Unit 1:

Exploring
my
Community
 Objetives:
This lesson will make the student learn the following:
1. Students will be able to identify the different
places inside their community.
2. Students will use prepositions of place in a
conversation.
3. Students will be able to give directions and
practice their communication skills.
 Warm Up
Think about your community….

1. What is the name of your community?

2. Mention some of the places that can be found in
your community?
3. What are some of your favorite places of your
community? How often do you visit them?
 Vocabulary
• School

• Movie Theater/Cinema

• Library
• Park

• Post office

• Bank
• Supermarket

• Hotel

• Restaurant
• Hospital

• Stadium

• Train/ Bus station

Listening to a
Conversation
 Written Dialogue
Anna: Hello! DC is a city for walking. In our
neighborhood, I can do all my errands.
Marsha, before we get ice cream, I need to
return three books to the library. Where is
the library?
Marsha: It is on this street on the corner.
Anna: Awesome!
Marsha: Let's go!
Anna: Marsha, I can return the books here.
Marsha: Anna, what are those in the
books?
Anna: Marsha, these are letters to my
family and friends back home … four
letters! Is there a post office near here?
(At the mailbox)
Anna: Marsha, now I need to buy stamps.
Marsha: Do you have cash?
Anna: No. Is there a bank near here?
Marsha: There is a bank behind you.
Marsha: Um, no. The post office is far from here.
But there is a mailbox across from the store.
Anna: Awesome! Let’s go!
Anna: Thanks, Marsha. You know our
neighborhood so well.
Anna: Now I have cash. I can buy stamps.
Marsha: That store sells stamps.
Anna: Wait here.
Anna: I have stamps.
Marsha: Wow, you’re fast.
Anna: Thank you, thank you letters,
for sending my words… my love … to my family
and friends -
Marsha: Do you have more cash?
Anna: I do!
Marsh and Anna: Ice cream!!
Anna: I love my new neighborhood! Everything
is near our apartment! Even hair salons, and ice
cream!
Anna: Until next time!
 Comprehension
Check
How far do you remember?

1. Why did Anna need to go to the post office?

2. To whom are Anna’s letters?
3. What did the girls do with their cash in the end?
Grammar
Prepositions of Place
• In: Inside
• At: used to show an exact position or a particular place. (table, events)
• On: attached (left, right)
• Next to: not far away in distance
• Between: in or into the space which separates two objects.
• Behind: at the back of
• In front of: further forward than something
• Under: Lower than
• Below: Lower than something else
• Over: Above or higher than something else
 Prepositions of Place
A preposition of place is
a preposition which is used
to refer to a place
where something or someone
is located.
Audio
Listen to the following song about
places inside my community.
 TASK 1
Teacher’s Task:
• Mention more examples of prepositions of place.

Student’s Task:
• Write five sentences using prepositions of place
and places of your community.
 Task 2
• Do a role play with your teacher.
• The teacher will pretend she/he is a lost tourist in
your community. You will help the tourist by leading
her/him to the places that are requested.

Use prepositions of
place such as:
In front of
Next to
Behind
 Free Conversation
• Discuss the following questions:
What is the place inside your community that you visit the
most?
Have you visited other communities or neighborhoods?
Have you ever gotten lost in a new place? What did you do
in that situation?
 Application
• Apply what you learned and answer.
About my community: Why I feel part of my class
community:

What do I love the most about Why I feel part of the

my community: Vietnamese community?
 Summary!
• The student will sum up what he/she learned in this
unit 
THE END!