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THEME 7 WORLD HERITAGE

FUNCTIONS
9 GRADE F1 Talking about past events
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F2
Making inquiries
F3 Asking and answering questions in an interview
4 Diary Entries

This activity aims to have students reorder the events in a diary entry and write about an imaginary trip
by using picture prompts.

Materials and Preparation

Copy the worksheet on page 153 and make sure that each student in the class has one.
Procedure

1 Give each student a copy of the worksheet and ask them to put the sentences of the diary entry in
the correct order and number them. Have them work individually.
2 Allow 8-10 minutes for this; then stop the activity and elicit the answers.
3 Ask students to imagine they had a class trip to an amusement park. Tell them that they are supposed
to write about the trip in their diaries using the given picture prompts and they can make up the
names of the rides in the amusement park. Monitor and help when necessary.
4 As a follow-up, divide students into pairs and tell them to peer check each other’s writings when
students have finished their diary entries.

5 Who Built Göbeklitepe?

This activity aims to have students make inquiries.

Materials and Preparation
Smartboard/Laptop
Internet Access

Procedure
1 Go to the link: https://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/mrepo/eKitap/eb-Gobeklitepe/index.html
2 Read the booklet with students on smartboard. View the photographs in detail, and make sure that
students gain considerable knowledge about Göbeklitepe.
3 Have them write a few questions about Göbeklitepe to solve its mystery. Then, ask them to create
an epic historical story answering the questions they have written.
4 Encourage them to share their epic stories with class.

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