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a. Guess where I went to for vacation.

Choose an interesting city or country you visited for vacation. You may use a real trip or an imaginary
one. Keep your destination a secret.
1. Walk around the classroom and talk to 4 different classmates.
2. Take turns asking each other questions without asking, “Where did you go?”
3. Use the expressions for turn-taking strategies:
• Start a turn (e.g., Hi! How are you?, etc.)
• Take a turn (e.g., That’s amazing/Great, etc.)
• Hold a turn (e.g., and, but, because, You know, etc.)
• Yield a turn (e.g., What about you? / By the way, etc.)
4. Write down each classmate’s answers in the table below.
5. When finished, guess where each classmate went.

Student’s Name ….. ….. ….. …..

How did you get
there?

How long did the
trip take?

What did you do
there?

What kinds of
food did you eat?

What kinds of
souvenirs did you
buy?
What kinds of
places did you
visit?

Your Guess ….. ….. ….. …..

Reflection:
1. Did you guess all correctly? ☐ Yes ☐ No
2. How many answers did you guess correctly?
3. How many clues did you need before you guessed right? _________

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