LEAD-IN

GAME: "SIM0N SAYS..."

Your teacher will choose one person to be the game leader. Everyone stand up. The instructions are as follows:

Go straight: take one step in front

Go back: take one step backwards

Turn left: turn your body left

Turn right: turn your body right

The leader should always say: "Simon says" and then the instruction. Whenever he/she does NOT say "Simon says", no one must move. Whoever moves is out of the game and and sits down. The last person left in the game is the winner.

LISTENING

Mark is staying with Kostas at his flat in Nea Ionia, Athens. At the moment, Kostas and Mark are in Μαditou Street, outside Kostas' house. Mark wants to go to the Youth Center to play chess and meet other Greek children. Study the map. Now listen to their dialogue and with a pencil draw the route which Mark takes to go from his house to the Youth centre.

ROLE-PLAY

1. Imagine you live in Nea Ionia. You are outside the Youth Centre. One pupil gives directions from the Youth Center to Maditou street. Role-play the conversation.
    
2. Imagine you live in Nea Ionia and you are outside the Εισόδια Παναγίας Θεοτόκου church. A passer-by asks you the way to the local stadium. Role-play the conversation with the passer-by. Use the map in Activity C.

LISTENING

Pierre, Nadine's cousin, finds himself at the Acropolis and he is asking a passer by for advice on a good traditional restaurant, the nearest metro station and a place where he can buy a flokati carpet for his family. Listen to the passer-by's recommendations and directions and pinpoint the 3 places on the map.

Study the examples to see how we can give directions in English.

Do you know any relevant expressions in your own language?

 

4. Take the first/second/third turning on

your left/right

5. The Youth Centre is on your right/left

The library is at the end of this street

1. How can I get to the Museum, please?

2. Go along this street

Walk along Maditou Street

Go straight ahead

3. Turn left/right into Nigdis Street

 

GAME: BE A TOURIST

Learning strategies

 

 

WORKING IN GROUPS SUCCESSFULLY

• I try to learn from others
• I work alone and then help others
• I like to search for information

WRITING

Imagine that Nadine is staying with you for a couple of days in your city, town or village. During her stay, she wants to visit various places in your area (e.g. museum, post office, bank, supermarket, sports centre, cinema, café, bridge, lake, church, mountain, etc).