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Seesaw Activity

Good day everyone,
I just prepared an activity using the "Seesaw" application for an English Intermediate class. The subject is about "giving directions". Go give it a check!

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=4Qx4qNrhRvmJToaAIi9svg&prompt_id=prompt.475e34fe-8f50-4b8e-b6d7-be8671db680b

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