1. The document provides the lesson plan for a listening activity about an excursion. 2. The listening activity involves students numbering events in order, choosing answers to complete sentences, and answering questions about details of an excursion to a botanical garden. 3. The post-listening activity asks students to discuss their most enjoyable weekend picnic using prompts about location, transportation, activities, and feelings.

1. Unit 6:
AN EXCURSION
Le sson C: Liste ning

2. INTRODUCTION
- Time : 45’
- Level: Grade 10 (Basic)
- Overall goals: Identification, Detail comprehension
- Assumptions about the students’ background knowledge:
They may know about the topic. They may lack of
knowledge of vocabulary.
- The students’ anticipated problems: They may have
difficulty understanding the main points and guessing the
meaning of unfamiliar terms
- The materials and teaching aids : Textbook, recording,
worksheet, laptop, projector

3. I. Pre-listening. Look at the pictures and answer the questions:
1
4
3
5
1 2
Meeting/
gathering at the
school gate
Making a tour/ visiting/
walking around the
garden/ park
Taking photos
Singing on the
bus
Playing the guitar/
dancing/ singing
2. What may these pictures be about? A picnic
1. What are they doing in these pictures?

4. II. While-listening.
Task 1. Listen and number the words/ phrases in the order you
hear.
piece of grass land
all the way
school gate
a delicious meal
favourite songs
3
2
5
1
4

5. Task 2. Listen and choose the best answers to complete
the following sentences.
1.The weekend picnic I enjoyed the most was
just………………….ago.
B. a few months C. a long time
2. My class decided to……………….to the Botanical Garden.
A. visit B. travel
3. We met at the school gate…………………………
A. just in time C. late
4. We made………………….round the garden.
A. a visit B. an investigation C. a short tour
A. a few weeks
C. pay a visitC. pay a visit
B. on timeB. on time
C. a short tour
A. a few weeks

6. Task 3. Listen and answer the questions.
1. How did they travel to Botanical Garden?
…………………………………………………………….
2. How was the garden?
…………………………………………………………….
3. What did they do on a spacious piece of grassland?
……………………………………………………………..
4. When did they all take a rest?
……………………………………………………………..
5. How did they all feel?
………………………………………………………………
They travel there by bus
It was quiet and peaceful
They played a lot of games
They took a short rest after a delicious meal
They all felt happy

7. III. Post-listening.
Talk about the weekend picnic you enjoyed the most
using the following suggestions:
- When
- Where
- Means of transport
- What activities
- Feelings