De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Houses in England
You are going to read a text about houses in England.
Read the text and do assignment 1.
Read the text again and do assignment 2.
Assignment 1
Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.
Summarize the text using key words
Where do most people live?
Who owns houses?
Types of houses
Naming houses
Numbering houses
Houses in England
Most people in England live in urban areas. Towns and cities are spreading into their surrounding environment to cope with the increasing population. In England, an average of 7,000 hectares of farmland, countryside and green space were converted to urban use every year between 1985 and 1998. This is almost the equivalent size of 9,600 international football pitches!
Who owns houses in England?
More people are buying their own homes than in the past. About two thirds of the people in England and the rest of Britain either own, or are in the process of buying, their own home. Most others live in houses or flats that they rent from a private landlord, the local council, or housing associations.
People buying their property almost always pay for it with a special loan called a mortgage, which they must repay, with interest, over a long period of time, usually 25 years.
What are houses in England like?
Most houses in England are made of stone or brick from the local area where the houses are built. The colours of the stones and bricks vary across the country.
England has many types of homes. In the large cities, people often live in apartments, which are called flats. In most towns, there are streets of houses joined together in long rows. They are called terraced houses.
The main types of houses in England are:
Detached (a house not joined to another house)
Semi-detached (two houses joined together)
Terrace (several houses joined together)
Flats (apartments)
The most popular type of home in England is semi-detached (more than 27% of all homes), closely followed by detached and then terraced. Almost half of London's households are flats, maisonettes or apartments.
Why do we give our houses names?
House naming started many years ago with rich people naming their homes. The rich named their Halls, Houses, Manors, Castles, and Lodges according to ancestry, location, and family titles: Norfolk House (Duke of), Belvoir Castle (overlooking the Belvoir Valley); Castle Droge (named after a 13th ancestor) etc. Gradually over the years other people began to give names to their homes too.
All houses in towns and cities have a number. Very few have just a name and majority do not have names.
Street Numbering
Street numbering was introduced by act of Parliament in 1765. Every house in a town and city has a number followed by the name of the road it is in e.g. 26 Avebury Avenue. The first house in the road is number one and the last house is the number of buildings in the street. The number readily identifies the location of a property in a road which makes it easier for the emergency services to find houses quickly.
Odd numbers are usually assigned to the left side of the street and even numbers to the right, as they head out of town.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
A discussion about owning or renting a house
In your group discuss the following questions:
What is better: owning a house or renting a house? Why?
What are the advantages of owning a house?
What are the advantages of renting a house?
What are the disadvantages of owning a house?
What are the disadvantages of renting a house?
Which types of houses are better to be bought or rented?
Step 6 - Writing
An essay about owning or renting a house
You already discussed the questions about owning or renting a house.
Now you are going to write an essay on the subject. You are allowed to use arguments from the discussion.
Choose if you are going to write about owning or renting.
Introduce what you are going to write about (owning or renting).
Explain why you chose this subject.
Describe the advantages.
Describe the disadvantages.
Discuss which types of houses are the most suitable.
Finish your essay with a conclusion.
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
15 Most Popular Home Styles
Take a look at these 15 popular home styles and see which ones are most appealing.
Watch the video. Read the descriptions.
Write down the 2 home styles you like the most. Explain why.
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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: Types of houses. In deze les worden verschillende soorten huizen (in Engeland) besproken, waaronder vrijstaande huizen en rijtjes huizen. Ook wordt het verschil tussen het kopen of huren van een woning besproken. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt de past continuous besproken.
Leerniveau
VWO 2;
HAVO 1;
VWO 1;
HAVO 3;
VWO 3;
HAVO 2;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
1 uur en 40 minuten
Trefwoorden
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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: Types of houses. In deze les worden verschillende soorten huizen (in Engeland) besproken, waaronder vrijstaande huizen en rijtjes huizen. Ook wordt het verschil tussen het kopen of huren van een woning besproken. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt de past continuous besproken.
The subject of this period is types of houses.
Dead End Street
Houses in England
Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
Have a look at Knowledge base Present continuous.
A discussion about owning or renting a house
An essay about owning or renting a house
What have you learnt in this period?
