T_ (not) very big, but my parents _WERE_ happy there.

We __WERE___ four days. They __WERE__the most exciting days.

Carol: That sounds great.

B) TRUE FALSE JUSTIFICATION The following statements are either TRUE or FALSE. Tick ✔
the correct option then justifies it using words as they appear in the text. Read text in
activity 2 LAST SUMMER.
1. They were wonderful places.

True False
T
Justification:They were amazing places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. The weather was terrible.

True False
T

Justification:. . . . . THE WEATHER WAS COLD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. They were the most boring days.

True False

Justification:. . . THEY WERE THE MOST EXCITING DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..............................
 4. We were all exhausted.

True False
T

Justification:. . . . . . . . . .WE WERE ALL TIRED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.........

5. The food was salty.

True False
F

Justification:. . . . . . . . . THE FOOD WAS

DELICIOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LET'S CREATE AND SHARE

Activity 5: Now, think about a moment in your life when you had a memorable trip. Look at the
questions and answer them.
1. What was your best trip?
_________________________________________
2. What things do you remember about it?
__________________________________________
3. When was it?
__________________________________________
4. What was the weather like?
___________________________________________
5. How was the hotel?
___________________________________________
6. How was the food?
____________________________________________
7. Who were with you?
LET'S REFLECT

Activity 6: Now, it is time to reflect! Answer the following questions.

1. What was my favorite part?

2. What was the most difficult part?

Writing Checklist

Descriptors YES NO
01 answer the given questions X
Apply varied vocabulary related to city places, X
03
adjectives.
03 Uses the past of be correctly. X

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Rosecsanderson. (s.f.). Reading Past Simple . Obtenido de LIVEWORKSHEETS:

https://es.liveworksheets.com/aj296748tk

Woodward English. (s.f.). To Be - Past Tense. Obtenido de Woodward English:

https://www.grammar.cl/Past/To_Be.htm

Authorship:
Vela, Y.,. (Docente). (2021). Diseño metodológico para el aprendizaje N° 13- Unidad4– Bimestre IV - 3ro Se c: “MY LAST VACATION”. COAR
Moquegua.