Topic: Navigating a City
Mode: Interpretive
Level: Novice
Students will look at maps and answer the questions that follow.
Components of the activity: Maps, comprehension questions with answers in bold.
Instructions to the teacher
- Download the maps from the links given below. Transform each map into the target language by renaming all its parts. Note that formatting may be off because these were uploaded as word documents. You may need to adjust the arrows and fix other messy parts. You should also replace the landmarks that may not be relevant in your language with those that are. Then, print the maps or upload them where students will be able to access them.
- In class, ask students to look at the maps and answer the questions that follow.
NOTE: You can lengthen this activity by adding more questions for each map, switching out maps with new ones from the additional links given, or adding maps and new questions to this activity.
Maps
- LCTL Map 6: https://bit.ly/3kuom33
- LCTL Map 7: https://tinyurl.com/yxgqrsx7
Additional Maps
- LCTL Map 1: https://bit.ly/3dZEFm6
- LCTL Map 2: https://bit.ly/3kwR82X
- LCTL Map 3: https://bit.ly/31HZ9e6
- LCTL Map 4: https://bit.ly/3kunyez
- LCTL Map 5: https://bit.ly/37GhzQ4
- LCTL Map 8: https://tinyurl.com/yy5xxg4e
- LCTL Map 9: https://tinyurl.com/yyyszl6t
- LCTL Map 10: https://tinyurl.com/y35du5uz
- LCTL Map 11: https://tinyurl.com/y34dadgd
Instructions to students
Look at each map and answer the questions that follow.
Comprehension Questions for LCTL Map 6
- Which buildings are across the street from the shopping mall?
restaurant, hotel, museum
- Which buildings on Main Street are across from the nightclub?
sports stadium, restaurant, bank
Comprehension Questions for LCTL Map 7
- Which building is across the street from the theatre?
school, police station, bank
- Which building is next to the theatre?
police station, restaurant, movie theatre