Activity

Mall Map -Asking directions

An information gap activity to go with Sunshine 1 -PowerUp 3- p76

I made a simple map which can be used with with the Power Up 3 page in Sunshine 1. It is pretty simple though, and could probably be used with any lesson that has the relevant vocab.

Materials
Worksheet
PPT or the list

Full lesson plan
I should say this PPT isn't the bestest estest, but gets the job done!
Before we started the information gap activity, we went through all vocab on the PPT. Kids seemingly know a lot of this already, but my JTE likes to drill the students, so that the lower-level can hopefully catch up.
I also read through the dialogue in the book and asked some CCQ's based on that (Sunshine 1 p76).
On slide 17, there are some phrases that can be drilled as well.
I used slide 19-22 to practice giving directions all together as a class. I used the dialogue in the book as an outline and wrote some relevant sentence prompts on the board to guide them through the steps. This might seem tedious, but is necessary i.m.o.

Next I made sure they were in pairs and handed out the information gap activity. I explained that they need to ask their partner and write in the gaps. Slide 24 shows what they need to ask for, so I left it up during the activity.
If there was some time left at the end of the lesson. I called on some pairs to do their dialogue in the front.

Half lesson plan
If your students are little English geniuses or your teacher only gave you half the lesson. You could probably do only the information gap activity in 15- 20 minutes.
You will need to print out the list of places they are asking for (probably on B4 or A3 would be ideal) to put on the board. Or you could just write it on the board for them.

Please note:
*Page 1 of the PDF is the answer sheet. Half of your class need to get sheet A and half will get sheet B.
*Slide 13 & 14 use a screenshot from GoogleMaps in my area. It's somewhat generic. But I recommend changing it to your area.
*I'll attempt to also attatch a font that I like to use, and is in the ppt. Not important, but nice.

Files:
Small files
  • Info gap list.docx (18.7 KB)
  • Patrick_Hand.zip (212 KB)
  • Medium files (requires an account to download) -
  • Directions_Vocab_Map.pptx (25.5 MB)
  • Mall_Map.pdf (1.79 MB)
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    Submitted by Lena_the_Legend November 13, 2024 Estimated time: 20 Minutes or full lesson

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