Lesson Plan: Gerald of Wales’s Travel Blog · • Travelling or transport • Food • Clothes...
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Learn about Gerald of Wales’s journey around Wales in 1188 and create a travel blog of his experiences. Literacy, History Who was Gerald of Wales (‘Gerallt Gymro’)? Distribute the factsheet amongst the pupils. Ask the pupils to discover 3 facts about Gerald. As a whole class, produce a mind map on the whiteboard of the facts you can discover about Gerald. Watch the cartoon of Gerald’s journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y ihBjsyu7ww Gerald of Wales travelled around Wales keeping a record of what he saw on the journey in his books. The pupils must imagine that they are travelling with Gerald and that they have to write a travel blog of their experiences. Show examples of travel blogs. When reading an example of a blog, focus on the descriptive language. What makes a good travel blog? Ask the pupils to imagine that they are travelling with Gerald of Wales and Archbishop Baldwin around Wales. Describe different areas and situations during Gerald’s journey, using the five senses: • Touch • Sight • Hearing • Taste • Smell An interesting travel blog contains descriptions of: • Travelling or transport • Food • Clothes • The local people • Accommodation • Remember to be critical and advise others on places to stay and what to eat. You can use the sheet below to provide some sort of structure for your travel blog. Lesson Plan: Gerald of Wales’s Travel Blog Aim of the lesson: Focus: Prompt: Video: Example materials: The task:
Transcript of Lesson Plan: Gerald of Wales’s Travel Blog · • Travelling or transport • Food • Clothes...
LearnaboutGeraldofWales’sjourneyaroundWalesin1188andcreateatravelblogofhisexperiences.Literacy,HistoryWhowasGeraldofWales(‘GeralltGymro’)?Distributethefactsheetamongstthepupils.Askthepupilstodiscover3factsaboutGerald.Asawholeclass,produceamindmaponthewhiteboardofthefactsyoucandiscoveraboutGerald.WatchthecartoonofGerald’sjourney:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yihBjsyu7wwGeraldofWalestravelledaroundWaleskeepingarecordofwhathesawonthejourneyinhisbooks.ThepupilsmustimaginethattheyaretravellingwithGeraldandthatthey
havetowriteatravelblogoftheirexperiences.Showexamplesoftravelblogs.Whenreadinganexampleofablog,focusonthedescriptivelanguage.Whatmakesagoodtravelblog?AskthepupilstoimaginethattheyaretravellingwithGeraldofWalesandArchbishopBaldwinaroundWales.DescribedifferentareasandsituationsduringGerald’sjourney,usingthefivesenses:
• Touch• Sight• Hearing• Taste• Smell
Aninterestingtravelblogcontainsdescriptionsof:
• Travellingortransport• Food• Clothes• Thelocalpeople• Accommodation• Remembertobecriticaland
adviseothersonplacestostayandwhattoeat.
Youcanusethesheetbelowtoprovidesomesortofstructureforyourtravelblog.
LessonPlan:GeraldofWales’sTravelBlog
Aimofthelesson:
Focus:
Prompt:
Video:
Examplematerials:
Thetask:
Startofthejourney–howdidyoutravelandwhatwasthepurposeofthejourney?
DescribethepeoplewhoarelisteningtoGeraldpreaching,whataretheywearing?
DescribethefeastinCardiganCastlewithLordRhys.Whatwasonthemenu?
IdeasforcreatingablogofGerald’sjourney
Wheredidyousleep?Wastheroomcold?Didyousleepwell?
(TheNationalLibraryofWales)
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