My Treasure Hunt: London for your family

A) INTRODUCTION

You are a tourist agent in Barcelona and a family has just come to ask you for their perfect holiday in London.

The family consist of:

a father and a mother (45 years old), two sons (19 and 13), three daughters ( 21, 16 and 10).

Each of them has a specific preference. Let’s have a look at the history, life and music of this wonderful city.

B) QUESTIONS

In order to have a general view of the city, please answer the following questions:

a. What is the official language?

b. What is the favourite meal?

c. What is/are the name/s of the airport/s?

d. What places, monuments, parks... will the family take a photo of?

C) LINKS

You can answer the questions by surfing on the following sites.

Time Out: London - http://www.timeout.com/london/

London time –activities for kids - http://www.londontown.com/attractions/SearchResults?searchCat=Activities%20for%20Kids&searchType=category

This is London: What’s on? - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/whatson/listings/local-listings.do

London on line - http://www.londononline.co.uk/

The official website of the British Monarchy - http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/ResChannel.aspx

National Portrait Gallery - http://www.npg.org.uk/

Hotels 1 - http://www.thehotel-directory.com/

Hotels 2 - http://www.hotels-london.co.uk/

Underground - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Standard-Tube-map.pdf

The London Eye - http://www.londoneye.com/

London Tourist Information - http://www.londonpass.com/?aid=211&gclid=CLaCsbTs16ICFQcsDgodhE7ZwA

BAA - http://www.baa.com/

D) THE BIG QUESTION

You have to organize a five-day holiday for this family, taking into account the preferences of each member.

They have enough money to book a good hotel, but they will travel by underground: they love it.

So you have to provide them with the closest stations to the places you propose.

These are their preferences:

1. FATHER: loves the history of the Monarchy.
2. MOTHER: loves painting of any kind.
3. SON 19: loves shopping.
4. SON 13: would like to be an actor.
5. DAUGHTER 21: loves shopping.
6. DAUGHTER 16: loves taking pictures.
7. DAUGHTER 10: loves animals and theme parks.

PLANNING:

Hotel's Name:

Street:

Underground Station:

Price for 5 days:

DAY 1:
DAY 2:
DAY 3:
DAY 4:
DAY 5:

E) MARKING

PART ONE: Right answer to questions A to D; non-literal copying, grammatically correct (four points).

PART TWO: Right possible answers filling the grill, taking into account all the family necessities.(six points)

STUDENTS ANSWERS: Students have to publish them in the blog.

F) CREDITS

Many thanks to Aula 21 which provides the generator tool:http://aula21.net/

Thanks to Move and Stay for the picture:http://www.moveandstay.com/

And many thanks to all the websites which provided the information required.