Αγγλικά (Ε Δημοτικού) - Βιβλίο Μαθητή (Εμπλουτισμένο)
Unit 3
Edugame Edugame Places in a city
Lesson 2 "HOW CAN I GET TO ..............?"

ALEAD-IN Lead-in Activity

What do you usually do when you don't know the way to a place or building in your neighbourhood?

 

BGAME: "SIM0N SAYS..." Game

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Your teacher will choose one person to be the game leader. Everyone stand up. The instructions are as follows:

 

Go straight: take one step in front

Go back: take one step backwards

Turn left: turn your body left

Turn right: turn your body right

 

The leader should always say: "Simon says" and then the instruction. Whenever he/she does NOT say "Simon says", no one must move. Whoever moves is out of the game and and sits down. The last person left in the game is the winner.

 

CLISTENING Listening Activity

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ΕικόναMark is staying with Kostas at his flat in Nea Ionia, Athens. At the moment, Kostas and Mark are in Μαditou Street, outside Kostas' house. Mark wants to go to the Youth Center to play chess and meet other Greek children. Study the map. Now listen to their dialogue and with a pencil draw the route which Mark takes to go from his house to the Youth centre.

Unit 3
Acropolis

DROLE-PLAY Role-play

  1. Imagine you live in Nea Ionia. You are outside the Youth Centre. One pupil gives directions from the Youth Center to Maditou street. Role-play the conversation.
     
  2. Imagine you live in Nea Ionia and you are outside the Εισόδια Παναγίας Θεοτόκου church. A passer-by asks you the way to the local stadium. Role-play the conversation with the passer-by. Use the map in Activity C.

ELISTENING Listening Activity

Pierre, Nadine's cousin, finds himself at the Acropolis and he is asking a passer by for advice on a good traditional restaurant, the nearest metro station and a place where he can buy a flokati carpet for his family. Listen to the passer-by's recommendations and directions and pinpoint the 3 places on the map.

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Unit 3
London Eye
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Study the examples to see how we can give directions in English.

Do you know any relevant expressions in your own language?

 

4. Take the first/second/third turning on

your left/right

5. The Youth Centre is on your right/left

The library is at the end of this street

1. How can I get to the Museum, please?

2. Go along this street

Walk along Maditou Street

Go straight ahead

3. Turn left/right into Nigdis Street

 

ΕικόναFGAME: BE A TOURIST Game

Go to Appendix page 136, Activity A. Work in pairs and ask for and give directions: in the Map, to get to Buckingham Palace from Trafalgar Square. The expressions in the Grammar Focus may help you.Link
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Learning strategies

 

 

WORKING IN GROUPS SUCCESSFULLY

  • I try to learn from others
  • I work alone and then help others
  • I like to search for information

 

GWRITING Writing Activity

Imagine that Nadine is staying with you for a couple of days in your city, town or village. During her stay, she wants to visit various places in your area (e.g. museum, post office, bank, supermarket, sports centre, cinema, café, bridge, lake, church, mountain, etc).

Write a short note to Nadine giving her directions to get to two different places you feel she may be interested in, as you have to go to school and you can't be her "tour guide".

 

Nadine,

To get to the ............................................................

...................................................................................

...................................................................................

Now to get to the ...................................................

...................................................................................

...................................................................................

See you after school!

Also draw a map to help Nadine.

 

Exchange notes with your partner and correct each other's work.

 

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