Signposting langauge

Reorder

Read the travel plan. Then look at these activities. In what order does Manuel suggest Jana do them?

• Go to the Roman Theatre

• Go to a café on Calle Alcazabilla

• Go to the Picasso museum

• Go to Malagueta beach

• Go to a restaurant at the port

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• 4
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Signposts

• When writing a plan, it is important to clearly show the order of events.

• By using signposts such as to start, after that and while, we can make the order of the plan clearer to the reader.

• Put each new point or new activity in a new paragraph so that the plan is easy to read.

Hotspot

Highlight the signposts in Manuel's suggested travel plan.

Useful language

Putting activities in time order

• To start your day, (have churros in a café).

• After that, (take a long walk … ).

• Then, (walk towards the Roman Theatre).

• At this point, (you might be tired).

• While you’re there, (you must go to ... ).

• Next, (go to the Roman Theatre).

• Later in the ______(evening), (you can have dinner … ).

• You can end the day (by) (enjoying a drink).

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Which of the phrases in bold can you use for each purpose?

at the beginning of your suggested travel plan:​

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to signal the next activity:​ After that, Then, ​ Next,

to signal an activity you should do at the same time as another activity?​

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to signal the time of the day to do an activity?​

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to suggest the last activity in the plan?​

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To start your day,

While you're there,

Later in the (evening),

You can end the day (by)

At this point,

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