Places in the Community and Prepositions of Place

Places in Town and Prepositions
This is a topic that I am teaching in Cañazas Elementary School (6º), so the content is based on the places they can find in their community. They will be able to describe places in town and give directions in English.
Content:
School
Church
Post office
Hospital
Restaurant
Butcher
Police station
Supermarket
Grocery store
Barber
Park
Mayor’s office
Bus station
Farm
Basketball court
Gym


                  Video:

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mopjueqps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAoqZ-YK_Ks&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Grammar:
Prepositions of place: across from, between, in the middle of, behind, in front of, at the back of, on the corner of, next to, near, in, far from …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx8i-Wq_jtc&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0-Y7-tnDK0
Material that you can use:
ü  Community map
ü  Manila paper
ü  Flash cards
ü  Pictures
ü  Power point
ü  Multimedia projector
ü  Markers
ü  worksheets
Activities that you can develop:
ü  Drawing a community map
ü  Pasting the different places on the map
ü  Describing where the places are using prepositions of place
ü  Writing sentences completing sentences
ü  Questions and answers in groups
ü  Dialogues
ü  Short conversations
ü  Games
ü  Finding clues to get the treasure

This an example of worksheet:

Places in town and Prepositions


1.     Look at the map and complete the sentences below using: across from, on, on the corner of, between or next to.

  
a)      There is a post office ____________ a gas station and a hospital.
b)      There are two apartment buildings ________________ Essex Street.
c)      There is a church ________________ a movie theater.
d)     There is a bookstore ______________ Delta Street and South Avenue.
e)      There is a butcher _____________________ a newsstand and an Italian restaurant.
f)       There is a florist _____________ the street ____________ a supermarket.
g)      There is a bank __________________ Madison Street and South Avenue.
h)      There is a Chinese restaurant ___________________ a gas station.
i)        There is a police station __________________ Delta Street.


  1. Look at the map and answer the questions. Follow the example:
Ex.: Where is the hospital?
        It’s on South street next to the school.

a)      Where is the Italian restaurant?
_____________________________________________________
b)      Where is the supermarket?
_____________________________________________________
c)      Where is the school?
_____________________________________________________
d)     Where is the newsstand?
_____________________________________________________


Word seach:
Places around town

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