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Beginner Topic plan Tutor Resources for the AMEP

Beginner Housing: Rooms in a house 1 © Commonwealth of Australia 2011

Theme:

Topic:

Task Language focus Learning activities Resources

1. Can identify and name rooms in a house

Vocabulary kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, bathroom, laundry, garage, balcony, favourite Structure Do you have a ___ (laundry, garage etc) in your house? How many bedroom/bathrooms do you have? What is your favourite room? Why?

Name the rooms in a house Talk about the rooms in their house

Worksheet 1: Rooms in a house

2. Can identify and match daily activities to specific rooms

Vocabulary breakfast, lunch, dinner, bath, get dressed, make, wash, iron, clothes, bed, dishes Structure Where do you ___ (wash, watch TV etc)? I wash the clothes in the laundry.

Identify the different daily activities Match daily activities to rooms in a house

Worksheet 2: Daily activities Worksheet 3: Which room?

3. Can demonstrate understanding of simple plans

Vocabulary floor plan, abbreviation

Read abbreviations and name the rooms of a house on a floor plan Write simple sentences Draw a plan of their house

Worksheet 4: Floor plans

Rooms in a house

Housing

Beginner Topic plan Tutor Resources for the AMEP


Theme:

Topic:

Task Language focus Learning activities Resources

4. Can identify some household objects

Vocabulary chair, table, curtains, bookshelf, armchair, heater, cupboard, dining table, dishwasher, bed, mat, sofa, wardrobe, lamp Structure In which room is the___ (lamp, dishwasher etc). The ___ (lamp, dishwasher etc) is in the ___.

Name the furniture Match words to pictures Find the housing words Play ‘Housing’ game

Flash cards 1: Household furniture Worksheet 5: Housing word find Worksheet 6: Housing game

Rooms in a house

Housing

Beginner Tutor notes Tutor Resources for the AMEP


Theme:

Topic:

Rooms in a house

Task 1: Can identify and name rooms in a house

Vocabulary: kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, bathroom, laundry, garage, balcony, favourite

Language structure:

Do you have a ___ (laundry, garage etc) in your house?

How many bedroom/bathrooms do you have?

What is your favourite room? Why?

Activity instructions Name the rooms in a house Worksheet 1: Rooms in a house

Show pictures on the worksheet and ask learner to read or name the rooms. Ask the learner to identify specific rooms: Show me the ___ (bedroom, laundry etc).

Talk about the rooms in their house

Ask questions: Do you have a ___ (laundry, garage etc) in your house? Learner responds: Yes I have. No I haven’t. How many bedrooms /bathrooms do you have? Learner responds: I have ___ bedrooms/bathrooms in my house. Ask: Can you name the rooms in your house? Together walk around their house and ask learner to name the room. Ask: What is your favourite room? Why?

Acknowledgement of image source ©2011 Photos.com, a division of Getty Images. All rights reserved.

Rooms in a house

Housing



Daily activities

Task 2: Can identify and match daily activities to specific rooms

Vocabulary: breakfast, lunch, dinner, bath, get dressed, make, wash, iron, clothes, bed, dishes

Language structure:

Where do you ___ (wash, watch TV etc)? I wash the clothes in the laundry.

Activity Instructions Identify the different daily activities Worksheet 2: Daily activities

Show the pictures on the worksheet and ask learner to name the activities. Learner reads the words and writes the words under the correct picture.

Match daily activities to rooms in a house Worksheet 3: Which room?

Read the room words at the top of the worksheet. Learner repeats or reads. Ask questions: Where do you ___ (watch TV, listen to music etc)? or In which room do you ___ (cook, have a shower etc)? Learner responds: I watch TV in the ___. I have a shower in the ___. Learner reads the room words and then completes the sentences. Learner reads the completed sentences. (Check for correct pronunciation, intonation and punctuation.)

Floor plans

Task 3: Can demonstrate understanding of simple plans

Vocabulary: floor plan, abbreviation

Activity instructions Read abbreviations and name the rooms of a house on a floor plan Worksheet 4: Floor plans

Show the house floor plans on the worksheet and explain what they represent. (Some learners have may have difficulty with this spatial concept.) Ask learner to read the house words and then the abbreviations. Learner looks at the floor plans and names the rooms.

