Discuss existing types of text review.
1
Explain that the focus of this week is on place review.
2
In the [handout ], students will find 2 reviews of well-known places. Ask students to read the reviews and try to guess the places. To what extent do they agree with the reviews?
3
Survey how students use Google Maps. Some guiding questions:
-
How often do you use Google Maps?
-
Do you prefer to use it on a web browser (laptop/pc) or on your mobile phone?
-
In addition to getting a direction to a place, what else can you make use of Google Maps (e.g. satellite imagery, interactive panoramic views of streets, and place reviews)?
4
Ask students to think about three words that either best describe them or that they like the most.
5
Ask students to open https://what3words.com, enter the three words, and tell them that the result is the place/country they belong to. Teachers may ask for volunteers to share their results.
6
Then, ask students to click ‘Navigate’ (under the search box), and select ‘Google Maps’. This will navigate them to Google Maps (to the place according to the 3-word address)
7
On Google Maps, click on the red pin to see the reviews of the place (via the left column).
8
Ask students to find 2-3 more places using what3words.com
9
Materials/steps: Analysing how people write place reviews
Tell students that they are going to explore how people write a review of a place.
1
2
Ask students to find more parks to see more reviews.
3
To illustrate how people write a place review, ask students to search for Thonburirom park on Google Maps (or cowboy.woven.respect on what3words.com). Allow 5-10 minutes for students to go through the reviews.
In groups (or breakout rooms), students discuss how people write a place review. Some topics for discussion:
-
Length
-
Language
4
Students write 1 place review (a short one), and post the review on Google Maps.
​