Discuss the following questions in your group in English:
Where do you live?
Tell the group something about your home.
What is your bedroom like?
What objects can be found in your room?
Make a list of English words that have to do with the subject: house.
Step
activity
aim
time
introduction
Find out what you already know.
10
Step 1
listening Clare’s house
You can understand a podcast episode about comfort decorating your house
15
Step 2
reading Erik’s house
You can understand a website about a house and answer questions about it.
15
Step 3
vocabulary
You can understand and use the vocabulary about houses.
15
Step 4
grammar Present continuous
You can understand and use the present continuous.
15
Step 5
speaking Speech card
You can have a discussion about your house.
10
Step 6
writing Description of your house
You can write a description of your house.
15
Step 7
evaluation
Reflecting on what you have learnt.
05
Step 1 - Listening
Clare’s house
You are going to listen to part of a podcast about 'comfort decorating'.
Work together with a classmate and do exercise 1.
Read the statements of exercise 2.
Listen to audio clip 1 and do exercise 2 alone.
Listen to audio clip 2 and do exercise 3.
Exercise 1
Discuss the following questions in English:
What do you like about your bedroom?
What do you dislike about your bedroom? Why? Do you want to change it?
If you could change one thing about your house, what would you change?
Audioclip 1:
Audioclip 2:
Step 2 - Reading
Erik’s house
Erik describes the house he is living in.
Read the text.
Do exercise 1.
Do exercise 2.
Inside a Typical English House
Hi, my name is Erik. I live in a small town in the south east of England.
I live in a detached house. This means that my house is not joined to another house. My house is made of bricks and tiles.
In my house there are three rooms downstairs and three rooms upstairs. We have central heating which keeps our house warm. Some houses have an open fire place but we don't.
Rooms Downstairs
If you come into my house through the back door, you will find yourself in the kitchen. This is the room where food is stored and cooked.
Kitchen
In my kitchen there is:
A fridge (refrigerator). The fridge is the place where we keep our food cool. There is also a freezer under the fridge where we freeze things like ice cream and leftovers.
Cupboards. In the cupboards you can find food, plates, bowls and glasses. We have a walk-in cupboard called a larder.
The Cooker. We have an electric cooker. It has four rings on top and a grill and oven underneath.
Microwave. We use this to cook our food quickly.
Washing Machine. We wash our clothes here and hangs them out in our garden to dry.
Sink. We wash the dishes in washing up bowl in the sink. We take the bowl out when we wash our hands.
Dishwasher. We put our plates, cups and cutlery in here to wash them.
Living Room
Some people call this room the lounge. This is where the television and the comfy chairs are.
In my living room there is:
A table with chairs. This is the place where we eat our meals.
A Settee. In America I think they call this a sofa. It is a comfy 2-seater chair.
Two comfy chairs.
A Television. We also have a PlayStation.
A wooden cabinet
A bookcase.
A radiator. The radiator keeps the room warm.
Bathroom
Most houses have a bathroom upstairs but ours is downstairs.
In my bathroom there is:
A toilet.
A bath. I love to take a bath after a long day at school or after basketball practise.
A sink with two taps (one for hot water and one for cold) I clean my teeth at the sink and also wash my hands and face.
A shower. In the mornings I take a shower because it is quicker than taking a bath.
Laundry basket. This is where I put my dirty clothes for washing.
Rooms Upstairs
The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms. They all have carpets on the floor, apart from my room. The bedrooms are kept warm by a radiator in each room.
My bedroom
In my bedroom I have:
My own computer.
A wardrobe to hang my clothes in.
A chest of drawers for my other clothes.
A bookcase for my books.
My bed. My bed is high up and my desk is underneath it.
A telly. I have my own television.
Outside my House
We have a back garden and a front garden.
In the back garden there is a swing and a lawn (an area of grass) for me to play football on and to ride my bike. Mum likes to grow vegetables in the garden and plant flowers. At the bottom of my garden is a river. In the front garden is a small lawn surrounded by loads of flowers and plants.
Exercise 1
You are going to draw the floorplan of Erik’s house. First, do this on your own. When you are finished, compare your drawings in your group.
Take two sheets of paper (one for every floor).
Draw the rooms that are on the ground floor on one of the two sheets of paper.
Draw the rooms that are on the first floor on the other sheet of paper.
Write the names of the objects that Erik mentioned in the rooms where they belong.
Exercise 2
Time to play a game.
Take an object from the text Inside a Typical English House in mind.
Your group members ask yes/no questions to find out what object you have in mind.
For example: Is the object in the kitchen? Yes/No
Do you remember? To talk about things that are happening right now, you use the present continuous.
Study the explanation of the present continuous again.
You are going to have a conversation about your house with a classmate.
Imagine you are taking part in an exchange program with an English school. An English student is going to stay in your home for two weeks while you are going to stay at his house in England.
You have arranged to meet on Skype because you both think it is more personal than emailing.
Preparation
Work together with a classmate and decide who is person A and who is person B.
Download your speechcard. Take some time to (look up and) write down
a couple of words to help you during the conversation. If you need help, use a dictionary, go to the 'Words' section in the toolbox, or have a look at the warming up section.
Practise your conversation at least twice.
Have the conversation.
Rate yourself with the help of the assessment sheet.
Describe your house
You read the description of Erik’s house.
Now you are going to write an email to your English pen pal in which you describe your own house.
Begin your email by greeting your friend.
Tell your friend where you live.
Describe your kitchen.
Describe your living room.
Describe your bathroom.
Tell your friend many bedrooms there are.
Describe your bedroom.
Describe your garden, if you have one.
Come up with something else to tell your friend about your house.
Finish your email.
Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.
Step 7 - Evaluation
What have you learned in this double period?
Answer the following questions:
What was the easiest part of this lesson?
What did you already know?
What was the most difficult part?
What was new to you in this lesson?
Are there things you don't quite understand yet? How are you going to deal with them?
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Toelichting
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor havo en vwo, leerjaar 1 en 2. Dit is thema 10 'At home'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: My house. In deze les wordt besproken hoe een huis omschreven kan worden, zowel de buitenkant als de binnenkant. In de grammaticaopdracht komt de 'present continuous' aan bod.
Leerniveau
VWO 2;
HAVO 1;
VWO 1;
HAVO 2;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
1 uur en 40 minuten
Trefwoorden
arrangeerbaar, engels, huis omschrijven, hv12, my house, present continuous, stercollectie
10.1 My house - hv12
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VO-content
2024-05-22 09:34:51
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor havo en vwo, leerjaar 1 en 2. Dit is thema 10 'At home'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: My house. In deze les wordt besproken hoe een huis omschreven kan worden, zowel de buitenkant als de binnenkant. In de grammaticaopdracht komt de 'present continuous' aan bod.
Inside a Typical English House
Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