Write simple sentences Worksheet 4: Floor plans

Learner writes some simple sentences about the two houses represented by the plans: There is one ___ (bathroom, kitchen etc). There are ___ (bedrooms etc).

Draw a plan of their house

Together draw a plan of the learner’s house and label the rooms using the abbreviations.



Household furniture

Task 4: Can identify some household objects

Vocabulary: chair, table, curtains, bookshelf, armchair, heater, cupboard, dining table, dishwasher, bed, mat, sofa, wardrobe, lamp

Language structure:

In which room is the___ (lamp, dishwasher etc). The ___ (lamp, dishwasher, etc) is in the ___.

Preparation Prepare flash cards 1.

You will need a die and counters to play the ‘Housing’ game.

Activity instructions Name the furniture Flash cards 1: Household furniture

Show picture cards and ask learner to name the items. Introduce any new vocabulary. Read word cards. Learner listens and finds the correct picture cards.

Match words to pictures Flash cards 1: Household furniture

Learner reads the words and matches the words to the pictures. Find the housing words Worksheet 5: Find the words

Learner says the words, then finds and circles the words.

Play ‘Housing’ game Worksheet 6: Housing game

Together play the game. First player rolls the die and moves their counter the number of spaces shown on the die. Then asks the question to the second player. The second player answers the question then rolls the dice and the game continues. If the players are unable to answer the question they miss a turn. The first person to land exactly on the space marked ‘Finish’ is the winner. However if the number on the dice makes the player move beyond the winner space they need to continue around the board again.

Beginner Tutor Resources for the AMEP Housing: Rooms in a house

Beginner Housing: Rooms in a house Worksheet 1© Commonwealth of Australia 2011

Worksheet 1: Rooms in a house Look at the pictures and read the words.

kitchen living room

dining room bedroom

laundry bathroom

garage balcony


Beginner Housing: Rooms in a house Worksheet 2 © Commonwealth of Australia 2011

Worksheet 2: Daily activities Write the words below its picture.

wash the clothes cook dinner eat lunch go to sleep have a bath get dressed iron the clothes have breakfast wash the dishes make the bed



Worksheet 3: Which room? Match the actions with the rooms to complete the sentences.

kitchen dining room living room bedroom bathroom laundry garage balcony

Where do you___?

sleep I sleep in the .

eat breakfast I eat breakfast in the .

watch TV I watch TV in the .

cook dinner I cook dinner in the .

have a shower I have a shower in the .

listen to music I listen to music in the .

wash the clothes I wash the clothes in the .

use the computer I use the computer in the .

eat dinner I eat dinner in the .

wash the dishes I wash the dishes in the .

comb your hair I comb my hair in the .

read a book I read a book in the .

park the car I park the car in the .

get dressed I get dressed in the .

iron the clothes I iron the clothes in the .

take a rest I take a rest in the .



Worksheet 4: Floor plans Look at the floor plans and name the rooms.

Word Abbreviation bedroom br

dining room din rm

kitchen kit

bathroom bathrm

toilet wc

laundry lndry

garage gar



Write about the houses.


Beginner Housing: Rooms in a house Flash cards 1© Commonwealth of Australia 2011

Flash cards 1: Household furniture

chair table

heater dining table

sofa armchair



lamp curtains

bookshelf cupboards

dishwasher bed



wardrobe mat



Worksheet 5: Housing word find

Find the words and circle.

armchair cupboard heater mat sofa bed curtain house

rooms table bookshelf dishwasher lamp room wardrobe

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Worksheet 6: Housing game

Start 1. How many bedrooms are

there?

2. How big is the kitchen?

3. How old is the house?

4. How many bathrooms are

there?

5. Does it have a fence?

Finish

TALK ABOUT YOUR PLACE

6. How big is the laundry?

18. What’s the floor covering -carpet, wood,

tiles?

7. How many rooms are there?

17. Is it close to transport, shops,

schools?

8. Where do you watch TV?

16. Is it weatherboard or

brick?

9. Do you have built-in-robes

(BIRs)?

15. What heating do you have?

14. Where is your place (suburb)?

13. Do you have a garage?

12. Describe your garden.

11. Where do you eat meals?

10. Is it a house, flat or unit?

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