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Background
We can only hope that by the time we start talking about our homes, our students all have a safe place to live, where they can feel at home. The topic may arouse memories of the students’ old homes, which the teacher needs to take into consideration when tackling the topic.
Warm-Up
The Simpsons House (Sims 4) – YouTube (2:39)https://youtu.be/xwfuzWQGrnc
♦ Sims 4 House. Home of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart & Maggy Simpson
Spring Clean | Full Episode | Mr. Bean Official Cartoon – YouTube (11:19)https://youtu.be/xwfuzWQGrnc
Mr Bean Animation Full Episode – Spring Clean
Song
Vocabulary
Parts of the House – YouTube (2:40)https://youtu.be/j2qKo5_cwdc
Lucy is introducing the parts of her home. Also reminds us of the members of the family.
Parts of the House | Woodward English (4:50)https://www.woodwardenglish.com/lesson/parts-of-the-house/Parts of the house – English Vocabulary Lesson Parts of a house: house roof chimney window door balcony garage driveway yard letterbox path Rooms in a house
The House – English Vocabulary – LanguageGuide.orghttp://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/house/
The House; Speaking Challenge Listening Challenge
Indoors – English Vocabulary – LanguageGuide.orghttp://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/indoors/
Indoors Speaking Challenge Listening Challenge. – Pictures with audio
House and Home – English Vocabulary, Exercises, Worksheetshttp://www.esolcourses.com/topics/household-home.html
Learn English words for rooms in a house, and household things you would typically find there | esolcourses.com | Free English Lessons Online Several links to vocabulary
Around The House – furniture + more | English for beginners (#5) | Mark Kulek – ESL – YouTube (8:03)https://youtu.be/HIk8_g-wVuk
Learn furniture in the home, things, and people, pronouns – he, she, it, and learn to ask where someone is in a home – Where is…?
Rooms in the House ESL Vocabulary – YouTube (2:00)https://youtu.be/E_RMuLCsqaM
Learn English words for the rooms in a house. Great for beginners and also useful for the ESL classroom!
Rooms in a Home – YouTube (2:03)https://youtu.be/lje9h146N7Q
Basic ESL vocabulary presentation for the rooms in a house.
Rooms and Actions | At Home | Easy English Conversation Practice | ESL | EFL – YouTube (7:18)https://youtu.be/aNY3WL7Tm08
Hello Everyone! In this video, you will learn actions and rooms. You will learn four rooms: the bedroom, the living room, the bathroom, and the kitchen.
Parts of the House Matching Activityhttp://busyteacher.org/11449-parts-of-the-house.html
Match each part of a house: choose the correct part to put the numbers into the table. Work with a partner or alone to do this activity. – Opens in Chrome if not in Edge
ESL Home and Furniture – YouTube (2:58)https://youtu.be/qH8uru8QC-E
Learn how to talk about the rooms in your home and your furniture. Easy to follow instructional video with a voiceover and English subtitles.
Furniture and Household Appliances | EFLnethttp://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/furniture-appliances-list
Picture Vocabulary / Furniture and Household Appliances Picture Vocabulary / With Audio – Opens in Chrome if not in Edge – More Furniture: Furniture 1
A1.2 House vocabulary, Parts of the House, Rooms in the House, House Objects and Furniture – YouTube (9:59)https://youtu.be/m27Cck_LGHc
Build your vocabulary related to house, learn about the parts of the house, rooms in the house, objects and furniture.
A.1.2 ESL Picture Vocabulary – Things In A Living Roomhttps://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/home/living-room/living-room-vocabulary.html
An easy esl vocabulary lesson to learn and teach words for living room furniture and things.
Reading
Four Skills Worksheet – My House – English ESL Worksheets for distance learning and physical classroomshttps://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/questions-interrogative/four-skills-worksheet-my-house/963Four skills worksheet focusing on houses and living. – ESL worksheets
This is my house – English ESL Worksheets for distance learning and physical classroomshttps://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/present-simple-tense/my-house/4833Text followed by three reading comprehension tasks: table filling, antonym matching and questions about the text. – ESL worksheets
All Things Topics – Apartments and Houses – All Things Topicshttps://www.allthingstopics.com/apartments-and-houses.htmlFree Printable ESL teaching and learning resources: apartments and houses
Viewing
Homes in Britain 4 8 ESL video – YouTube (5:26)https://youtu.be/_bh3qp6WXKg
Take a look around a typical English home.
Chapter 9 ESL This Is My House video – YouTube (2:36)https://youtu.be/bM_kwMYeLIw
Chapter 9 Francis Sohn This is My House ESL learning This is… There is/are… You can…
A1.2 Let’s Learn English Around the House and Home | English Video with Subtitles – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/WHYMGNbPv2U
In this English video lesson I take you on a tour of a friend’s home and explain to you all the different rooms in a house, and some of the things you will find there.
Listening
English Listening Level 1 – Lesson 5 – My House – YouTube (1:11)https://youtu.be/PEN_PiDv7lI
English Listening Level 1 – My House. I live in a house. My house is small. My house has two bedrooms. – Script available below the video.
A1.2 elllo video #X001 Describe your apartmenthttp://www.elllo.org/video/video_content/X001-Beg-Adeline-House.htm
I live in a penthouse close to the sea and I have an open kitchen concept and a small living room, two terraces, two bedrooms, and a little bathroom. – Difficult, but easy questions
ELLLO Views #152 House Descriptionhttps://www.elllo.org/english/0151/152-Clare-House.htmTodd: OK, Clare we’re going to talk about your house.Clare: OK.
Writing
Inside My Househttp://busyteacher.org/12825-inside-my-house.html
This worksheet is about there is and there are. Reading comprehension. Vocabulary about the house.
Interactive
My house – 3 – Interactive worksheethttps://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Rooms_in_the_house/My_house_-_3_au345942tjRooms in the house interactive and downloadable worksheet. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.
My house-reading comprehension – Interactive worksheethttps://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Rooms_in_the_house/My_house-reading_comprehension_gp345316ykRooms in the house interactive and downloadable worksheet. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.
In the home | Cambridge Englishhttps://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and-children/activities-for-children/a1-level/m-l-01-in-the-home/
The activity is not childish, only the monkey!
Games
House and Furniture- Boardgamehttp://busyteacher.org/4341-house-and-furniture-boardgame.html
This is a quick time-filler to review furniture vocabulary. Every square provides a picture clue or a question.
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