Module 3: Reading and writing

Crystal Fernndez

Level: 6th level of primary education or 1st of ESO

Contents: prepositions of place, vocabulary related to buildings and instructive text (giving
directions)
Methodology: Students will read to get some ideas to give and write directions, they will also
play an interactive game to get some practice and finally they will write their own directions.
Key competences: communicative competence (reading, writing) and digital competence.
Time: 1 session.

1. Warming up: setting the scene (whole group) ( I show them a poster or a map of their city,
I tell them they are lost in the city and they need to get to the train station, I ask them
questions using different prepositions of place and names of buildings they have already
studied in the unit)
How can I get to the train station? / Do you know where I can get a train?
Is it near here?
Is it in Les Rambles?
Can I get there on foot?
I have a bit of a headache, is there a pharmacy in front of the train station?
Is the pharmacy far from the station?
2. Input: learning vocabulary and language structures (individual or group work)
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/instructions/
1. Firstly, choose Factsheet to get some ideas on how to give orders and instructions.
2. Secondly, go to game and play destination impossible, a game where you help Raj,
Sue and Lee to get to their destination on the map.
c. Repeat if necessary.

Module 3: Reading and writing

Crystal Fernndez

3.

Practice: Write and give your own instructions. There are many ways to give directions.
One common way to give directions is to give the name of the street and then some
building nearby.

Practice the following conversation with a partner using the substitutions in the box (pair
work):
A: Do you know where I can get a cup of coffee?
B: Sure. You could try the Starry Caf.
A: Wheres that? / How can I get there?
B: Its on 2nd Avenue in front of the pharmacy.
A: Thanks.
B: No problem

get some boots

get some cat food
buy some milk
buy some pants

get some aspirins

watch a movie
buy a book
mail a letter

Choose 2 stores or buildings from the map and write in a word document instructions to
describe the location for each of them. Find a photo or a picture of the building you have
chosen in the internet and paste it on the document.

4. Outcome: Reading instructions and guessing the location.

In groups of four, read the instructions you have previously written to the rest of the group
and let your classmates guess the exact location you have chosen. Every time you guess a
location you get one point. The person who has more points at the end wins.