LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Amine Sall

Level: Beginner 3
Goals: Talk about rooms and furniture
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
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List the different rooms in a house or apartment

Talk about furniture items

Talk about needs and preferences regarding furniture items.

Theme: Housing
Aim/Skill/Microskill
Correction of homework
Exercise C, p. 64

Activity 1: Listening
Describing home plans

Activity 2:
Talking about rooms

Activity/Procedure/Stage
Interaction
Match the descriptions to the correct
SS-SS
house. First, Students compare their
answers to their partners. There
follows a group correction at the board
Pre stage
T-SS
Do you remember Kyung who moved
from Korea to Florida with his family.
Right! He is now looking for
accommodation. He is interested in one
of the houses. Lets find out which one
it is.
While stage
SS-SS
First, look at the three home plans.
Then, listen to the CD and identify
Kyungs choice.
Answer: no 2
Post stage:
Now, lets get into Kyungs new home.
How many rooms are there in the
house?
Answer: 8
Pre stage
Look at the provided list of rooms.
Work with your partner and match the
names to the rooms in Kyung home
plan.
While stage
Teacher models the pronunciation of

Time
10mn

15mn

25mn
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T-SS

room names as the students correct the

pre satge task. What room (s) or
places is/are missing in Kyuungs
house?
Answers: garage, study room, hall,
garden.
Post stage
SS-SS
Draw the plan of your house or
apartment, and label the rooms.
Then, tell your partner about your
home plan.
Activity 3:
Talking about furniture

Pre stage
Now, lets look at the items that are
inside the rooms. Please, go to p.71
and learn the name of the furniture
items.
This is a couch, a table lamp, a
dresser, a bed, an armchair, a washer,
a dining table, a coffee table, a
refrigerator, a bookcase, etc.
While stage
Talk to your partner and help Kyung
arrange the furniture items in the
rooms. Decide what to put in each
room.
E.g., Kitchen: refrigerator, washer,
microwave.
Post stage
Reporting to the class. Discussing
items that could be placed in different
rooms.
E.g., dining table: Kitchen or living
room

Activity 4:
Pre-Stage
Problem solving: Managing You are planning to move to a new
apartment. You only have a budget of
$3,000 to spend on furniture for your
new apartment. First, make a list of
everything you want in your new
apartment. Then select the furniture
items you need to move in
While stage
Work in groups of three. Compare the

T-SS

25mn

SS-SS

SS-SS

Indiv

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30mn

Wrap-up

items you selected to your partners

lists. Discuss and come up with a
single list of priority items within your
budget limit.
Post stage
SS-SS
Reporting to the class.
Comparing lists of furniture items
Identifying top priorities
Lets review quickly what we learnt
today.
T-SS
What are the different rooms in a house
or apartment?
Answers: bedroom, living room,
kitchen, garage, study room, bathroom.
What are the furniture items we learnt
today?
Answers: bed, washer, couch, etc.
Homework:
Workbook: Page 55, exercises C & D.

Materials: Stand Out Textbook, Stand Out Lesson Planner; Stand Out Workbook.

10mn