Ideas to exploit Roleplay 5
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Ideas to Exploit the Roleplay
• Introduce the theme by showing a photo or 2
of the islands and get students to brainstorm
vocabulary
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A virtual tour of the island
• Play this panoramic video and get students to
write down any words that spring to mind in
Spanish.
• http://www.mydestination.com/galicia/region
alinfo/6175456/virtual-tour-of-cies-islands
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Cortometraje
• Show students a videoclip from 1 of the many
clips on YouTube.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxg2mi
2zBQ
• Students have to answer questions
in English about the video.
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Classificación
• Students categorize a list of related vocabulary;
highlight and translate any words they don’t know.
Naturaleza
Lugares
Actividades
Animales/Aves
La playa
El camping
Ir de paseo
Una paloma
La ría
El faro
Bucear
Un lagarto
El acantilado
El muelle
Hacer senderismo
Una gaviota
El bosque
El albergue juvenil
Navegar en kayak
Un cormorane
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Puzzle
• Give students a translated version of the
roleplay; mix up the examiner and student
turns and have students put them in order
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Preparar el diálogo
Students underline all the verbs
Write what tense it’s in
Translate the verb
Indicate m/f/sg/pl
nouns and adjectives.
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Traducir el diálogo
Give students key vocabulary and have
them translate the roleplay
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En Parejas – Rellena los huecos
• Estudiante A y B – each student must
take it in turn to read out their dialogue
while the other student fills in their
missing information.
(Good for weaker students)
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Escuchar y Aprender
• Recorded version of student’s answers from
http://www.ivona.com
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Links to the Curriculum
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Letter/Diary/Note/Opinion Piece
Reading Comprehensions
Aural Comprehension
Oral Practice
Topics: The environment
Holidays/Travel
Friends
• Grammar: Past tense
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Webquest
• Give students a worksheet with questions on a
particular website related to Las Islas Cies and
have them find the answers by going to the
Spanish websites.
• http://www.campingislascies.com/index.php?l
ang=es
• Use the webquest worksheet here.
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Una Carta
• Write a letter/email asking for information on Las
Islas Cies; accommodation; how to get there; costs;
activities available; brochures etc.
• Link to La Pluma P. 56/57
Oficina de Turismo de Vigo
Cánovas del Castillo, 22
36202
Vigo (Pontevedra)
Tel.: +34 986430577
Fax.: +34 986430080
oficina.turismo.vigo@xunta.es
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Reserva de Camping
• Write a letter to get a camping
permit for the islands from the
Tourist Office in Vigo.
• Write a letter to book a tent on the island info@campingislascies.com
• More details on booking
www.campingislascies.com
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Reading Comprehension
• Prepare questions on a text related to the
Islands
• http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1436157/0/
islas-cies/paraiso/costa-gallega/
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Un diario
• For homework get students to write a diary about
what they did on Las Islas Cies, including these 4
points.
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4.
Say how you got to the island
Describe what you did on the islands
Give your opinion on the place
Say how you felt when you and your friends
almost missed the ferry back to mainland
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El Medio Ambiente - Aural
• Videoclip - El Desastre ecológico – 2002 el Derrame del
Prestige
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/internacional/2010/07/100628
_video_derrame_petroleo_galicia_prestige_sao.shtml
• (Can be difficult to follow at times as local people are
speaking but good idea to show the disaster that was)
• 2004 LC Aural Q.5 – La Marea Negra Velve a Galicia
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Practicar el Pasado - Oral
• Divide students into 2 groups
– The student
– The friend
• Group 1 prepares what the student did since he/she left
his group of friends
• Group 2 prepares what they did once their friend left
them and explain why they were late
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Practicar el Oral
• Each group prepares a list of questions (4 or 5)
to ask the other group
• 1 student from each group pairs up and asks
each other what they were doing, while the
other person explains
• Students make notes
• For homework they write up what each of
them did on the island before the ferry left
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Practicar el Oral – Extra Question
• Students brainstorm questions relating to the
roleplay that could be asked by the examiner
(Spanish or English depending on ability).
• Write these on the board. Students then
answer these questions for homework
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Extra Question - Ejemplos
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¿Tiene su billete?
¿ De dónde es usted?
¿Te gustaron las islas?
¿Qué hiciste hoy?
¿Cuándo vuelve usted a casa (Irlanda)?
¿Hay playas famosas en su país?
¿Te gustaría volver aquí?
¿Qué va a hacer por el resto de sus vacaciones aquí?
¿Cuánto tiempo lleva usted en España?
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Un Ensayo
• Write an opinion piece on one of the following
topics
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Proyecto de Cultura
• In pairs students prepare a project on a
Spanish island
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Location
Population
Popular sites/areas
Things to do on the island
How to get there
Traditions/Customs
Typical Food/Drink
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Links
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Various YouTube clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTzmZHbIXQ&list=PL3
676190CD1CB9B6E Rias Baixas Turismo(text, older video,
more detail about flora & fauna) ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHJtH21itU&list=PL3676190CD1CB9B6E (Rias Baixas Turismo
no text, dramatic music);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl8U7rx0KVU&list=PL36
76190CD1CB9B6E (mydestinationvideo - no text but shows
camping on the island as well as general vistas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRQvV_B_2rI (timelapse
video – no text)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wVHdT4q2Y –
(collage of photos – no text)
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