Mark an X on the map as a beginning point and ask students to provide directions to a specific location: Can you tell me how to get to _______? Have students use some of the learned targeted phrases to demonstrate how to give directions (turn left; turn right; go ___ blocks; next to; between; across from; etc. Have students pair off and practice asking/giving directions from one place to another using the map. Once the students have had time to practice, ask each pair to come to the front of the class and take turns sharing how to get from one location to another. Conversational Tic Tac Toe Type of Activity: speaking and listening Materials: tic-tac-toe grid and nine conversation questions Procedure: Draw a tic-tac-toe grid on the board. Write the numbers 1 through 9 on the grid. Each square has one number in it. Then, on a piece of paper write nine easy conversation questions such as: your hobby? What’s What time is it? What is your native country? What is your favorite food? Number the questions one through nine. Each question corresponds to one square on the tic tac toe grid. Divide the class into two teams, team x and team o. The students choose which square on the tic tac toe grid they want to try to get. When they choose a number, ask them the corresponding question. The team gets the x or o on that square if they answer the question with no pronunciation or grammar errors. See which team gets tic-tac-toe first. Telephone Game Type of Activity: listening Procedure: With the telephone game, the teacher takes advantage of to execute the students’ cell phones game. Write down numbers from 0 to 9. Write words with confusing sounds alongside each number as shown in the example below: Sat 6. Think
Mark an X on the map as a beginning point and ask students to provide directions to a specific location: Can you tell me how to get to _______? Have students use some of the learned targeted phrases to demonstrate how to give directions (turn left; turn right; go ___ blocks; next to; between; across from; etc. Have students pair off and practice asking/giving directions from one place to another using the map. Once the students have had time to practice, ask each pair to come to the front of the class and take turns sharing how to get from one location to another. Conversational Tic Tac Toe Type of Activity: speaking and listening Materials: tic-tac-toe grid and nine conversation questions Procedure: Draw a tic-tac-toe grid on the board. Write the numbers 1 through 9 on the grid. Each square has one number in it. Then, on a piece of paper write nine easy conversation questions such as: What’s your hobby? What time is it? What is your native country? What is your favorite food? Number the questions one through nine. Each question corresponds to one square on the tic tac toe grid. Divide the class into two teams, team x and team o. The students choose which square on the tic tac toe grid they want to try to get. When they choose a number, ask them the corresponding question. The team gets the x or o on that square if they answer the question with no pronunciation or grammar errors. See which team gets tic-tac-toe first. Telephone Game Type of Activity: listening Procedure: With the telephone game, the teacher takes advantage of students’ cell phones to execute the game. Write down numbers from 0 to 9. Write words with confusing sounds alongside each number as shown in the example below: Sat 6. Think
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