Campus Navigators Slides
HMH Language Launch • Unit 1, Lesson 9
Speaking & Map Skills
Campus Navigators:
The School Map Challenge
Label your school map, create an official key, spin for your route, and give clear oral directions from Point A to Point B!
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Label & Build Key
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Spin Start & Finish
3
Direct Your Partner
Mission Briefing
How Today's Challenge Works
1. Build Your Map
Fill in the blank school blueprint. Create a map key with symbols and colors for every room.
Get campus ready
2. Spin The Wheel
Spin once for your Start location and spin again for your Destination.
Random route!
3. Guide by Voice
Direct your partner using only spoken directions. No pointing! Partner traces the route.
Switch roles after!
Goal: Practice precise spoken English while navigating campus locations.
Target Vocabulary
9 Key School Places to Map
📚
classroom
Where we learn & study
🚪
hallway
Corridor between rooms
🥪
cafeteria
Where students eat lunch
📖
library
Quiet room for books
🏀
gym
Indoor athletic space
💼
office
Principals & staff area
🚻
bathroom
Restroom facility
🎭
auditorium
Large hall for assemblies
🌳
courtyard
Open outdoor campus area
Every one of these 9 places must appear on your school map and in your map key!
Phase 1: Cartography
Step 1: Label Your Map & Key
How to Make Your Map Key
- • Assign a distinct color or symbol to each school location.
- • Draw your key box in the designated corner of your paper.
- • Example: 🔵 Blue circle = Bathroom, Tree = Courtyard.
Map Labeling Guidelines
- • Write location names in neat print inside each room.
- • Label the main hallway and hallway intersections.
- • Include room numbers for classrooms.
⏱️ Time Check: Take 10 minutes to finish your map and key before spinning the wheel. Ready, set, draw!
Phase 2: The Route
Step 2: Spin the Wheel!
SPIN 1
Starting Point (Point A)
This is where your traveler stands when the navigation begins. Put a finger or game piece here!
SPIN 2
Finish Point (Point B)
This is the secret target destination your partner must reach! (don't tell your partner)
Example Route Challenge
Start: Cafeteria
⬇️
Finish: Library
"Can you direct someone from the cafeteria to the library without pointing at the paper?"
If you spin the same location twice, take a re-spin!
Phase 3: Spoken Language
Step 3: Giving Oral Directions
Starting & Moving
"First, start at the [Start Location]."
- go straight
- walk past _____ on your left/right
Turning & Arriving
- turn left / right at the corner
- go up / down stairs
"You have arrived at the [Finish Location]!"
Use sequence signal words: First, Next, Then, Finally Speak loudly and clearly!
Collaboration Rules
Partner Roles & Protocols
A
Partner A: The Navigator
The Spoken Guide
- ✓ Looks at the map and plans the safest route.
- ✓ Speaks one clear step at a time.
- ✗ Golden Rule: NO pointing or touching your partner's map!
B
Partner B: The Explorer
The Map Tracker
- ✓ Places finger or marker at the Start location.
- ✓ Traces the path exactly as directed.
- 💬 May ask: "Could you repeat that turn, please?"
After you reach Point B: Switch roles, re-spin the wheel, and guide again!
Have fun exploring! 🗺️
School Places Worksheet
HMH Language Launch • Unit 1, Lesson 9
Campus Places Vocabulary
Master school location words to navigate your campus and give clear directions.
Name:
Date: Period:
Word Bank Use each word exactly once
bathroom
cafeteria
classroom
gym
hallway
auditorium
library
office
courtyard
Part 1: Complete the Sentences
Read each clue and write the correct location on the blank.
Our teacher wrote today's assignment on the whiteboard in our .
Remember to walk calmly and quietly in the so you do not disturb other classes.
During lunch period, we sit with our friends at the tables in the .
I need to return two books and find a quiet table to read in the .
During physical education, our class plays basketball and runs laps inside the .
If you arrive late to school in the morning, you must sign in at the main .
May I please take the hall pass to wash my hands in the ?
The entire school filled the stage and rows of seats in the for the guest speaker.
On sunny afternoons, teachers take students outdoors to sit on the garden benches in the open .
Navigation Connection: Locate each of these 9 places on your school blueprint map!
Turn to Page 2 ➔
Part 2: Write Your Own Sentences
Write one complete sentence for each school place. Describe what people do there or how to reach it.
9 Locations + Bonus
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bathroom
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cafeteria
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classroom
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gym
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hallway
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auditorium
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library
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office
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courtyard
10. Navigator Bonus Use 2 Places!
Writer's Checklist: Capital letter Target vocab word Clear details End mark (. ? !)
