3rd Grade • Secondary School

Telling stories and sequencing events

Learning New Vocabulary!

Exercise #1
What do you do before, during and after a trip? Read the words and phrases related to traveling and
think about what they mean. Put a check next to the ones you know.

Arrange transportation
Plan your itinerary Pack your bags
and accommodation

Travel Arrive to your Do fun activities, visit

destination places and people.

Get ready to go back Arrive home Unpack your bags

Exercise #2
Use the vocabulary words and phrases in the boxes of Exercise #1 to complete the definitions below.
The first one is an example.

1. When you pack your bags_______, you put your clothes, shoes and objects you will need for a trip inside
a backpack, a suitcase or a gab.

2. When you _____________________________, you go to another place, which is usually outside your town
or city. For example, you can go from your house to a hotel in another city. You usually do it in a car, bus or
airplane. Some adventurous people also do this on a motorcycle or even a bike.

3. When you _____________________________, you think about and how you are going to travel and where
you are going to stay. You usually make phone calls and search on the internet to make reservations.

4. When you _____________________________, you prepare everything to go back to your house. You make
sure not to forget anything at the hotel or the place where you stayed.

5. When you ____________________________, you get to the place (city, town, hotel) where you are going.

6. When you ____________________________, you enjoy your time on the trip by doing different actions for
entertainment, like go to the beach, go hiking or visit beautiful places. You can also visit people you know that
live in the place where you are.

7. When you ____________________________, you return to your house after your trip.

8. When you ____________________________, you think about and plan your trip: where you want to go,
how many days you are going stay there, who you are going to travel with, where you are going to stay and
what you are going to do each day.

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9. When you ____________________________, you get your clothes, shoes and objects you took on your
trip out of your bags. You usually wash them and put them back where they belong in your house.

Exercise #3
Use the flashcards to check your answers. Then, cover a word from the list above, read the definition
and try to call out the word without reading it. Uncover the word to check. Repeat this procedure until
you can call out all the words without reading them.

Exercise #4
Classify the vocabulary words and phrases in Exercise #1 according to what you do BEFORE, DURING,
and AFTER a trip. Some of them can be used more than once. You can add drawings.

Before During After

Exercise #5
Use ideas the following choice board to practice the new words and phrases. You need to choose at
least one option but you are free to choose as many as you want. Please use a separate piece of paper
to record your answers and attach it to this page. If you have used this chart before, please make sure
you choose a new option for this activity.

Plan your itinerary ▪ Pack your bags ▪ Arrange transportation and accommodation

Do fun activities, visit places and people ▪ Arrive to your destination ▪ Travel

Arrive home ▪ Unpack your bags ▪ Get ready to go back

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WRITE SENTENCES CREATE A STORY COMIC STRIP ILLUSTRATIONS

Write one or two Write a story where Make a comic strip Draw a picture to
sentences for each you include all 10 where you include all show the meaning of
word. Include words. Make sure you 10 words. Use the each word. You can
information in your use the vocabulary vocabulary words in be as creative as you
sentences to clarify words in a logical a logical way want; just make sure
the meaning of way according to according to their that the meaning is
each word. their meaning. meaning. clear.

SORT IT! QUIZ COLLAGE DEFINITIONS

Order all 10 words Create a mini quiz for Create a collage Write your own
into categories. yourself or somebody with words, phrases definitions for each
Words can be else. Make sure you and images to show word. You can also
classified by use all 10 words in the meaning of all 10 include drawings and
meaning, spelling, your quiz. Please words. You can use examples.
pronunciation, letters, include the answer art supplies,
etc. Be creative with key. magazines or any
the categories! other materials.

GAME STUDENT CHOICE POEM SONG

Create a game to Create an activity to Write a poem that Write the lyrics of a
practice the show that you know has all 10 vocabulary song that includes all
meaning of all 10 the meaning of all 10 words. 10 words. You can
words. Make sure vocabulary words. also record yourself
you include the rules, singing it and send
the materials and the audio to your
instructions. teacher.

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Practicing Grammar!
Exercise #1
Read the story about my last trip to Santo Domingo. Pay attention to the highlighted actions and what
happens to them when telling a story in the past. What do you notice about these actions?

I last went to Santo Domingo in 2017. First, I planned my

itinerary with my friend. We decided to stay there for a week.
Then, we arranged transportation and accommodation. We
booked a flight from Costa Rica to Santo and booked a hotel
in La Zona Colonial. Before we traveled, we packed our bags.
The day we traveled we were super excited! When we arrived
to our destination, Santo Domingo, we went to the hotel by
taxi. We unpacked our bags and started the adventure. We
visited many beautiful places, like the Zona Colonial, the Malecon and many others. We did
fun activities during the day and night! After a week of fun, we got ready to go back home.
We packed our bags again and traveled back to Costa Rica. When we arrived home, we
unpacked our bags and remembered all the fun things we did in our trip to Santo Domingo.

Exercise #2
What did you notice about the actions “plan”, “arrange”, “travel”, “arrive”, “pack”, “unpack”, “visit”, “do”
and “get” when they are in the past? Complete the following rules by looking at the examples in the
story above. The first one is an example.

1. For the action ____plan _ , you double the last consonant and add “ed”. For example, I PLANNED

my itinerary with a friend” .

2. For actions like ________________, ________________, ________________ ,________________,

________________, and ________________ , you add “ed” at the end. For example, _______________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Actions like ________________ and ________________, change when they are in the past. For

example, _____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

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Keep in mind!

Verbs or actions in the past can be regular or irregular. They are regular when you add “ed” at the
end. They are irregular when they change their form.

Regular Irregular
Visit Visited Do Did
Travel Traveled Get Got

What other regular and irregular verbs/actions can you find in the story in exercise 1? Highlight or
circle the regular verbs with one color and the irregular ones with a different color.

Exercise #3
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the past simple of the verb/action in brackets. Then, write
numbers 1-7 to order the events in the story.

A. After that, we ___________________ (arrange) transportation and accommodation. We decided to

travel by ferry and to rent a house on the beach.

B. We ___________________ (travel) very early on a Sunday morning. I loved the ferry ride! It was my
favorite part of the trip. We _____________ (arrive) to Puerto Rico after 13 hours traveling.

C. Then, we selected the clothes and shoes we wanted to bring and ___________________ (pack) our
bags. We brought many big bags with us!

D. My family and I went to Puerto Rico for our vacations last year. First, we ___________________ (plan)
our itinerary by deciding where and when to go and how long to stay in that place.

E. After a week of fun, we ___________________ (arrive) to our house and ___________________

(unpack) our bags. It was my favorite vacation with my family!

F. During our stay, we ___________________ (visit) many beautiful beaches and places to relax. We also
___________________ (do) fun activities, like surfing, snorkeling and kayaking.

G. On our last day, we ___________________ (get) ready to go back to Santo Domingo. We bought
souvenirs and organized our clothes and shoes.

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Exercise #4
Write the events of your favorite trip. Make sure you include information about when, where and
how you went there, who you went with, where you stayed, and what you did. Also, make sure the
events are in order.

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reading Practice: Best Trip of My Life!

Exercise #1
Which trip was or would be the best trip of your life? Complete the chart with information of the best
trip of your life.

Where you went/would Where you stayed/would Who you traveled/would What you did/would like
like to go like to stay like to travel with to do there