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Meeting X: Caught in The Rush

The document summarizes key points from a meeting about transportation issues in a city: 1. Attendees discussed common transportation questions for visitors and identified questions they could answer about getting around their own city. 2. Participants completed an activity matching transportation-related compound nouns. 3. In pair work, attendees compared their cities' public transportation systems and traffic problems. They then drafted letters to the local newspaper about transportation problems and solutions in their city. The document provides templates for asking and giving directions that were likely used in related role-playing activities.

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Meeting X: Caught in The Rush

The document summarizes key points from a meeting about transportation issues in a city: 1. Attendees discussed common transportation questions for visitors and identified questions they could answer about getting around their own city. 2. Participants completed an activity matching transportation-related compound nouns. 3. In pair work, attendees compared their cities' public transportation systems and traffic problems. They then drafted letters to the local newspaper about transportation problems and solutions in their city. The document provides templates for asking and giving directions that were likely used in related role-playing activities.

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  • Introduction to Meeting X: Introduces the meeting topic related to transportation and its challenges, setting the stage for future discussions.
  • Snapshot: Encourages participants to think about city-related questions and engage in peer conversations to discuss possible answers.
  • Word Power: Provides exercises to create compound nouns and discusses transportation-related vocabulary, enhancing language proficiency.
  • Perspectives: Transportation Services: Facilitates discussions on personal opinions regarding city transportation issues using visual prompts.
  • Grammar Focus: Countable and Uncountable Nouns: Uses a graphical representation to teach the distinction between countable and uncountable nouns within transportation themes.
  • Task 1: Statements: Prompts learners to work on statements regarding city transportation and compare views with peers.
  • Task Continuation: Encourages group work to create sentences expressing thoughts on city living, continuing the theme from the previous task.
  • Writing: A Letter to the Editor: Instructs learners to draft a letter addressing city traffic issues, including peer reviews to enhance writing skills.
  • Asking for and Giving Directions: Provides language tools for asking and giving directions, a critical skill for navigating cities.
  • Learn the Symbols: Introduces visual symbols used in giving directions, promoting comprehension and practical application.
  • Continued Directions: Supplementary examples of directional language, reinforcing understanding acquired in previous sections.
  • Task 2: Missing Words: Tasks learners with filling in missing words related to directions, testing their recall and application skills.
  • Pathway Exercise: Exercise details a specific pathway to illustrate real-world directional application, enhancing spatial thinking skills.
  • Map Exercise: A visual map supports spatial orientation exercises, linking practical navigation to theoretical learning.
  • Conclusion and Farewell: Wraps up the session and sets expectations for future meetings, providing closure to the instructional sequence.

MEETING X

CAUGHT IN THE RUSH


ESLPRINTABLES.COM
• Check (√) the questions you can answer about your city.
• What other questions could a visitor ask about your city?
• Talk to your classmates. Find answers to the questions you
didn’t check.
A. Match the words in columns A and B to make compound nouns.
(more than one answer may be possible)
subway + station = subway station
A B
bicycle garage
Bus jam
news lane
parking light
street space
subway stand
taxi station
traffic stop
train system
B. Pair work. Which of these things can you find where you live?
A : There is a bus system here.
B : Yes. There are also a lot of traffic jams
• Pair work. Look at the comments. Which statements do you
agree with? You tell in front of the class and get the response
from your friends.
A. Complete these statements about transportation problems.
Then compare with a partner. (More than one answer may
be possible)

1. There are ….. Police officers.


2. There should be …. Cars in the city.
3. There is …. Public transportation.
4. The government needs to build …. Highways.
5. There should be …. Noise.
6. We should have …. Public parking garages.
7. There is …. Air pollution in the city.
8. There are ….. Cars parked on the streets.
Continue
B. Group work. Write sentences about the city or town
you are living in. then compare with others.
1. The city should provide more …..
2. We have too many ….
3. There’s too much ….
4. There isn’t enough ….
5. There should be fewer ….
6. We don’t have enough ……
7. There should be less …..
8. We need more ….
• Read this letter to a newspaper editor about traffic problem in
the city
• Use your statements from task 1 and any new ideas to write a
letter to your local newspaper.
• Pair work. Take turns reading your letters. Giving your partner
suggestions for revision.
ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS
● ASKING FOR ● GIVING
DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS
How do I get Go straight on
to...? Turn left/right
How can I get (into …
to...? street).
Can you tell me Go along /up
the way to...? / down …
street
Where is...? Take the
first/second
road on the
left/right
It's on the
left/right.
Take the second turning Go Past
on the left

Cross the street

Go Through Go round
Continue
Go back Go Up

Go along this street

Take the first turning on your right Go Across


1. WHAT WORDS ARE MISSING?
Continue
2. How does James go to Monica’s house? See the map
below!
• James leaves the school and turns( right / left )
• He walks along( Lake Street / Queen Street )
• He takes( the second/ the first ) turning ( on the left /
on the right)
• Then he ( goes straight on / turns left )
• He ( goes past / goes as far as) Station Road.
• Monika lives in ( Park Street / Station Road )
• Her house is ( opposite / next ) to the cinema,
(behind / near ) the supermarket.
Continue
THANK YOU

MEETING X CAUGHT IN THE RUSH ESLPRINTABLES.COM
• Check (√) the questions you can answer about your city. • What other questions could a visitor ask about your city? • T
A. Match the words in columns A and B to make compound nouns. (more than one answer may be possible) subway + station = s
• Pair work. Look at the comments. Which statements do you agree with? You tell in front of the class and get the response
A. Complete these statements about transportation problems. Then compare with a partner. (More than one answer may be possi
B. Group work. Write sentences about the city or town you are living in. then compare with others. 1. The city should provi
• Read this letter to a newspaper editor about traffic problem in the city • Use your statements from task 1 and any new id
ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS ● ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS How do I get to...? How can I get to...? Can you tell me the
Take the second turning Go Past on the left Cross the street Go Through Go round

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