Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 17

Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 17

​Housing solutions & I might live downtown

by Ngọc Minh Nguyễn

​UNIT 5 - ROOM FOR ME

​- WELL BEING

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​Unit 5 Overview

• Talk about different kinds of housing, where you prefer to live, and what houses will be like in the future; talk about brain power, accidents, and illnesses, and improving fitness.

• Use thinking skills: brainstorm, evaluate, and understand.

• Read about housing solutions and brain power.

• Use strategies to keep talking by asking for and giving opinions; to start and keep talking by agreeing and disagreeing, asking about an illness, and making a statement stronger.

• Use critical thinking skills to develop an ad campaign to improve public health

​Lesson Overview

​Content Objectives

​Students will be able to

• write about where they might live in the future.

  talk about changes in their neighborhood or city over the next five years.

​Language Objectives

​Students will

• learn vocabulary about housing and living together.

  learn about future forms.

  learn about future possibility and certainty

  practice listening for attitudes.

  practice pronouncing /aʊ/ and /oʊ/

Open Ended

Practice 1. READING SKILL – Predict. Look at the picture and the title of the article in Practice 2. What do you think the article is about?

Multiple Select

Practice 2. Read the article. Then check (✓) all the correct options.

1. What are the advantages of half-houses for the city?

• They are low-cost.

• They don’t collapse in an earthquake.

• They are big enough for families.

• They have a garage.

• Residents choose what to build

Multiple Select

Practice 2. Read the article. Then check (✓) the correct options.

2. What are the apartments like at Carmel Place?

• People can change the small space in many ways.

• They are big enough for families.

• They have a kitchen and an office in two rooms.

• There are washing machines in the apartment building.

• The half-houses are built in a traditional style.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 3. Complete each sentence with a bold word from the text in Practice 2.

1. Something that is __________ is cheap, not expensive.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 3. Complete each sentence with a bold word from the text in Practice 2.

2. A __________ is a place where you can stand outside a window.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 3. Complete each sentence with a bold word from the text in Practice 2.

3. If you can __________ something, you have enough money for it.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 3. Complete each sentence with a bold word from the text in Practice 2.

4. A __________ is a seat for two or three people.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 3. Complete each sentence with a bold word from the text in Practice 2.

5. The long, narrow area in a house that leads to different rooms is the __________.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 3. Complete each sentence with a bold word from the text in Practice 2.

6. When you __________ a place, you pay money each month to live there.

​MAKE IT REAL

​When people say they are “good to go,” it means they are ready to do something,

e.g.We have popcorn, soda, and tickets for the movie. We’re good to go!

Fill in the Blank

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

1. I’m going to go __________________ this afternoon. I want to find a place to live.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

2. You share a house with a __________________, but you share a room or an apartment with a__________________.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

3. You __________________ if you don’t live with other people.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

4. When you live in a house that you share with other people, you __________________ in a house.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

5. When people __________________ and __________________, they pay for things together, and they take turns doing the chores.

Fill in the Blank

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

6. A __________________ is an apartment with one room and a bathroom.

​Pronunciation

​low-cost /ˌləʊˈkɒst/

​balcony /ˈbæl.kə.ni/

​afford /əˈfɔːd/

​couch /kaʊtʃ/

​hall /hɔːl/

​rent

apartment hunting /əˈpɑːt.mənt ˈhʌn.tɪŋ/

live alone

roommate

share the chores /ʃeər ðə tʃɔːrz/

housemate /ˈhaʊs.meɪt/

rent a room /rent ə ruːm/

share the bills /ʃeər ðə bɪlz/

studio apartment /ˈstud·iˌoʊ əˌpɑrt·mənt/

Poll

MAKE IT YOURS

Do you live in an apartment, a house, or a townhouse? Search online or use a dictionary to find the right words and phrases

Open Ended

Practice 5. IN PAIRS. Would you rather live alone or have roommates? Discuss. Explain why using the phrases from Practice 4.

apartment hunting, housemate, live alone, rent a room,

roommate, share the bills, share the chores, studio apartment

​could

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Choose the correct option.

1. I rent / ‘m going to rent an apartment downtown next year.

• rent

• 'm going to rent

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Choose the correct option.

2. I meet / am meeting my friend tomorrow at 9 a.m.

• meet

• am meeting

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Choose the correct option.

3. Do you think you will rent / are renting an apartment in the future?

• will rent

• are renting

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Choose the correct option.

4. What do you do / are you going to do this weekend?

• do you do

• are you going to do

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Choose the correct option.

