Dame direcciones: Tú Commands and City Places

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Dame direcciones: Tú Commands and City
Places
World Languages · Spanish 2-3 · Grades 10-11 · 50 minutes
Time needed
50 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet (one per student).
Technology
None.
Student
independence
High. Individual work with partner checking.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet, Colored pencils (optional)
Goal for today: Students will follow and write simple directions in Spanish using tú commands and city vocabulary.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Optional: put out colored pencils so students can trace each route on the map.
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. Each map answer is given in Spanish with an English meaning.
Say this to start
Today is a map day in Spanish. You will follow directions to find places in a little town, learn how to give orders to a
friend, which Spanish calls tú commands, and then write your own directions. The worksheet has a word bank with all
the new words. Everyone starts at the school, and each box on the map is one block.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance. Hand out the worksheet and read the
directions aloud in English.
Look over the map and the word bank.
5–12
Point to the word bank. Say: “Everyone starts at the
Escuela, facing the top of the page. Each box is one block.
‘Dobla a la derecha’ means turn right.” Ask one student to
show a turn right on the map.
Listen and follow along on the map.
12–25
Tell students to complete questions 1–4, tracing each route
with a pencil and writing the place name where they end.
Follow each set of directions on the map.
25–36
Tell students to complete questions 5–10, the tú
commands.
Write the command form of each verb.
36–45
Tell students to answer questions 11–13. Question 13 asks
for original directions. Any reasonable attempt earns
credit.
Answer the multiple-choice questions and
write directions.
45–50
Read the answers from the key. Students check their work.
Collect the worksheets.
Check and hand in.


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If things go wrong
• If students are confused about turns, remind them they always turn from the direction they are facing. After
the first turn they may no longer be facing the top of the page.
• If a student says they do not know a place name, they may use the key words in the word bank, or ask a
neighbor. The key has English meanings.
• If a student finishes early, ask them to check each route a second time by tracing it with a different color,
then use the early finisher list.
• If the room gets noisy, tell students that the map work is silent, and partners may talk during the final check.
Early finishers
• Write directions in Spanish from the Escuela to the Cine. Trade with a neighbor and check each other’s routes.
• Draw your own 3 × 3 map on the back with nine places and write two sets of directions for a partner.
Support and challenge
• Support: Let students work with a partner on items 1–4, and give them only the commands for hablar, comer
and escribir in items 5–7.
• Challenge: Ask students to write directions that use at least three turns and two different command forms,
such as sigue and cruza.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: