MY HOME IS MY CASTLE B2/2

Todays class
Vocabulary- The house- types, rooms, adjectives, location, cleaning and chores. Speaking: describing pictures, answering questions and role-plays. Listening: House swapping is it for you?

VOCABULARY REMINDER
These are the parts of the house you may need to describe: The garden The hallway The garage The kitchen The bedroom The dining room The living room The office/study The bathroom The basement The attic

Vocabulary

Together or alone?
When we see house s together in a row or just with one other house or alone we call these three types of houses 1. 2. 3. Which do you prefer and why?

1.Match the descriptions in your handout to the pictures. p50 2.Now choose the best home for the families described on page 51. Give reasons. 3. Role-play-

Its such a chore!

What are they doing? How often do you do these chores? Do you share the chores? What is your opinion that household chores is women's work?

Role-Play: Bad living conditions

Student A: You are a post-grad student who unfortunately is sharing a small apartment with three undergraduates. They like to party, make noise and they never do their fair share of the cleaning. You cant take anymore and decide to speak to them. Try to come to an agreement to solve the problems Student B: you love to have a good time and where better than to do it in your own home away from your parents. Your only problem is one of your flat mates who acts like your parents. When you are confronted try to put your point across but also come to a solution with student B.

In search of the perfect home- location, location Location!

1. 2. 3. What is your idea of a perfect home? Where would it be town/country etc what are the pros and cons? Would you consider living in an unusual house like the ones in the pictures?

Vocab: economical, impractical,cold, cosy, expensive, luxurious,spacious,cramped,eccentric,c omfortable,safe.dangerous, risky, exciting, fun, historical, haunted,

Listening: HOME SWAPPING

With your partner discuss the following questions. What is home swapping? Would you consider home swapping? How do you arrange a home swap? Do you think its a good idea or bad? Why?

Listening: HOME SWAPPING

Lets listen to a 6 minute listening activity which discusses Home Swapping. The second time we listen we will complete the questions and the third time we will check our answers. Has the listening activity changed your mind about home Swapping?

Interior Design
From this Your partners house has been hit by a meteroite and has been demolished. You must help them design and build a new dream house. Decide what type of house it will be. How many rooms; is there a garden; pool etc? What furniture and equipment do they need?

To this

PHRASAL VERBS with break and build

January--------February

March!!!!

Listening: Town or Country mouse?

With your partner discuss the following questions: 1.Where would you rather live in the country or town? 2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of both places?
Listen to the recording and fill in the missing words. You will hear the recording twice. Check your answers with your partner before turning over your page.