Урок MY HOME IS MY CASTLE

MY HOME IS MY CASTLE

Proverbs:

• 1. East or West – home is best.
• 2. There’s no place like home.
• 3. My home is my castle.
• 4. Home, sweet home.
• 5. Men make houses, women make homes.

MY DREAM HOME

• I dream of a home so light and warm
• It’s not afraid of rain and storm.
• And everyone can find their place
• As my dream home has plenty of space
• A room for my mum,
• A room for my dad,
• A room for me and my brother Fred.
• And one sitting-room
• Where we get together
• And feel very nice
• In any weather.

Odd One Out

• glass, cup, bottle, sofa;

• kitchen, bed-room, carpet, bathroom;

• cupboard, wardrobe, bookcase, briefcase;

• coffee-maker, carpet, washing-machine, oven;

• bed, mop, table, chair;

• chimney, balcony, carpet, fence, roof;

• shower, bath, cooker, mirror, towel;

Name the room/place in a house:

1.kitchen

2.bedroom

3.bathroom

4.living-room

5.hall

6.pool

7.garden

8.garage

1. We cook in the…

2. We sleep in the…

3. We take a shower in the …

4. We watch TV in the……

5. We take off our coats and boots in the…

6. We can swim in the ……..

7. We grow trees and flowers in the

8. We keep our car in the …….

Look at the chart

• it’s the place where I live;
• only at home I can relax and rest;
• it’s a pleasant place to be at;
• I can invite guests and friends there;
• only at home I feel safe;
• I can do whatever I want : ....

I like my home,

because…

There is …… / There are ……

There is …… / There are ……

spacious/cramped bright/dark modern/old-fashioned nice & cozy

LISTENING TIME

Let’s check your answers

• “ Home is where the heart (1) __ is __.”
• That’s so true.
• I’ve lived in many different (2) ___ homes ___ during my life but not all of them have been home.
• When you are growing up, home is where your (3) ___ family ___ lives.
• I left home when I was 18 and slowly my childhood home was no longer.
• Now it’s (4)___ my ___ parents’ house and (5) ___ not _____ my home.
• I moved around a (6) __ _ lot ___ and only spent a year or so in most places I lived.
• They never really felt (7) ____ like _____ home.
• A (8) ___ home ___ is somewhere you feel totally relaxed and want to come home to.
• The expression “Home (9) ___ _ Sweet ____ Home” is also true.
• You have to have nice feelings about it to call it home.
• Home doesn’t have to be in your home (10) ___ country ____.
• I’ve lived in several countries and have had a home in all of them.

Developing communicative skills

DEVELOPING READING SKILLS

TRUE or FALSE?

• 1. F

1. There are two bathrooms and three or four bedrooms downstairs.

2. Downstairs they usually have a hall, kitchen, a dining-room and a living-room.

• 2. T

3. American families often keep a kitchen garden for growing vegetables.

4. Some families have two homes.

5. Some of them rent a house or a flat.

• 3. F

6. Most Americans stay at one place or city for all their life.

7. The Americans are always trying to make their homes better.

• 4. T
• 5. T

• 6. F

• 7. T

Answer the questions: 1. Do the Americans usually live in big houses? 2. What rooms do they have upstairs and downstairs? 3. What is there outside an American house? 4. Why do American families have two houses? 5. Are they all lucky to have their own (собственные) houses and flats? 6. Why do the Americans move from one place to another? 7. What do they do to make their homes better?

Fill in the gaps with the right words. 1. American homes are some of the ___________ in the world. 2. Upstairs there are two bathrooms and three or four ________. 3. They rarely keep a kitchen ________ for growing vegetables. 4. But they have another home near the _______ or in the mountains. 5. Some of them _______ a house or a flat. 6. The Americans who live in towns and cities _______ often. 7. The Americans are always trying to make their homes _________.

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME  

There’s no place like home

It may be big, it may be small

But wherever you go

Home’s the best place of all.

It may be quiet or noisy

It may be dark or bright

But home is the place

Where everything’s all right.