My Town Unit: Extra ESL Activities for Kids

1. 5min

   1. Warm-up

   Transport riddles: children make the sound of the answer before saying it.

   Transport & jobs riddles →
2. 10min

   2. Present

   Town slides; children call out places as you draw a simple street map on the board.

   In town slides →
3. 10min

   3. Practise

   Prepositions slides (next to, behind), then use them on the board map; add 'opposite' yourself: 'Where's the library?'

   Grammar slides: in, on, under — where things are →
4. 10min

   4. Speak

   Finding-the-way dialogue, then pairs guide each other on the board map.

   Dialogue: Finding the Way →
5. 10min

   5. Write & print

   Town worksheet; children add their own favourite place to the class map.

   In town: printable pack →

Total: 45 minutes

1. 1. Human map

   Children are the buildings, holding place cards. A 'visitor' is guided from the school to a place by directions only.

   Model languageGo straight on. Turn right at the café. The park is on your left.

2. 2. How do you get to school?

   Make a class bar chart of transport. Each child adds a sticker and says their sentence.

   Model languageI go to school on foot. Mia goes by car.

3. 3. Town of the future

   Groups design a town with three new places and present it.

   Model languageIn our town there's a robot zoo and a chocolate shop.