Giving Directions

A1 · Beginner57 minBasic BasicsLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: ask for directions and give them — go straight, turn left, turn right, next to, opposite.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Finding your way

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Finding Your Way

    Read a 88-word text about Finding Your Way

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Direction Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Directions

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make Direction Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Practice: Asking for Directions

    Role-play: You ask a person on the street for directions to the supermarket (6 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: be the guide

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

straightturn leftturn rightnext tooppositecorner

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