Directions

Lead-in

  • How often do you commute to work or school?
  • Do you prefer walking, riding a bike or driving?

Glossary

Commute – to travel back and forth regularly

Example: I commute to work by train.

Presentation

Pre

  • How do you get directions to go to different places?

Top Down

  • Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
  • Where are they?
  • Where do they go?
  • Where are they? Garden State Community Bank
  • Where do they go? Reynolds Ave

Frank: Hey, ready to go? Let’s go over our agenda before we leave, please?

Monica: Good idea. What time is our first meeting?

Frank: At half past twelve, tops. We need to be back at the bank before half past one.

Monica: And how do we get to the meeting?

Frank: It’s super easy, barely an inconvenience. Just go down Central ave, turn left on Grant Ave and then right on Reynolds ave. It’s on your right.

Monica: Yeah, except Grant Ave is a one-way street. So you have to go past Grant Ave, turn left into Passaic Ave, and turn left into Reynolds Ave.

Frank: I guess I was thinking of going on foot.

Monica: No way! I don’t want to get sweaty.

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

They go over their agenda before leaving. True

  1. They need to be at their meeting before noon.
  2. Reynolds Ave is a one-way street.
  3. Grant Ave is a one-way street.
  4. Monica has good directions.
  5. They are going to the meeting on foot.
  1. They need to be at their meeting before noon. False
  2. Reynolds Ave is a one-way street. False
  3. Grant Ave is a one-way street. True
  4. Monica has good directions. True
  5. They are going to the meeting on foot. False

Post

  • Do you agree with Monica about getting sweaty?
  • Do you have to leave your workplace for meetings?

Target Language

Directions

  • How do I go from the airport to the hotel?
  • How do I get to the bus stop from the bank?
  • Where is the nearest hostel?
  • Go straight ahead.
  • Go up / down Central Ave.
  • Go past the school.
  • Turn right at the hospital.
  • Turn left into Reynolds Ave.
  • It’s on your right / left.
  • It’s on the corner.
  • It’s next to the bank.
  • It’s in front of the pharmacy.
  • It’s opposite the theater.
  • It’s between the school and the library.

Controlled Practice

  • What directions do these pictures represent? Say them out loud.

Freer Practice

  • Practice asking for and giving directions using the map bellow.

Production

  • Get a map from a place you know and practice asking for and giving directions.

Homework

Write what the pictures represent. There is one example.

Match the sentence halves.

  1. It’s next

  2. It’s in front

  3. How do I get

  4. Go past

  5. Where

(   ) To the hostel?

(   ) To the school.

(   ) Is the nearest post office?

(   ) The hotel.

(   ) Of the drug store.

  1. It’s next

  2. It’s in front

  3. How do I get

  4. Go past

  5. Where

(3) To the hostel?

(1) To the school.

(5) Is the nearest post office?

(4) The hotel.

(2) Of the drug store.

Fill in the gaps.

Example: Go straight ____. > Go straight ahead.

  1. ____ down Washington Street.
  2. Go past ____ supermarket.
  3. How do I ____ from the metro to the bus stop?
  4. How do I get ____ the your house from the school?
  5. Turn left ____ Passaic Ave.
  1. Go down Washington Street.
  2. Go past the supermarket.
  3. How do I go from the metro to the bus stop?
  4. How do I get to the your house from the school?
  5. Turn left into Passaic Ave.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: from / hospital / to / How / the / do / the / to / I / school / go > How do I go from the school to the hospital?

  1. get / do / bus / How / theater / I / to / from / the / stop / the

  2. is / bathroom / the / Where / nearest

  3. house / It’s / my / opposite

  4. traffic / past / light / Go / the

  5. right / restaurant / the / Turn / at

  1. How do I get to the theater from the bus stop?

  2. Where is the nearest bathroom?

  3. It’s opposite my house.

  4. Go past the traffic light.

  5. Turn right at the restaurant.

Correct the wrong sentences.

Example: The donut shop is in your left. > The donut shop is on your left.

  1. I live in the corner of Reynolds Ave and Grant Ave.
  2. The school is next to of the bank.
  3. Turn right in the traffic light.
  4. Take the next right in Central Ave.
  5. The school is between of the bakery and the basketball court.
  1. I live on the corner of Reynolds Ave and Grant Ave.
  2. The school is next to of the bank.
  3. Turn right on the traffic light.
  4. Take the next right into Central Ave.
  5. The school is between of the bakery and the basketball court.

Writing

Write directions from one place to another.