1. To get us all thinking… Write your answer on the paper, fold answer over and pass on to person next to you 1.What three items take priority in your suitcase 2.What you like doing the most when you are away 3.What your family enjoy doing on holiday 4. What three words do you immediately associate with holidays? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =1qJaq3jv2P0

2. Class Discussion … Why do we all enjoy going away on holiday so much? On a post stick note write down: 1.What three items take priority in your suitcase 2.What you like doing the most when you are away 3.What your family enjoy doing on holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =1qJaq3jv2P0

3. These lessons are designed to introduce the key skills you will need for the GCSE English Language exam, you are expected to both read and write different kinds of non-fiction. This unit focuses on the reading section of the paper, which asks you to read and respond to texts in certain ways. You are asked… 1.To retrieve information and explain it to show you’ve fully understood a text (usually a newspaper article) 2.To analyse a text’s presentational features, such as headlines and images, and link them to the text (again – usually a newspaper article) 3.To infer meanings, ideas, thoughts, feelings etc. from a text – to ‘read between the lines’ (usually a descriptive piece) 4.To compare the use of language in two non-fiction texts. We are going to work this week on retrieving information from a text and explaining it. You need to show you can do this in your own words, using short quotes to support your answer. Essentially, you need to show you’ve fully understood a short piece of writing.

4. Granny thought she was on flight to Spain - then landed in the Caribbean: Booking mix-up sent her to Grenada instead of Granada! A grandmother who thought she was heading to Granada in Spain flew to the Caribbean island of Grenada due to a booking mix- up. Lamenda Kingdon only realised the error when chatting to a fellow passenger about how much she was looking forward to visiting Spain and the woman corrected her. According to the Evening Standard, the 62-year-old had booked through air miles travel firm Avios but a misunderstanding meant she was put on a 10-hour journey instead of the two hour flight to Spain. ‘After lunch and a gin and tonic I began to chatting to the lady sitting next to me,’ she said. ‘I told her how much I was looking forward to seeing the Alhambra. ‘She replied: “Not on this flight, you won’t be.” ‘She then grabbed the elbow of a passing stewardess and told her: “This lady thinks she’s going to Spain.” ‘I looked at the ticket and it did indeed say Grenada. I had noticed the departure and arrival times were vastly different – but I presumed that had something to do with the time difference.’ The sympathetic flight crew ushered Mrs Kingdon into the first-class cabin and gave her champagne. At a scheduled stop in St Lucia, she was put on a flight back to Gatwick. There, she was met by apologetic airline staff who put her in a hotel for the night and arranged for Avios, which has links to BA, to reimburse her points and fly her to Malaga, the nearest major airport to Granada, the following day. Avios also apologised for the mistake and gave Mrs Kingdon enough points for her next dream destination – New Zealand. Since her return from Granada, Mrs Kingdon has been given the all clear by her cancer doctors and hopes to make the trip next year. ‘Looking back on the Granada mix up, I genuinely don’t blame anyone,’ she said yesterday. ‘The person on the other end of the phone probably just misheard me. I honestly didn’t notice the spelling difference. 'But I’m certainly not complaining. They treated me wonderfully once they found out what had happened.’ What five things to do you learn about Mrs Kingdon’s trip: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

5. You now have 5 minutes On your lined paper I would like you to now write up an incident from your past that you are all going to share. I want this to involve the theme of holidays This should be quite short (remember Armitage’s box of matches rule!) Try to set the scene a little by including background details such as how old you were, where you were, who you were with, what happened etc. Try to finish by recalling how this event made you feel.

6. Need some inspiration? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCbLhf3hcMs Terrible journeys Funny stories Memorable moments Life changing experiences / once in a lifetime opportunities

7. Skills check: to retrieve information and explain it What are the three most interesting things you have learnt from the presentations you have heard? What are the three funniest stories from today? What would be the story you would least want to happen to you?

9. To Conclude Reflect back on the ideas you wrote on your post stick note at the start of this lesson. What is your priority when considering a holiday destination? What about older people? What about parents with young families? What about those seeking adventure and exercise? What about those twenty something clubbers?