In the city
Elementary Year 2 (Lesson 21)
Lesson plan and teacher’s notes
This is a 40-minute lesson designed to introduce location vocabulary that will be useful for future lessons on giving directions and explaining where things are — but before you can do that, it’s helpful for the kids to know some common buildings in English.
Drill the vocab using the flash cards.
Play a missing memory game with the flashcards (turn one or two cards over, show the other cards and ask the students to identify the “missing” cards from memory).
Play paper scissors rock with the flashcards (divide the class into two teams, have one student from each team start reciting the vocab cards one by one from either side. When they meet in the middle, play paper scissors, rock. The winner continues along the line, the loser is replaced by anther team member. Keep playing to get to the end of the line. Repeat a couple of times, like best of three or until it’s beginning to be not fun.
Do the worksheet together. Get the kids to write the correct word under each picture.
Do a role play with a dialogue such as “A. Where are you? B: I’m at the hotel. Where are you? A: I’m at the park. Let’s play. B: OK.” Do in pairs or if they are confident, in front of the class with others listening.
Video them and send the vids to their parents.
Play a game (Guess who, 3-hint quiz, bingo)
Read a Book. Find a picture book that has street scenes prominent, such as Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer.
Worksheet
Flashcards
(print out, laminate and use again and again)
Adapted from the Tower Talk Primary 2 textbook, available here.