Unit 2 places
(1---2 periods)
Step 1 Brief summary of the unit Topics
? Greeting people for the first time ? Greeting people you already know ? Introducing yourself and others ? Saying goodbye ? Shaking hands ? Forms of address Skills
? Understanding spoken directions ? Giving directions ? Understanding and giving definitions
? Following written instructions ? Writing: Writing instructions
Rewriting jumbled sentences in a sensible order
? Project: Presenting your town using photos on a map with written directions Grammar
? Numbers:
Big numbers Ordinal numbers Fractions Time and date
Step 2 Warm up
? Make a list of everything you can see in town. ? buildings ? traffic
? things in the street Useful Expressions
billboard, bus stop, garbage can, litter basket, level crossing, lollipop man, neon sign, news stand, parking meter, pedestrian crossing, road Things in the junction, roundabout, street shop window, street light, street sign, subway station, taxi stand, traffic island, traffic lights, zebra crossing apartment building, bakery, bank, barbershop, bookstore, bowling alley, bus terminal, café, temple, church, cinema, convenience store, department store, Buildings fire department, gas station, hospital, house, library, museum, office building, post office, restaurant, school, shopping mall, supermarket, train station ambulance, bicycle, bulldozer, bus, car, concrete mixer, container truck, crane truck, dump truck, fire Traffic engine, jeep, minibus, motorcycle, police car, scooter, taxi, tram Step 3 Focus
? Link the sentences to the signs:
1. Be careful. There’s a level crossing without gates ahead. 2. Watch out for the pedestrians crossing the road. 3. You must stop at this road junction. 4. Go straight on over the roundabout. 5. Look out for domestic animals. 6. No cycling on this road. 7. The road ends here, so be careful.
8. Warning! Road works ahead so there might be traffic delays. 9. Traffic lights ahead.
10. You must go right at the turn-right sign.
11. You must not enter this road. ? Link the sentences to the signs:
a. Be careful. There’s a level crossing without gates ahead. b. Watch out for the pedestrians crossing the road. c. You must stop at this road junction. d. Go straight on over the roundabout. e. Look out for domestic animals. f. No cycling on this road. g. The road ends here, so be careful.
h. Warning! Road works ahead so there might be traffic delays. i. Traffic lights ahead.
j. You must go right at the turn-right sign. k. You must not enter this road. Step 4 Text study (A)
1. Go through the text and then answer questions 1. How did Max get to Liverpool? 2. Where did Max want to go?
3. How long did Max walk before he asked somebody for help? 4. Why could the first person not help Max? 5. Who could help him?
6. Where did the person tell him to go?
