Unit 8. The story of my village

Teacher: Nguyen Xuan Tuan
Welcome to the teachers
English - 10D8
Le viet tao upper secondary school
Saturday, 11th December 2010
Keep walking
Turn left
Turn right
Come out of
Warm up: Match the following phrases with their corresponding signs.
Take the first
turning on the left
Opposite
Take the second
turning on the right
Walk past
Go over
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Time allowed:
5 minutes
Write a letter to give directions
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Saturday , December 11th , 2010
Unit 8
Part D. Writing
Task 1 : Read the letter and look at the map , then find Ann’s house on the map .

Dear Jim ,
I’m very pleased to hear that
you have decided to come
here for the holiday . I’m
writing to tell you how to
get to my house from
Roston Railway Station.
Now , when you come out of
the station , turn right .
Keep walking for about 5 minutes,
you will see a small bridge ahead .
Go over the bridge ,walk past a medical centre , then take the first turning
on the left . Keep on until you come to the end of the road , turn right .
Walk past a small shop . Mine is the second house after the shop , opposite
the bookshop . It’s the one with a green gate . You can’t miss it . I have
enclosed a map so that you can follow my directions easily .
Looking forward to seeing you soon .
Love ,
Ann
Ann`s
house
Time allowed:
7 minutes
Task 2. Read the letter again. Underline the words and phrases you can use to give directions. Then write them down in your notebook.
Dear Jim,
I’m very pleased to hear that you have decided to come here for the holiday. I’m writing to tell you how to get to my house from Roston Railway Station.
Now, when you come out of the station, turn right. Keep walking for about 5 minutes, you will see a small bridge ahead. Go over the bridge, walk past a medical centre, then take the first turning on the left. Keep on until you come to the end of the road, turn right. Walk past a small shop. Mine is the second after the shop, opposite the bookshop. It is the one with the green gate. You can not miss it. I have enclosed a map so that you can follow my directions easily.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Love,
Ann
Time allowed:
8 minutes
Words and phrases are used to give directions :
1. Come out of / get out of
2. Turn right / turn left .
3. Keep walking .
6. Go over …
5. Walk past …
4. Go ahead.
8. Go straight ahead .
10. Take the first / second turning on the left / right
11. It’s on the left/ right .
12. It’s near the.../ next to the ...
9. Go down / up .
7. Go along …
13. It’s opposite the …

Identify
the
parts
of this
letter.
Opening
Closing & ending
Giving directions
Body
Dear Jim,
I’m very pleased to hear that you have decided to come here for the holiday. I’m writing to tell you how to get to my house from Roston Railway Station.
Now, when you come out of the station, turn right. Keep walking for about 5 minutes, you will see a small bridge ahead. Go over the bridge, walk past a medical centre, then take the first turning on the left. Keep on until you come to the end of the road, turn right. Walk past a small shop. Mine is the second after the shop, opposite the bookshop. It is the one with the green gate. You can not miss it. I have enclosed a map so that you can follow my directions easily.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Love,
Ann
1. When/ you / come/ out / station / turn right .
 When you come out of the station, turn right .
2. Go straight ahead / 5 minutes / go over bridge .
 Go straight ahead for about 5 minutes then go over the bridge
3. Go along / Bridge street / medical centre /and / car park .
Go along Bridge street past the medical centre and the car park
4. Take the second turning /left .
 Take the second turning on the left .
5. Walk / Souvenir shop / my house / left /next /shoe shop.
 Walk past the Souvenir shop, my house is on the left, next to the shoe shop .
6. It / take / you / 20 minutes / get here .
 It takes you 20 minutes to get here .
Task 3: Complete the following sentences using the suggested words or phrases
Time allowed:
10 minutes
Further practice: Your house is A on the map. Write a letter to Jim, telling him the way to your house from Roston Railway Station.
Time allowed:
10 minutes
Giving directions

Opening
Closing & ending
Body

Dear Jim,
I’m very pleased to hear that you have decided to come here for the holiday. I’m writing to tell you how to get to my house from Roston Railway Station.
Now, when you come out of the station, turn right…………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
You can not miss it. I have enclosed a map so that you can follow my directions easily.
I look forward to………………………
I am very pleased to………………….
Best wishes/ Love
LETTER OF
GIVING DIRECTIONS
Dear Jim,
I’m very happy to hear that you will come here for the summer holiday. I’m writing to tell you how to get to my house from the Roston Railway Station.
Now, when you come out of the station, turn right. Keep walking for about 5 minutes, you will see a small bridge ahead. Go over the bridge, go along the street past the medical centre and the car park, then take the second turning on the left. Walk past the souvenir shop and you will see my house. It is on the right, next to the shoe shop. You can’t miss it. I have enclosed the map so that you can follow my directions easily.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Love,
Huong
A suggested letter
How to give
directions
go ahead
Take the second
turning on the
right/ left
Keep on.
Come out
of ...
Walk past
Turn right
Take the first
turning on
the left/ right
Come over
Keep walking
Turn left
Homework
Write a letter of giving directions to your new pen-pal friend from DTM High School to your house.

Learn by heart the words

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