Jaxtina - S - Activity Book - Lesson 9

Jaxtina - S - Activity Book - Lesson 9

​Your Neighborhood - Directions

by Ngọc Minh Nguyễn

​Unit 3: Finding Your Way & Going Viral

​Unit 3 Overview

​In this unit, you will…

•talk about places to live, your neighborhood, and directions.

• talk about media use, computer equipment, and online business.

• use thinking skills: apply, analyze, and evaluate.

• read about unusual places to live, social media use and employment.

• use strategies to start talking by asking for directions and keep talking by expressing frequency.

• use strategies to keep talking by asking follow-up questions.

• use critical thinking skills to analyze the pros and cons of a digital detox.

​Lesson Overview

​Content Objectives

​Students will be able to

• ​describe their neighborhood.

• describe the location of a place.

​Language Objectives

​Students will

• talk about place they want to live.

• ​learn how to pronounce multi-syllable adjectives.

• ​make sentences with ‘there is’ and ‘there are’.

• ​make directions from and to a place on a map.

Poll

Practice 1. Look at the pictures in Practice 2 and discuss the questions.

Which kind of house would you like to live in? Why or why not? (You can choose more than 1 option)

Open Ended

MAKE IT YOURS

Find more words that describe your neighborhood and the house, apartment, or street where you live.

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• bus stop

• coffee shop

• grocery store

• gym

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• grocery store

• library

• train station

• gym

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• bus stop

• library

• high school

• gym

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• bus stop

• coffee shop

• grocery store

• gym

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• high school

• library

• train station

• gym

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• bus stop

• library

• train station

• gym

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• bus stop

• coffee shop

• grocery store

• high school

Multiple Choice

Practice 4. Choose the correct words with each picture

• apartment building

• high school

• grocery store

• train station

• gym

​Pronunciation

​apartment building /əˈpɑːrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ/, bus stop,

coffee shop, grocery store /ˈɡrəʊsəri/,

gym, high school,

library /ˈlaɪbreri/, train station

​MAKE IT REAL

​Sometimes you hear different words for the same places in a neighborhood.

gym = fitness center, health club

coffee shop = café

grocery store = supermarket

apartment (American English) = flat (British English)

Poll

Practice 6. Look at the pictures. Where would you like to live in? Why?

Multiple Select

Practice 7. LISTENING SKILL – Listen for specific information. Listen to the radio show.Check (✓) the places Elsa and Ahmed mention. There are more than one option.

ELSA

• coffee shop

• park

• gym

• grocery store

• library

Multiple Select

Practice 7. LISTENING SKILL – Listen for specific information. Listen to the radio show.Check (✓) the places Elsa and Ahmed mention. There are more than one option.

AHMED

• coffee shop

• high school

• gym

• grocery store

• apartment building

​Practice 9. Say the words. Underline the stressed syllable. Then listen and check.

​

1.	lively	quiet	busy
2.	expensive	exciting	important

​Practice 10.

​Listen and notice how the stressed syllable is louder and longer than the unstressed syllables. Practice stressing the syllables.

1. expensive houses

2. an exciting city

3. busy neighborhood

Open Ended

Practice 11. Write 5 sentences to describe your neighborhood.

Multiple Choice

Practice 13. Match the directions to the pictures.

• Take the first left

• Turn around

• Take the second left

• Go straight ahead

Multiple Choice

Practice 13. Match the directions to the pictures.

• Take the first left

• Turn around

• Take the second left

• Go straight ahead

Multiple Choice

Practice 13. Match the directions to the pictures.

• Take the first left

• Turn around

• Take the second left

• Go straight ahead

Multiple Choice

Practice 13. Match the directions to the pictures.

• Take the first left

• Turn around

• Take the second left

• Go straight ahead

​Practice 16. IN PAIRS.

​Discuss directions. Ask for and give directions to and from the places. Use the Confident Communicator box to help you.

​1. from the library to the bus stop.

2. from the train station to the coffee shop.

3. from the apartment building to the high school.

4. from the park to the library.

​To ask for directions, say:

"Can you tell me the way from A to B?"​

To show the direction, say:

"Turn left/ right on X street. Go straight ahead."

"Take the first/second/third + left/right"

"It's on your left/right". "It's across from the Y" ​

​

Ask for and give directions to and from the places.

​1. from the library to the bus stop.

2. from the train station to the coffee shop.

3. from the apartment building to the high school.

4. from the park to the library.

​To ask for directions, say:

"Can you tell me the way from A to B?"​

To show the direction, say:

"Turn left/ right on X street. Go straight ahead."

"Take the first/second/third + left/right"

"It's on your left/right". "It's across from the Y" ​