How to Get to My House
A2 · Reading: Reading for information · Directions and Transport
🎉 Directions to Rosa’s party
❌ ROSA’S FIRST DRAFT: from school you go and then the left and there is a shop near maybe the bus stop then walking for some time and my house you see is blue the number is 14 Ocean Road.
✅ ROSA’S SECOND DRAFT: Hi everyone! Here’s how to get to my house from school. It takes about ten minutes on foot.
1. Go out of the main school gate and turn left onto Harbour Street.
2. Walk along Harbour Street, past the bakery, until you get to the traffic lights.
3. Cross the road at the traffic lights and turn right onto Ocean Road. There’s a big red post box on the corner.
4. Walk up Ocean Road. My house is number 14, on the left, opposite the park. It’s the blue house with a yellow door and a lemon tree in the garden.
If you get lost, call my mum on 07700 900 123. See you on Saturday at 3 p.m.! Rosa 🎂
📝 WHAT CHANGED? Rosa made one step per sentence, used the right word order (verb + place), added landmarks (bakery, post box, park) and gave a phone number.
Vocabulary
- landmark — something easy to see that helps you find the way
- corner — the place where two streets meet
- traffic lights — red, yellow and green lights for cars
- opposite — on the other side of the street
- step — one part of a set of instructions
- confusing — difficult to understand
Sample questions (10 questions)
- How long does it take to walk to Rosa’s house?
- about twenty minutes
- about ten minutes
- about five minutes
- What is on the corner of Ocean Road?
- a bakery
- a big red post box
- a lemon tree
- Why is the first draft confusing?
- It is too short.
- The sentences are long and in the wrong order.
- It has a phone number.
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