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SCHOOL: A. [. Cuza High school SUBJECT: English Language

LEVEL OF STUDENTS: Pre-Intennediate


CLASS: 5th TOPIC OF LESSON/TEXTBOOK: AROUND THE HOUSE DATE:

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NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 30

TIME: 50 min
TYPE OF LESSON: joint

NAME OF (STUDENT) TEACHER: Odagiu Nicoleta TIMETABLE FIT: The students have previously discussed about their country and the town
live in.

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AIMS

A1: to practice their

writing/speaking skills

by using words related to their living

enviro nrnenti furniture/appli ances ;

42: to enlarge on their vocabulary by iearning new words and activating already ktrowu oilesi 43: to embed certain words/language structures in their oral/written discourse;
z\4: to appropriately use prepositions of
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place;

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to practice word order.

ASSUMPTIONS: The students have already acquired ceftain words related to their country ancl the town they live in and they can use and combine different language structures to talk about their living environment.

ANTICIpATED PROBLEMS: Studen!might find it ditTrcult to use the appropriate modals so as


to give advice. Also word order might be mixed up.

AIDS: worksheets containing: - pictures;


- texts;

- exercises;

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PROCEDURE

CLASS ACTIVITY

TIMING

CLASS RGANISATION

MATERIAI-S

INTERACTION
PERSON
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SKILL PRACTICE
Speaking

ALIZATION

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The students will be asked to answer different questions about the area where they live and about their house, narnely how big it is, how many roolns it has, about whether they have their own room or they share it with other family members ancl about the difference between a house and a home. (Appendix 1)

Plenary S-T

GUIDE TO MEANING

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The students will be giver-r a text ryhich they have to read and, Plenary it, they will have to identify words related to roorns of the
Individual work

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house . (Appendix 2)

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The teacher

will write the identified words on the blackboard.

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(Blackboard miror no. 1) T-S Starting fiorn an exercise in which the Ss have to fill in the gaps of sorne given sentences so as to obtain true staternents, the teacher will S-T highlight the meaning of the words related to parts of the house. ( exercis e 2l Appendix 2) The students will be provided r,r,ith pictures of articles fbund in a house . The T. will gr,ride the Ss to group them into the two corresponding categories, nanrely FURNITURE and APPLIANCES. (Appendix 3) The T. will write the most troublesorrre words on the blackboard. (Blackboard mimor no. 2)

HIGHLIGHT THE
FORM
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l3 min.
A3 A4

(Blackboard mirror no. 3) The students will be given a text which they have to read. The students will be asked to try and explain different pattems including words related to furniture. appliances and daily house activities. (Appendix 5) The teacher will ther-r highlight ancl explain the fbnlr of those pattems and write the unknown ones on the blackboard. (Blackboard minor no. 4)

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Reading/ Writing

1.

INITIAL PRACTICE
10. min

The students rvill be grouped into pairs and asked to fill in the blanks within some sentences glven by the teacher so as to obtain
true staternents (Appendix 6) The students will have to build up sentences of their own using some stmctures rndicated by exercise number 1 (Appendix 7).

Pair work

Appendix 6 Appendix 7

Individual work

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Writing
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S-S

SECONDARY PRACTICE
7 min. A1 A5

The students will be asked to solve an exercise in which they have to fill in the blanks with the right preposition. (Appendix B) The Ss will be asked to solve an exercise in which they have to put certain words in the rieht order so as to obtain corect sentences. (Appendix 9)

Individual work
S-T

Appendix Appendix
Writir-rg

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6.

GUIDED CREATIVITY
6 rnin. A1 A2

The students will be asked to read a letter and discuss whether the sender of the letter is happy with his/her new home. (Appendix 10). The studeuts will have to identify the reasons for the sender's
happiness/unhappiness and come up with possible solutior-rs to soive the problern. _ Describe your rdeal home.

Plenary S-T

Appendix l0
Readingi Speaking
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HOME ASSIGNMENT
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Appenclix

Do you live in the city or in the country side? Do you live in a central area or in the outskirts of the city? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a location? Do you live in a house or in a flat (apartment)?
ls your house big or small?

