| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this reading worksheet about extreme tourism are to:
- read excerpts of an article about modern Mount Everest tourism;
- talk about modern adventure and status symbols;
- practise useful vocabulary for viewpoints and critiques.
In this lesson, students talk about mountain climbing, work with a quiz related to Mount Everest and share their thoughts. They practise their interpretation skills, evaluate the author’s arguments and reflect on status symbols. Students also explore words and phrases for expressing criticism (e.g. drudgery, flabbergasted, rally around).
WARM-UP AND DISCUSSION
This reading worksheet about extreme tourism starts with a warm-up where students discuss their personal experiences and thoughts on mountain climbing. After that, they do a quiz and explore information about Mount Everest. Students say if any of the answers surprised them. Moving on, they read the first part of an article about issues surrounding modern Mount Everest tourism. Students choose the feeling the author tried to convey and explain their choice. Following that, they read the next part of the article and identify phrases and sentences to support different ideas.
MORE DISCUSSION AND VOCABULARY
In this part of this reading worksheet about extreme tourism, students continue reading the article and explain why the author mentions various items (e.g. tea at The Ritz, Titan, insurance fraud scheme). Moving on, they read the final part of the text, examine several statements and say which ones are true. Then, students discuss questions about the author’s arguments and reflect on modern status symbols and adventure. Afterwards, they use key words from the article (e.g. deluded, factor in, solipsism) to complete opinions about commercialised extreme tourism. Finally, students choose three opinions and elaborate on them.
HOMEWORK/REVISION
This reading worksheet about extreme tourism also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students rewrite factual statements using the target words and phrases from the lesson to give them a more critical or satirical tone. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.
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