E9 E - Create an English class-trip guide

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E9 E - Create an English class-trip guide

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E9 E - Create an English class-trip guide

Your mission: Create a short digital guide for a fictional class trip to London. Your guide needs a map, schedule, useful phrases, attractions, rules and emergency information. Work mainly in English. Do not translate everything.

Fictional setting: Bluebird Secondary School, Class 9E. No real student names, phone numbers, profiles or private social-media data are used.

Einleitung

You are planning a two-day class trip. Your guide should help classmates answer six questions fast: Where are we? What happens next? What can we see? What can we say? What are the rules? What do we do in an emergency?

Work like this: understand → respond → ask → use a hint → improve → use again.

I-can goals

1. I can understand key information in maps, short videos and visitor information.
2. I can ask for directions, clarification and help.
3. I can discuss attractions and give reasons for a choice.
4. I can write a clear, connected class-trip guide for a real audience.
5. I can mediate important information without translating every word.
6. I can check sources, media rights and AI-generated claims before using them.

Before you start

Talk to a partner for two minutes: What makes a class-trip guide useful? Which information is needed first? Which London places do you already know?

Quick response: Name three details you can describe without looking anything up. Then ask one spontaneous follow-up question.

Model guide: London 9E

This short guide is a model. Do not copy it word for word. Notice how information is selected, organised and checked.

Map: find the key places

Find these places on the map or with a trusted map service: British Museum, Buckingham Palace, South Bank, Tower Bridge and Camden. Then explain one possible route in 30–45 seconds.

Useful route language: go north / south, cross the river, change at, get off at, walk towards, next to, opposite, on the left, on the right.

Schedule

Day	Time	Plan	Your job
Monday	09:30	British Museum	Choose one object or room to recommend.
Monday	13:30	Westminster and Buckingham Palace walk	Give two route instructions.
Monday	16:00	South Bank	Record or perform a 45-second spoken update.
Tuesday	09:30	Tower Bridge	Ask one factual and one critical question.
Tuesday	13:30	Camden area	Compare it with another place.
Tuesday	17:00	Group check and return	Confirm meeting point, time and buddy.

Times are fictional planning times. Before a real trip, opening times, transport changes and bookings must be checked again.

Attractions: look, choose, justify

British Museum: Good for history, objects and different perspectives. Do not only ask “What is it?” Also ask: Where did it come from? Who tells its story? Which sources support the information?

Tower Bridge: Good for engineering, city views and short factual presentations. Explain why it may interest a class, not only why it is “famous”.

Camden: Useful for observation, comparison and everyday language. Avoid culture clichés. Describe what you can actually see, hear or verify.

South Bank / London Eye area: Good for orientation along the Thames and for practising route language.

Viewing 1: London attractions

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Fortfahren Ausblenden

Before watching: Predict five places or activities.

While watching: Note only keywords: place + activity + one reason.

After watching: Choose two attractions and say which would fit a Year 9 class better. Give at least two reasons and one possible disadvantage.

Viewing 2: using the Tube

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Watch for practical language and actions. Create a four-step mini-guide called How to use the Tube without panic.

Then compare the video with current information from Transport for London. A travel video may become outdated.

Viewing 3: Tower Bridge

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Write three notes:

1. one fact you can verify,
2. one detail that makes the place attractive,
3. one question you would still research.

Reading: a compact class-trip guide

Monday morning. Meet in the hostel lobby at 08:45. Check your buddy and carry your travel card or approved ticket. At the British Museum, work in groups of three. Choose one object, read two short sources and prepare a one-minute explanation.

Monday afternoon. Travel towards Westminster. Stay with your group and use the agreed meeting point. On the South Bank, compare two possible activities. Give reasons based on time, cost, distance and learning value.

Tuesday. Visit Tower Bridge in the morning. In the afternoon, complete a short observation task in Camden. Before returning, check the group, route and departure time.

Reading check: Which details are essential for action? Which details are interesting but not urgent? Mark them in two different ways.

Context vocabulary

Word / chunk	Meaning in this guide	Example
meeting point	agreed place where the group meets	Let's meet at the main entrance.
route	way from one place to another	Which route is faster?
platform	place where you board a train	Which platform do we need?
change	move from one line or train to another	We need to change at Oxford Circus.
delay	something is later than planned	There is a ten-minute delay.
admission	entry, sometimes with a ticket	Is admission free?
crowded	full of people	The station is very crowded.
landmark	well-known place or building	Use the bridge as a landmark.
source	place where information comes from	Check the official source.
emergency	serious situation needing immediate help	Call emergency services only in a real emergency.

Useful phrases

Directions: “Could you tell me how to get to …?” / “Do we need to change?” / “Is this the right platform?”

Clarifying: “Sorry, could you say that again?” / “Do you mean the north entrance?” / “Could you show me on the map?”

Group decisions: “I’d choose … because …” / “A stronger option might be …” / “I see your point, but …”

Problems: “We have lost contact with our group.” / “Our meeting point is …” / “We need help.”

Spontaneous follow-up: “What makes you say that?” / “Which source did you use?” / “What would you change?”

