We started out by making paper airplanes in small groups. Each student in the group wrote his or her name and dream destination on the plane. We then went around the group for introductions. For fun, we tested the planes to see whose would fly the farthest. The all-girl group actually won that contest.
Next item on the agenda was a matching game. I made a few sets of matching game cards and each team got one. Cards with the words written in blue were the vocabulary cards and cards written in red were the definitions. The task was to match the correct vocabulary word with the correct definition. The students were familiar with some of the terms and then had to deduce the remaining ones. After they matched what they could, we discussed and defined the words.
Here are some of the words that we discussed:
terminal
check-in counter
security
baggage claim
boarding pass
overhead compartment
passport control
customs
pilot
flight attendants
gate
passengers
After discussing these vocabulary words, you can introduce phrases/ actions:
to go through customs
to land
to go through security
to wait at the gate
to get bags from baggage claim
to go through passport control
to board a plane
to check bags
to check in
For kicks, you can play charades with some of these phrases (to get bags from baggage claim, to go through passport control, etc).
For our discussion part of class, we read, translated, and discussed the following quotes, focusing our discussion on airport security measures and security/safety in life:
1. Happiness has many roots but none more important than security. - E. R. Stettinius
2. There can be no security where there is fear. - Felix Frankfurter
3. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1
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