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Best Places City Map Presentation

Students create a simple city map, recommend favorite places with adjectives, and role-play a tourist information desk.

Unit 6City pitch and tourist role-playProduction task
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Workshop Brief

Mission and Setup

Students create a simple city map, recommend favorite places with adjectives, and role-play a tourist information desk.

Time

55 minutes

Grouping

City guide teams

Main output

City-guide pitch and tourist desk role-play

Based on guide

Presentation using a city map; best places in your city

  • Projected city map or board drawing
  • Three favorite places per team
  • Tourist questions
  • Time expressions
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Task Cycle

Activity Rounds

Follow the rounds in order. The teacher can stop after any round for quick pronunciation or grammar feedback.

  1. Choose the cityTeams choose their city or invent one. They mark five important places.
  2. Adjective upgradeStudents add adjectives: biggest, best, quiet, amazing, beautiful, popular.
  3. Tourist desk rehearsalOne student asks for a recommendation, one gives directions or place information, one gives time, one suggests an activity.
  4. Map presentationTeams present the best three places and when people go there.
  5. Peer voteThe class votes for the clearest guide team and the most interesting place.
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Speaking Prep

Plan the three places you will recommend

Students do not need to download or print anything. They prepare short notes on screen or in their notebooks, then use the notes to speak naturally.

Place 1

What is it? Where is it? Why is it important?

Place 2

Add one adjective, one activity, and one time expression.

Place 3

Prepare one tourist question and one recommendation.

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Functional Language

Language bank, model, and final product

The best place is...There is a/an...There are two...It is next to...It is across from...People go there at...You can...I recommend it because...

Tourist questions

  • Excuse me, where is the library?
  • What is the best place to relax?
  • What time does the cafe open?
  • How can I get to the park?
  • Is there a supermarket near here?

Guide answers

  • Go straight for two blocks.
  • Turn left at the bank.
  • The library is next to the park.
  • The cafe opens at seven o'clock.
  • I recommend the park because it is safe.

Tourist: Excuse me, what is the best place to study in your city?

Guide: The best place is the library. It is next to the park and across from the cafe. It is quiet and modern. Students can study there in the afternoon.

Tourist: How can I get there?

Guide: Go straight for two blocks and turn right at the supermarket. The library is on your left.

PlacesDescribe at least three city places.
LocationUse next to, across from, near, or on your left/right.
TimeInclude at least two time expressions.
InteractionAsk and answer at least two tourist questions.

Final product

A 60-90 second city-guide pitch plus a short tourist desk role-play. The team must recommend three places, explain where they are, say when people go there, and answer tourist questions.