Pronunciation and fluency

Focus on clear chunks and sentence stress, not on sounding “native”.

Say these in meaningful groups:

1. “Could you tell me / how to get to Tower Bridge?”
2. “We need to change / at the next station.”
3. “I’d choose the museum / because it gives us / more learning options.”

Repeat once slowly, once naturally and once with a partner interrupting with a follow-up question.

Speaking

In groups of three, choose one attraction. Prepare for 90 seconds, then speak for 90–120 seconds.

Include: location, reason to visit, one practical point, one source and one limitation. After speaking, answer one spontaneous question.

Challenge: Compare two perspectives, for example tourist value and learning value.

Writing: build your digital guide

Write about 220–300 words plus a map and schedule. Use headings so readers can find information quickly.

Your guide must include:

1. map and meeting point,
2. two-day schedule,
3. three attractions with reasons,
4. useful phrases,
5. class-trip rules,
6. emergency information,
7. at least two checked sources,
8. media credits.

Revise your own text. Do not replace it with a completely new AI text.

Mediation

A German-speaking classmate does not understand the emergency card below. Explain the important action in clear English or German, depending on the situation. Do not translate every sentence.

Emergency card: In a life-threatening emergency in the UK, call 999 or 112. For urgent medical advice that is not a life-threatening emergency, NHS 111 can help. Tell the call handler where you are, what happened and which service you need if asked.

Your goal is successful communication, not word-for-word translation.

Functional grammar

Use grammar to solve a communication task.

Rules with modal verbs:

1. “You must stay with your buddy.”
2. “You mustn’t leave the meeting point without telling a teacher.”
3. “You should check the route before leaving.”
4. “You can ask staff for help.”

Planning with conditionals: “If the Tube is delayed, we will use the backup route.”

Comparing options: “The museum is more suitable than the market for our research task because …”

Rules for the fictional trip

1. Stay with your buddy and follow the agreed group system.
2. Be on time at every meeting point.
3. Check before crossing roads and follow local transport rules.
4. Respect public places, staff and other visitors.
5. Do not post classmates, locations or private contact details without permission.
6. Recordings are voluntary and stay private unless everyone involved has agreed to another use.
7. Do not upload school material to external AI services unless your teacher and school rules allow it.

Emergency information

Real UK emergency numbers: Call 999 or 112 for a genuine emergency involving police, fire, ambulance or coastguard. For urgent medical advice that is not life-threatening, NHS 111 is available in the UK.

For the fictional class trip, the teacher contact is stored on a private school emergency card. Never publish private phone numbers in the guide.

Emergency speaking frame: “My name is … We are at … The problem is … We need …”

Sources to re-check before a real trip: GOV.UK 999/112 and NHS emergency guidance.

Help levels

Hint 1 – words: route, meeting point, delay, entrance, platform, source, crowded, emergency.

Hint 2 – sentence starters: “Our first stop is …” / “We chose it because …” / “If there is a delay, …” / “The source says …”

Hint 3 – structure: Map → Schedule → Attractions → Useful phrases → Rules → Emergency → Sources.

Use only as much help as you need.

Feedback and error analysis

Partner feedback should answer three questions: Can I find the information quickly? Is the English clear? Are the claims and sources trustworthy?

Then do an error scan:

1. underline one sentence that is too long and improve it,
2. circle one repeated word and replace it,
3. check one verb form,
4. check one factual claim against its source,
5. check that every image or video has a legal source.

Keep your first version. Add changes instead of deleting your learning process.

Source and media check

Before using information or AI output, ask:

1. Who published it?
2. How recent is it?
3. Can another reliable source confirm it?
4. Is it fact, opinion or advertising?
5. May I reuse or embed the media?
6. Have I credited the creator and licence where needed?

For a real trip, use current official transport information: Transport for London.

Media rights used in this aiMOOC

The Wikimedia Commons files below are used under the licence stated on their Commons file page. Check the file page again before reuse outside Wikimedia projects.

1. London Skyline.jpg – CC BY-SA 3.0 / GFDL option on Commons.
2. Open street map central london.svg – CC BY-SA 2.0, based on OpenStreetMap data.
3. TowerBridge.jpg – Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
4. British Museum Great Court.jpg – Andres Rueda, CC BY 2.0.
5. Camden Market, London 4.jpg – Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
6. Buckingham Palace (1) - 17 May 2026.jpg – Aethonatic, CC0.
7. London eye wikipedia.jpg – CC BY-SA 3.0 / GFDL option on Commons.
8. Underground.svg – simple logo file marked public domain on Commons; trademark restrictions may still apply.

