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K-12 Sample Topics: House and Home

by Stefano Lariccia — last modified 2005-05-06 15:31
 

Types and Lodging:

  • house, apartment, rental and owned

    • Rooms and Other Lodging Components:

    • identification, size/function, furnishings, garden/terrace/balcony/appliances

Suggested Activities

Students are asked to

  • Draw a house then write a paragraph describing it
  • Draw a room with furnishings; work in pairs: tell each other name and function of each object
  • Bring in cut-outs of rooms and furnishings; get togheter with a partner and describe their color, shape and qualities
  • Make collage of all pictures to form a town/neighborhood,display;
  • Playing guessing game: furnishings’ or rooms’ function (i.e. We go to sleep in it every night. What is it?)

Culture Components

  • Shortage of housing
  • Family unit usually includes granparents