How many rooms does it have? Do you have a room of your own or do you share it with other tarnily members?
What do you think is the difference between a house and a home?

Appendix

1. Read the text bellow and say what u,ords refer to rooms of the house.
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Yesterday, when I came back from school, there was a nice surprise waiting for me at home.

As I stepped into the hallway I saw that there were ffiore pairs of shoes than usual. hnrnediately I

thought that solneone had come to visit us.

entered the kitchen and saw that mum was


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preparing a delicious apple pie. When I asked what the occasion was mum said that I was in for great surprise and that

I should go check it out for myself. I then went to the dining room where
big smile and pointed to the living room. I rushed

dad was laying the table but there was no sign of that great surprise rnum had mentioned. Dad

didn't say

a word to me but instead he gave a

there and when I opened the doot who do you think I saw? Jerry, my elder brother, whom I had

not seen for almost two years, that is since he left for France to study art, He was accompanied by
a

pretty young lady who turned out to be his fianc6e, Julie. I was indeed out of my rnind with

joy and after giving them a warrn welcome, I invited them to my bedroom where we could
speak... and catch up with the latest events until dinner time. How is that for a surprise?

2.

Use the rvords related to rooms that you have identrfied to true statements.

tlll in the gaps so as to result in

is the place where you sleep. is the place where you receive your guests. is the place where you cook. is the room where you eat. is the place where you leave your shoes when entering a house.

Appendix

1. Group the pictures bellow into FURNITURE and APPLIANCES according to the category
each belongs to.

Table

chair

fridge

wardrobe

Computer

bookshelf

couch/sofa

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washing machine

armchair

mlcrowave oven FURNITTIRE (articole/piese de mobilier)

printer

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APPLIANCES (aparate electrocasnice)

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The TV is on the table.

'fhe window is behind the couch.


The an-nchair is next to the sofa. The big larnp is between the armchair and the sofa. The coff-ee table is in front of the sofa.

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Appendix

Read the text bellow and try to provide the meaning of the highlighted structures.

Tonight, as I was watching TV, muffr came into my bedroom and told me I should go to bed
because

it was past my bed time.

-You have an early day tomoffow and you have to rest.

- Oh lrlum, but I haven't. Tomorrow is not a school day.All of our teachers are celebrating
The International Teacher's Day. You should know that.

- Oh, sorry! I forgot. But you still have to go to sleep.


- Please mum, couldn't I stay I little bit longer?

- No you can not. Turn off your TV and try to get some sleep. - Ooh... all right! Good night now mother!
- Good night! Sleep tight!

The next day

I got up at ten o'clock, I made my bed, I had a shower, I brushed

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teeth and then I went to the dinning room. Mum taid the table and we had breakfast. Because

didn't want to get bored sitting around all day long. I asked munr if I could help her with her
chores.

- Well, you could clean the floo. ,,init" I do the dishes. Or you could water the plants
you like. But latter you really should walk the dog. Oh, and you also have to feed the cat. - Looks like I won't have the tirne to get bored. - Looks like it.

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Appenclir

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l. Fill ilt the blanks with the appropriate

worcl in orclerto obtain truc statcnrents.

A b) A c) A d) A e) A
a)

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.. is u'here peoplc store their clothes.

.. ...is what people use


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fbr cooking nreals.

....is what more than just one persou sits on i.vhen watchiug TV. ....is what people use to heat their cold tbod.

.....is what people use for washing their clothes.


.is what people use for printing papers fiorn their corr-rputer.

g) A. . . . h)

A.... .is where people store books. i) A. ... is what people use to nar,-igate on the intemet. j) A.... .is what pupils write their homework k) A.... is what just or-re person can sit on when watching TV.
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Appendix

Cornplete the senteuces bellow as you consider appropriate or according to your daily routine.

a) When it is past my bed tirne, lnum b) If I have an early duy the next duy, I... c) When it is not a school duy, L... d) I always have to get some sleep after I... e) I alwavs have to take a shower after I.... f) Mum always does the dishes after g) Looks like
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Appendix

1. Say where things are placed in the picture above. lJse on, behind, nert to, betv'een, in

front ol.

a) Where is the larnp?

