Summary
The lesson "On the road: Driving skills and etiquette" equips learners with essential vocabulary for discussing car parts, road features, and typical driving actions. Through engaging activities like vocabulary matching, video comprehension, and real-life scenario analysis, students explore key concepts such as: defensive driving and road rage. The grammar focus is on modal verbs like must, should, have to, and shouldn’t, enabling students to express obligations, rules, and advice related to driving.
Activities
Discussion starters – Students reflect on driving experiences, annoyances, and safety concerns
Vocabulary matching – Learners pair terms (e.g., steering wheel, crosswalk) with definitions
Video comprehension – Learners watch a driving safety video, answer questions about defensive driving, the 3-second rule, zipper merging, and road rage
Action vocabulary – Matching exercise with verbs like merge, tailgate, cut off, brake, accelerate
Driving etiquette scenarios – Learners apply knowledge to choose correct actions in road situations
Gap-fill – Practice using vocabulary in context describing a city drive
Synonym matching – Build vocabulary with words like anticipate, halt, reckless
Personal reflection – Students list and justify their top 3 personal driving rules for safety and courtesy
Vocabulary focus
Students build confidence using vocabulary related to driving and road safety: steering wheel, turn signal, rearview mirror, intersection, crosswalk, lane, merge, tailgate, yield, accelerate, brake, road rage, distracted driving, defensive driving, anticipate, reckless.
Grammar focus
Use of must, should, shouldn't, have to for laws and etiquette
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