The YouTube videos remain on YouTube and are embedded from their source pages. Do not download or re-upload them as if they were open-licensed material unless the licence explicitly allows it.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

Which section helps readers find places quickly? (Map) (!Emergency card) (!Media credits) (!Feedback notes)

Which phrase is best for asking for directions politely? (Could you tell me how to get to Tower Bridge?) (!Tower Bridge now) (!I want bridge) (!You show route)

What should you do with a travel video before using its practical information? (Check it against a current reliable source) (!Assume every detail is still current) (!Copy the complete transcript) (!Use it without checking the date)

Which modal verb expresses a strong class-trip rule? (must) (!might) (!could) (!would)

Which number can be used for a genuine emergency in the UK? (999) (!111) (!101) (!118)

What is the main aim of mediation? (Communicate the important meaning for the situation) (!Translate every word) (!Use the longest sentences possible) (!Avoid thinking about the audience)

Which source is strongest for current London transport information? (Transport for London) (!An old anonymous travel post) (!A copied screenshot without a date) (!An unsourced comment)

Which sentence compares two options and gives a reason? (The museum is more suitable because it supports our research task) (!The museum is there) (!London has streets) (!We went yesterday)

What should happen to your first writing version? (Keep it and revise it visibly) (!Delete it before feedback) (!Replace it completely with AI output) (!Publish it without checking)

What is most important for pronunciation in this course? (Clear understandable speech) (!Copying one accent perfectly) (!Speaking as fast as possible) (!Avoiding all pauses)

Memory

meeting point	agreed place for the group
platform	place where passengers board a train
landmark	well-known place used for orientation
delay	something happens later than planned
source	origin of information
buddy	partner who stays with you

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Thema
Map	shows where places are
Schedule	shows when activities happen
Useful phrases	support communication
Rules	support safe group behaviour
Emergency information	explains what to do in serious situations

Kreuzworträtsel

schedule	What shows the order and timing of activities?
landmark	What is a well-known place that can help with orientation?
emergency	What word describes a serious situation needing immediate help?
underground	What is a common British word for the Tube system?
platform	Where do passengers wait to board a train?
source	What do you check to find where information comes from?

Lückentext

Vervollständige den Text.

A good class-trip guide starts with a clear so readers can find important places. A tells the group what happens next. Useful help you ask for directions and clarification. In a real UK emergency, you can call for immediate help. A reliable helps you check whether information is current. Before publishing, you should your own text after feedback.

Offene Aufgaben

Leicht

1. London map challenge: Mark five trip locations and explain one route in four sentences.
2. Useful phrase card: Design a pocket card with eight phrases for directions, clarification and help.
3. Attraction snapshot: Choose one Commons image and write a 60-word description plus correct media credit.
4. Schedule edit: Change the model schedule to make one day less stressful and explain your decision.

Standard

1. Mini audio guide: Prepare a 60–90 second spoken attraction guide. Recording is optional and should remain private unless sharing is agreed.
2. Source check: Compare one official source with one travel video. Identify one fact, one opinion and one item that may change over time.
3. Mediation task: Explain the emergency card for a German-speaking classmate without translating every word.
4. Guide redesign: Create a one-page digital guide with map, schedule, rules and emergency information.

Schwer

1. Perspective comparison: Compare how two sources present the same London attraction and explain what each source emphasises or leaves out.
2. Class-trip pitch: Present two possible afternoon plans, discuss them in a group and answer spontaneous questions before the group decides.
3. Research and revision: Write a 250–300 word guide using at least three checked sources, then show how feedback changed your text.
4. Transfer trip: Adapt the complete guide structure to another English-speaking city. Check transport, safety information, media rights and cultural assumptions.

Lernkontrolle

1. Information design: You receive a badly organised class-trip page. Explain how you would restructure it so urgent information can be found within ten seconds.
2. Source evaluation: A three-year-old video gives different Tube advice from the current official transport page. Explain which information you would use and why.
3. Problem solving: Your group misses a connection and will be late. Produce a short spoken update using clarification language, a new plan and a meeting-point check.
4. Perspective task: Two classmates disagree about visiting a museum or a market. Build a balanced argument using learning value, time, distance and group interest.
5. Mediation transfer: Explain a short German school rule to an English-speaking host so that the host knows what action is expected, without translating word for word.
6. Revision reflection: Compare a first and second draft of your guide. Identify one language change, one structure change and one fact-checking change, and explain why each improves the guide.

Can-do check

I can ...	Yes	Almost	Not yet
understand the key points of a short travel video	□	□	□
use a map to explain a route	□	□	□
ask and answer spontaneous follow-up questions	□	□	□
compare attractions with reasons and evidence	□	□	□
mediate important information for a specific person	□	□	□
check sources and media rights	□	□	□
revise my own writing after feedback	□	□	□

Lernnachweis

For your learning record, show:

1. a clear digital class-trip guide with map and schedule,
2. useful and appropriate English for real travel situations,
3. one listening or viewing note sheet,
4. one source comparison,
5. one short speaking or presentation task,
6. one mediation example,
7. a first and revised writing version,
8. correct media credits and checked emergency information,
9. a short reflection using the Can-do check.

No public upload is required. Recordings are voluntary. Keep personal data private.

Follow-up course

Continue with E9 E - Present and defend a travel plan: compare two complete trip options, discuss priorities, respond spontaneously and revise a source-based recommendation.

Verknüpfte Lernbereiche

E9 E - Create an English class-trip guide Listening and Viewing Reading Speaking Writing Mediation Vocabulary Functional grammar Source evaluation Media literacy London