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This is a vocabulary lesson for pre-intermediate – intermediate students. Students will describe the area they live in and learn some prepositions of place.
Download the students’ hand out and teacher’s lesson plan below:
Warmer
Write the two questions on the board and have students complete them in open class.
- What area of the city ____ _____ live _____?
- What street ___ ____ live ____?
What area of the city do you live in?
What street do you live on?
Students ask and answer the questions in pairs.
Reading Comprehension
Introduce me as a character using the picture below:
Tim is an English teacher who lives in Barcelona.
Students read the text and answer the questions. Then check in open class.
Read the text and look at the map. Then answer the questions (1-9)
I live in Raval on Carrer de la Cera. When I want to go out for dinner I have a lot of options. There is a Burger King opposite my house. If I want pizza, there is a pizza restaurant next to my house. There is an excellent tapas restaurant under my house, and if I feel like a kebab there are 3 kebab shops around the corner!
Kebabs, hamburgers and pizzas aren’t very healthy so I need to exercise. Fortunately, there are two sports centres close to my house. One problem is that the academy where I work is far from my house, but I can catch the bus there from the bus stop in front of Pia School.
- What area of the city do I live in?
- What street do I live on?
- What is opposite my house?
- What is next to my house?
- What is under my house?
- What is around the corner from my house?
- What is close to my house?
- What is the problem about where I live?
- Where do I catch the bus to work?
Concept Checking
Use the positions of the students in the class or a pen and bottle to check students’ understanding of the prepositions. For example, hold the pen next to the bottle and ask “Where is the bottle?” elicit the prepositions from students. Sts do the same in pairs.
Memory gap-fill
Have this printed on the back of the handout, students flip the sheet over and try to remember the prepositions, they can refer to the map to help them, encourage them to work in pairs.
Can you remember the prepositions?
I live __ Raval __ Carrer de la Cera. When I want to go out for dinner I have a lot of options. There is a Burger King _______ my house. If I want pizza, there is a pizza restaurant _______ my house. There is an excellent tapas restaurant _______ my house, and if I feel like a kebab there are 3 kebab shops __________________!
Kebabs, hamburgers and pizzas aren’t very healthy so I need to exercise. Fortunately, there are two sports centres __________ my house. One problem is that the academy where I work is __________ my house, but I can catch the bus there from the bus stop ___________ Pia School.
Draw a map and describe your area
Using the map of the area around your school that you drew on the board earlier, elicit a description using the prepositions in open class, for example: There is a bakery opposite the school, there is a bus stop in front of the school. Draw in the features as the students describe them. Then tell students to draw a map of the area around their house on a piece of paper and describe it to their partner, help with vocab for shops etc, students then change partners and describe their area to someone new.
Follow up/Homework
Students write a paragraph describing their area for homework for the next day using as many of the prepositions as they can.