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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