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Lesson 2 - Directions Stage Time Teacher Activities/Description Materials 1. 5 min Warmer/recap Market, School, Bus stop, Post office, Internet shop, Laundry, Bank, Pier, Caf?, Gas station, Hospital Appendix 2: Places around Town Flashcards 2. 15 min Activity Memory Game: Class in a circle. Demonstrate palenism with flash cards. Two sets of cards turned over. Students turn over only two cards. Matching the same cards wins a point. Each time a card is turned over Students must say the location (e.g. "bank") Two sets of Places around Town Flashcards 3. 10 min Demonstrate drill elict c/c Go straight Turn left Turn right stop Its on the right Its on the left Draw map on board 4. 15 min Activity - divide the class into two teams - blind fold 2 students - elicit Students to give directions to students - first person to sit down at their desk wins for that team blindfolds x 2 5. 10 min demonstrate drill elicit c/c Where is the ___________? Go straight on _________ street Turn left on ___________ street Turn right on __________ street Its on the right Its on the left The ______ is next to the ________. The ______ is opposite the ________. The ______ is in between the _____ and the______.   6. 5 min Study Worksheet 2 - Directions Matching Worksheet Appendix 5: Directions Matching Worksheet 7. 5 min Activity Students in pairs. Students take turns at describing the locations on w/s. App. 6: Giving Directions Worksheet 8. 15 min Activity Model activity 1. Divide class in to two groups. 2. One side is farang the other is Thai. 3. The farang have maps. The others don't 4. Students mingle and ask direction's where to go. 5. Swap sides. Appendix 3 - Town Map 9. 20 min Activity wall dictation - Divide class into teams of four - Stick maps in 10 places around the room - Elicit students to complete the missing buildings on there map - Students can talk in the middle of the room only - Students cannot go to other parts of the room Town Map 10. 15 min game Race game with map! Two teams. One students in the front gives card to Students. Students give directions to draw map. First team to finish wins!   11. 10 min Activity each students has a map teacher gives directions Students follow directions and listen to end up at a location. swap teacher's place with a students.   12. 10 min Extra Study Hand out the Directions Ordering Worksheet. Teacher reads different directions and Ss fill in the order in which they hear. (i.e., One: The Hospital is between the Gas Station and the Bus Station.) Appendix 7 - Directions Ordering Activity