Tuesday 3 November 2015

KNOWING YOUR LOCAL SHOPS

This lesson aims to introduce the local shops to new arrivals in the town


Activity 1

What do we need?

Pictures of local shops eg; Butcher, Florist, Indian Restaurant, Bank, Police Station, Hairdresser, Renault Garage, After School Club, Supermarket, Petrol Station, Dentist, Bakery, Coffee Shop, Cafe, Greengrocer, Chemist, Pet Shop, Optician, News Agent and Post Office, Hotel, Bus Stop, Take Away, Fish & Chips, etc...

A map of the town centre with the main streets' names.

Instruction: ask the participants to look at the pictures of the shops and find where they are on the map and label them.

Activity 2

On the bus: use a sellotape to mark a rectangle on the floor (the bus) and arrange some sits in it. Invite the participants to take a sit and ask them their position on the bus. Use the prepositions; behind, in front of, next to, on the right,opposite, across from/to, on the left...

p1: Where is Ola?
p2: Ola is behind Peter.
p3: Ola is on my right.
p4: Where is Agnieska?
p5: Agnieska is next to Anna.
p6: Agnieska is opposite Peter.
p7: Agnieska is accros from/to....
p8: Where is  Kamila?
p9: Kamila is second on my left.
p10: Kamila is in front of me.


Activity 3

A participant will follow the instructions given by another participant to move from A to B (a scarf can be used to cover their eyes and make sure they are able to follow the instructions without seeing where they are going to. They will use the listening skills and follow the directions eg; forward, on the left, on the right, a little bit on the left, backward, forward, one step backward.


Activity 4

Dialogues.
Reading: The participants will be reading a dialogue in pairs about asking for directions.
Speaking: Use the dialogue as a model to ask directions to your partner of how to get to a local shop.
Writing: Write a dialogue based on the model.

The participants will practice the dialogues and will present it to the class.