It's.. It's.. It's..

the table.

b) Where is the big picture?


the window and the little picture.

c) Where is the carpet?


. the sofa.

d) Where is the plant?

lt's....... the sofa.


e) Wtrere is the table?

It's..
The dog

. the sofa.

f) Where is the dog?

is......... the sofa.

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Appcnclir 9

Put these words in the correct order to

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sentences:

getl Il atl

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upl o'clock.

2. Ir al atlshower/have/o'clock/8.
3

. breakfa stl atlhelhaslhalf lpasti 8.

. in the even inglbedl Il to I at l golo'clock/9

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I I I twice / dusting I a/ week / the.


I When / the / you

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do / clo 'l
family / Who'l

7. the / feeds / dog ,'your

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8. up / does / My / Monday/ rnurn lthe / hon-re / washing / on

Appendix

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Read the following letter and discuss whether the sender of the letter is happy with

his/her new home. Identify the reasons for the sender's happiness/unhappiness and come up with possible solutions to solve the problem by saying what she should / could/ has to do. Why do you
suppose the family had to move?

226 Quakertown Road London, U.K.


June 1 5, 2009

Dear Elisabeth,

I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a long time but as you know I have been busy with
our moving into a new house. Do you remember I mentioned about that in my previous letter?

Well, my parents bought a flat in the suburbs of London and two days ago we finally finished
moving all our things to our new home. Some home it is! Small, crowded with all the things we
brought with us, not enough sunlight in any of the rooms, no balcony, in just one word, horrible!

On top of this, we only have one bathroom and I have to wait in line to enter, especially in the

morning.

You should see my new room -or better said mine and my brother's because we now have to share the same bedroom, imagine that! It is so small we can barely move around, not to
mention that I had to give away some of my toys because there wasn't enough room for all of them. I must say that was a really hard thing to do. What should I do? Please write to me soon
and give some advice to help me accommodate the situation.

Lots of kisses from vour friend. Claire

Useful vocabulary:
Suburb

residential area located on the margins of a city (periferie, suburbie);

: overfilled with something (aglomerat, inghesuit); Sunlight : the light that comes from the sun (lumina naturald); Barely : de-abia, cu greu; To give away : to renounce on something, to give something to someone else (a renunta la ceva) Accommodate : to change so as to suit a new situation (a se acomoda, a se adapta)
Crowded

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Blackboar-d uiirror no.

Roorns of the house

: hol. corridor; kitchen : bucatarie; dining-roolx : loc unde se serveste livingroorn : sufragerie; bedroom : donnitor,
hallway

rnasa. sufragerie.

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Blackboarcl

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I.URNITURE (articole/piese de mobilier)

APPLIANCES (aparate electrocasnice)

wardrobe
clesk

: :

sifbnier:

ffrlcrowave ovt:lt

cuptor cu r-nicrouncle;
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birou, raft pentru cafti, biblioteca:

printer:

imprin-r antd

bookshelf

washing machine
stove

rnasind de spalat;

couch/sofa: canapea;

aragaz, plita

annchair: fotoliu:

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Bla,-:kboard urirror nct. 4

past semeone s bed

tine

a trece

urult tirnp peste ora de culcat'e a cuiva; a nu se culca la tirnp:

to ltave an early duy

a se trezi devretle,

to bei not to be a school clay : o zi in care se {in (nu se !in) ore. cursuri, to gct some sleep to sleep tight

dormi;

a avea uu solnn ugor,

linigtit: expresie folosita

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loc de noapte bund. similard cu

aceasta ca in{eles;

to get borecl

: a se plictisi to sit arourrcl : a sta thrd a f-ace nirnic special. a lenevi, chttres : acti'n,ita{i zilnice in gospodarie, treburi caslllce; ( it) to look like + an actior-r : Se pare cd... e.g. (lt) looks like it is going to rain; Iooks like it : a$a se pelre:

Blackboarcl nlirrtlr trtl.

Prepositious of Placc

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behind

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between

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in tiont of

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