Background Notes

Activity One:

• have your student write a different sentence on the index card for his word bank rather than writing the sentence he has given you verbally
• you may ask him to use the same sentence but change the tense to practice a particular tense that he has difficulty with

Activity Two:

• this activity will reinforce the vocabulary from activity one

Activity Three:

• have your student place various stores/buildings on the handout and ask him to tell you how to get from one location to another
• develop phrases from the words found in the Key Vocabulary List (e.g.: Walk northbound on Yonge to St.Clair, turn right and continue for three blocks to the next corner.)
• at this point you may want to discuss prepositions and articles and their meaning

Activity Four:

• explain to your student that he may use the Key Vocabulary List to help with spelling
• the main objective of this activity is to encourage your student to practice writing simple directions