10.1 My house - tto123

10.1 My house - tto123

My house

Introduction

The subject of this period is: your house.

Discuss the following questions with a classmate:

  • Where do you live?
  • Tell something about your home.
  • What is your bedroom like?
  • What objects can you find inside a house?
  • Write down as many words as you can about 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 conversation about a house and answer questions about it. 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 Reflect on what you have learnt. 05
Step 8 Extra
My House - Flo Rida
Watch the video.  

Step 1 - Listening

Clare’s house
You are going to listen to Todd and Clare. They are talking about Clare’s house.

  • Listen to the recording and do assignment 1.
  • Discuss the questions.
  • Listen again and do assignment 2.
  • Finally listen to the recording and read the text.

Assignment 1

Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.

 

What does Clare say about:

her house

 

 

where she lives

 

the kitchen

 

the living room

 

watching television

 


Questions

  • Does she live in a big house or a small house?
  • How many rooms does it have?
  • Is it a new house or an old house?
  • What is in her kitchen?
  • What does she watch on TV?

Todd: OK, Clare we're going to talk about your house.
Clare: OK.
Todd:OK, do you live in a big house or a small house?
Clare: I live in quite a big house.
Todd: A big house. Really!
Clare: Mm!
Todd: OK, how many rooms does it have?
Clare: About 12.
Todd: Jeez! 12 rooms.
Clare: Yeah.
Todd: Wow. Is it a new house or old house?
Clare: It's about 80 years old.
Todd: Wow. OK. I guess. well that's old for America, but that's probably not very old.
Clare: That's not very old for England.
Todd: Wow. OK. What is in your kitchen?
Clare: A big round table and a cooker.
Todd: OK. And what is in the living room?
Clare: A TV and a video.
Todd: OK. Do you watch TV a lot?
Clare: Yes.
Todd: OK. Uh, what do you watch on TV?
Clare: Anything. I don't really like watching sport.
Todd: Oh.
Clare: I like watching TV series.
Todd: Oh, wow, that's the only thing I like is sports
Clare: Some sports are OK. I don't like watching golf, snooker, and sports like that.
Todd: Yeah. OK. Great. Thanks.

Step 2 - Reading

Erik’s house
Erik describes the house he is living in.

  • Read the text.
  • Do assignment 1.
  • Do assignment 2.

Inside a Typical English House
Most English people live in towns and cities. More families own their homes than rent them.

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.

(Over 90 per cent of homes have central heating.)

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 mum keeps food cool. The top section of the fridge keeps food cool. There is also a freezer under the fridge where mum freezes things.
  • Cupboards. We have cupboards for food and for plates and bowls etc. 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. It is very quick and easy to use. We use it to cook our food quickly.
  • Washing Machine. Mum washes our clothes here and hangs them out in our garden to dry.
  • Sink. I help my mum wash up the plates in the sink. We wash the dishes in a 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. It is where the television is and the comfy chairs.
In my living room there is:

  • A table with chairs. The place where we eat our meals.
  • Settee. In America I think they call this a sofa or couch. It is a comfy 2 seater.
  • Two comfy chairs.
  • Television, DVD Player and Video Recorder. We also have satellite TV.
  • The telly.
  • Cupboards.
  • Bookcase.
  • 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. We fill the bath up with water and then climb into it to wash ourselves.
  • 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. I like having a shower rather than 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 radiators in each room.

Bedroom
In my bedroom I have:

  • My own computer.
  • Wardrobe - to hang my clothes in.
  • Cupboards with drawers for my other clothes.
  • Cupboards for all my toys.
  • Bookcase for my books.
  • My bed. My bed is high up as I have my desk underneath it and my computer.
  • 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.

Assignment 1

You are going to draw the floorplan of Erik’s house. First do this on your own. When you finished compare your drawings in your group.

  • Take two sheets of paper (one for every floor).
  • Don’t forget to read the text Inside a Typical English House.
  • Draw the rooms that are typical of the ground floor on one of the two sheets of paper.
  • Draw the rooms that are typical of the first floor on the other sheet of paper.
  • Write the names of typical objects (as mentioned by Erik) in each room.

Assignment 2

Time to play a game. Who is the best in your group?

  • 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

Step 3 - Vocabulary

  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Do the exercise.

Vocabularylist My house

Step 4 - Grammar

Have a look at Knowledge base Present continuous.

Present continuous

Now you are ready to do the following exercises.
If you like to practice extra: Present continuous

Step 5 - Speaking

Speech cards
Expressions: If you need some extra help, go to your StudioWozzol account and take another look at the chunks.
Now you are going to try to have a conversation with someone else.

  1. Find someone to work with and use the speech card A or B.
  2. Write down a couple of words to help you during the conversation.
  3. Practise your conversation at least twice.

After practising twice, do the following things:

  1. Find another pair to work with.
  2. Act out your conversation.
  3. Let your classmate write down feedback for you.
  4. Let them act out their conversation and write down feedback for them.
  5. Discuss what things were good and what you can do better next time.

Person A

Person B

1

Greet person b.

1

Greet person a.

2

Say you are excited to talk to the other person.

2

Ask if the other person can describe his or her home for you.

3

Describe your house (number of floors, what kind of rooms, etc.).
Give an example of an advantage and a disadvantage to your home.
Ask for a description of the other person's house.

3

Describe your house (number of floors, what kind of rooms, etc.).
Give an example of an advantage and a disadvantage to your home.
Ask what is going on around the other person's house.

4

Answer the question by saying what kind of things there are to do around your home.
Also ask the other person what is going on around his / her house.

4

Answer the question by talking about the things to do around your home.

5

Say that the house seems to be exactly what you are looking for.

5

Say that the other person's house is also very appealing to you.

6

Suggest that you can Skype with your families to get to know each other better.

6

Tell him or her that you think that's a good idea.
Ask if next Wednesday at 8 pm would be an option.

7

Tell them to have to ask everyone in your family.
Say you will send an email whether it is possible or not.

7

Say that's okay.
End the conversation politely.

8

End the conversation politely.

 

 

Step 6 - Writing

Describe your house
You read the description of Erik’s house.
Now you are going to describe your own house.

  • Where do you live?
  • What is in the kitchen?
  • What is in the living room?
  • What is in the bathroom?
  • How many bedrooms are there?
  • Describe your bedroom.
  • Is there a garden?

Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.

Step 7 - Evaluation

What have you learnt in this 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?
  • What do you have to ask your teacher?

Step 8 - Extra

Flo Rida - My House

You are going to listen to the song My House by Flo Rida.

  • Watch the video. Read the lyrics.
  • Discuss the song.
    What do you like about this song?
    What do you dislike about the song?

Lyrics

Open up the champagne, pop!
It's my house, come on, turn it up

Hear a knock on the door and the night begins
Cause we done this before so you come on in
Make yourself at my home, tell me where you been
Pour yourself something cold, baby, cheers to this

Sometimes you gotta stay in
And you know where I live
Yeah, you know what we is
Sometimes you gotta stay in, in

Welcome to my house
Baby take control now
We can't even slow down
We don't like to go out

Welcome to my house
Play that music too loud
Show me what you do now
We don't like to go out

Welcome to my house
Welcome to my house

Morning comes and you know that you wanna stay
Close the blinds, let's pretend that the time has changed
Keep our clothes on the floor, open up champagne
Let's continue tonight, come…

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    Toelichting
    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. 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. In de grammaticaopdracht komt de 'present continuous' aan bod.
    Leerniveau
    VWO 2; HAVO 1; VWO 1; HAVO 3; VWO 3; HAVO 2;
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    Engels;
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