| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this beginner lesson on homes are to:
- discuss homes and their features;
- watch a video about a family living in a small flat in New York;
- listen to a recording;
- practise pronunciation skills.
With this beginner lesson on homes, students talk about activities they do at home (e.g. have dinner, get dressed, read books), discuss important rooms and places for them and watch a video about a family living in a small flat. Students listen to a recording, explore the pronunciation of /θ/ and /ð/ and compare their homes with the one from the video. They also share their opinions and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of homes.
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate60 minStandard LessonPremium Plan
WARM-UP AND VIDEO
This beginner lesson on homes begins with a warm-up where students discuss questions about their homes. After that, they say where people usually do some activities (e.g. watch films, brush their teeth, do exercise) by choosing rooms or places for each activity (e.g. study, garden, terrace). Then, students look at pairs of options (e.g. a gym OR a garage), choose which room or place is more important for their home and explain why. Afterwards, they watch a video and choose what it is about from some options. Following that, students choose the correct answers to questions about the flat in the video. They then watch the video again and check. Next, students listen to a recording about a flat and living conditions. They decide which sound (/θ/ or /ð/) is pronounced in words featuring the -th letter combination (There are three rooms.).
DISCUSSION
In this part of the beginner lesson on homes, students examine home features (e.g. two bedrooms, four children, a cat) and compare them to what the couple in the video has and what they have. They add some details. After that, students say if they agree with sentences about opinions on living in a small flat (e.g. If you live in a small flat, you don’t have to clean it very often.). Students use phrases for expressing opinions and agreement (e.g. I think/don’t think that… because…) and add some details. Then, they imagine the family in the video wants to move to a different city. Students decide which place is better for them. They give reasons why one place is better and why the other place is worse.
HOMEWORK/REVISION
This lesson plan also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students complete gaps with question words (e.g. how, how many, what). Then, they answer the questions. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.
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Thank you very much for this lesson at A1 to A2 level. I missed this level here. I hope that more lessons will be added.
Hi! Yes, more A1/A2 lessons are coming 🙂
Totally agree, I think it’s the first A1-A2 lesson, which I love because it makes for a great transition from A1 to more complex language!
Glad to hear that!
Unfortunately, the video is absolutely not A1/A2.
Hi! I’d say an authentic video is never A1/A2. It’s rather about how the video is used in the lesson. Here, students need to get the gist first and then are asked to recognize some of the words they already know (like numbers) in different contexts. It might be a challenge, sure, but being exposed to authentic materials helps students become better communicators outside the controlled environment of the classroom.
To help students understand the video, you can change the speed to 0.75 and play the video or its parts several times.
I’ll use this lesson for the first time today. I hope things turn out well. I’ll ask my student to produce a short vlog in her house, showing a bit of it, to personalize it even more 🙂
Thanks for sharing, hope your student enjoys it!