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Swahili Travel

Tenth graders learn travel words in Swahili (safari — which means “journey”!) — pasipoti (passport), ndege (airplane), hoteli (hotel), sanduku (suitcase), tikiti (ticket) — everything they need to plan a trip to East Africa.

Grade 10Travel50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn travel words.
  • ✓Match words to meanings.
  • ✓Plan a trip.
  • ✓Book & explore.
Essential Question

pasipoti, ndege, hoteli — how do you plan a safari (trip) in Swahili?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Travel Word

Project this and match each Swahili travel word to its meaning — tap the word, then tap the meaning.

✈️ Match each travel word to its meaningTry it
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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Planning a Safari

6 min

What do you need to travel, and how do you say it in Swahili?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a passport photo.
  • Ask the Swahili word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Travel

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Travel Word.
  • Match each one.
  • Note safari = journey.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name what you pack.
  • Say tikiti & hoteli.
  • Use ndege.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Use it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan a trip aloud.
  • Say where you’ll go.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan.
  • Say it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a travel word.
  • Say a trip step.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand travel words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: plan a trip together.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore travel & safari in East Africa.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a trip.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Travel word cards with pictures.
  • Trip-planning checklist.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with pasipoti & hoteli.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add ramani, forodha.
  • Plan a 3-day safari.
  • Book a hotel role-play.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ✈️Travel word cards
  • 💻Match the Travel Word
  • 🗺️Trip planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

safaritravel / journeypasipotipassportndegeairplanehotelihotelsandukusuitcasetikititicketuwanja wa ndegeairportkuhifadhito book
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “passport” in Swahili?
pasipoti.
QUESTION 2
What does “ndege” mean here?
Airplane.
QUESTION 3
What does “safari” literally mean?
Journey / trip.

Reflect: travel.

Have students list two things they need to travel in Swahili (pasipoti, tikiti). A printable Swahili travel sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

🃏 Swahili TravelFlip
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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Swahili TravelPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: hoteli, kuhifadhi, ndege, pasipoti, safari, sanduku, tikiti, uwanja wa ndege
  1. suitcase
  2. passport
  3. travel / journey
  4. airport
  5. to book
  6. ticket
  7. hotel
  8. airplane

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “passport” in Swahili?
  2. What does “ndege” mean here?
  3. What does “safari” literally mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) sanduku · 2) pasipoti · 3) safari · 4) uwanja wa ndege · 5) kuhifadhi · 6) tikiti · 7) hoteli · 8) ndege
Part B: 1) pasipoti. 2) Airplane. 3) Journey / trip.