5. My new job starts / will starting next month, and I need to find somewhere to live.

• starts

• will starting

​FUTURE POSSIBILITY AND CERTAINTY (MAY, MIGHT, COULD, WILL, WON’T, PROBABLY, DEFINITELY)

​Function

We use may, might, and could to talk about things that are possible in the future. We use "probably" when we are almost sure about the future. We use "definitely" when we are very sure about the future.

definitely won’t 0%

probably won’t 5%

might 10%

may 30%

could 50%

​can 80%

probably will 90%

definitely will 100%

Multiple Choice

Practice 7. Read the conversations and choose the correct option.

1. A: Do you think you might live in your home town after you graduate?

B: Oh yes! I __________ live there. I’m sure of that.

• a. probably will

• b. might

• c. will definitely

Multiple Choice

Practice 7. Read the conversations and choose the correct option.

2. A: Do you think you’ll live in another city in the future?

B: Maybe, but I __________. I’m not sure.

• a. might not

• b. could not

• c. won’t

Multiple Choice

Practice 7. Read the conversations and choose the correct option.

3. A: Do you think you might live in another country one day?

B: Well, I guess I __________ get a job in another country. I don’t know.

• a. will

• b. may not

• c. could

Multiple Choice

Practice 7. Read the conversations and choose the correct option.

4. A: What kind of place do you think you might live in after you graduate?

B: I __________ have enough money for a house, so I might rent a small apartment.

• a. may not

• b. could

• c. might

Multiple Choice

Practice 8. LISTENING SKILL – Listen for attitude. Listen to two people talking. Choose the word that describes each person’s attitude.

1. Ashley:

• a. uncertain

• b. afraid

• c. unhappy

Multiple Choice

Practice 8. LISTENING SKILL – Listen for attitude. Listen to two people talking. Choose the word that describes each person’s attitude.

2. Ethan:

• a. nervous

• b. excited

• c. uninterested

Fill in the Blank

Practice 9. Listen again and choose the correct option.

1. Ashley _____ living with her family.

a. likes b. doesn’t like

2. Ethan’s brother and his friends _____

a. share an apartment. b. live near each other.

3. Ashley _____ to live with a friend.

a. wants b. doesn’t want

4. Ethan says that _____ might be hard.

a. finding a cheap apartment b. traveling to work

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​Pronunciation /aʊ/ & /oʊ/

​Practice 11. Write each word in the correct category. Then listen and repeat the words.

1. /aʊ/ like house: allow, found, now, sound

2. /oʊ/ like go: below, know, own, phone

Poll

Practice 12. Check (✓) all the housing problems your neighborhood or city faces.

• Rents are high

• The construction isn’t good.

• Houses / apartments are expensive.

• Houses / apartments are too small.

• There aren’t enough places to live.

Open Ended

Practice 12. Write other housing problems your neighborhood or city faces.

Poll

Practice 13. How do you think your neighborhood or city is going to change over the next five years? Choose if you think you Agree or Disagree. Why? Add two more ideas.

1. Companies or the government are going to build many more houses or apartment buildings.

Poll

Practice 13. How do you think your neighborhood or city is going to change over the next five years? Choose if you think you Agree or Disagree. Why? Add two more ideas.

2. Young people will move to other areas to live.

Poll

Practice 13. How do you think your neighborhood or city is going to change over the next five years? Choose if you think you Agree or Disagree. Why? Add two more ideas.

3. Companies or the government will build cheaper places to live.

Open Ended

Practice 13. How do you think your neighborhood or city is going to change over the next five years?

Write your own ideas

​Practice 14. IN PAIRS.

​Discuss the questions. Use the Confident Communicator box to help you.

1. What are some problems with housing in your area?

2. How do you think housing will change in your area?

​CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR: KEEP TALKING

Use the following expressions to ask for opinions.

What do you think?

What about you?

What’s your opinion?

Do you agree?

​Practice 15

​Practice 15. Choose three possibilities and how likely each possibility is for you in the future: 1 (definitely won’t), 2 (probably won’t), 3 (may, might, could), 4 (probably will), or 5 (definitely will).

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live in a small town ______ live in another country ______	live with your parents ______ live with other family members ______
live in the center of a big city ______	live in an apartment building ______
live in a house with a yard ______	live with a friend ______

Open Ended

Practice 16. Write about where you might live in the future. Use the Confident Communicator box to help you.

"I’ll probably live in another country for a few years, because…"

CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR: KEEP TALKING

Use the following expressions to ask for reasons for opinions

Why is that? Why do you think that? Why do you say that?