Unit 2. My home. Lesson 5. Skills 1

What type of house is this?
Warm up:
A town house
A villa
A houseboat
An apartment
A country house
A stilt house
A caravan
A cottage
A bungalow
- They are strange (crazy) houses.
- How are the houses?
Unit 2:
MY HOME
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
ENGLISH 6
Unit 2: MY HOME
Lesson 5: Skills 1
- Crazy (a) :
Kỳ dị, lạ thường
- Strange (a) :
lạ, kỳ lạ
- Messy (a) :
lộn xộn, bừa bãi
- Shape (n) :
hình dạng
*Vocabulary:
It’s Hang Nga Guest House or Crazy House Hotel in Dalat.
Have you ever visited Dalat?
If yes, have you visited this place?
A. Reading
1. Look at the text (don’t read). Answer the questions.
a. What type of text is it?
b. What’s the title of the text? What’s the topic?
c. Write three things you know about Dalat?
A ROOM AT THE CRAZY HOUSE HOTEL, DA LAT
1. Look at the text (don’t read). Answer the questions.
a. What type of text is it?
b. What’s the title of the text? What’s the topic?
c. Write three things you know about Dalat?
It’s an e-mail.
The title is “A room at the crazy house hotel, Da Lat”.
The topic is “Nick’s weekend at the Crazy House Hotel”.
It is located in the South Central Highlands and it is a popular tourist attraction in Vietnam.
It is the capital of Lam Dong province.
It is known as the City of Flowers and Flowers Festival is held annually there. It also has famous waterfalls, pine hills, love valley and Xuan Huong lake. It has mild temperature which is cool all year round.
A ROOM AT THE CRAZY HOUSE HOTEL, DA LAT
2. Quickly read the text. Check your ideas from 1.
3. Read the text again and answer the questions
1. Is Nick with his brother and sister?

2. How many rooms are there in the hotel?

3. Why is the room called the Tiger room?

4. Where is his bag?

5. What rooms are there in the hotel?
- No, he isn’t. He is with his parents.
- There are ten rooms.
- Because there is a big tiger on the wall.
- It’s under the bed.
-There are: Kangaroo, Eagle, Ant rooms, etc.
4. Are there these things in the room?
a window a sofa a cooker

a cupboard a shelf a lamp

a desk a poster a CD player
a tiger
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* Further Practice: Choose the best answer
1. There are ten ………. in the Crazy House Hotel.
A. room B. rooms C. kitchens D. animals
2. The rooms are named ………. different animals.
A. is B. on C. at D. after
3. There ……….. clothes on the floor of Nick’s room.
A. is B. isn’t C. are D. aren’t
4. Nick and his parents ……….. at a hotel now.
A. am staying B. are staying
C. stay D. stayed
5. There ……… a desk and two chairs in the room.
A. is B. are C. be D. have
* Discussion:
The good/ interesting things of Nick’s room:


The bad things:


How is the room?

Do you want to stay in a Crazy House Hotel?
- There’s a tiger on the wall.
- There are books on the shelf, etc.
- The bag is under the bed.
- The clothes are on the floor
- It / The room is messy.
- Yes, it’s an interesting experience.
- No, I don’t like crazy things.
B. Speaking
5. Create a new room for the hotel. Draw a plan for the room.
- Why is the room called the … room? ( Dog / Cat / Horse / Dolphin / Porcupine / Alligator / Rhino, etc.)
- Where is your bed ? (under the window / next to the door / in the corner / in the middle of the room…)
- What are there in your room? (a TV / a fridge / air-conditioner / a stereo / a CD player / a piano, etc.)
- How is your room? ( big / bright with a lot of windows / overlook the city / clean / dirty / messy / tidy / nice, etc.)
- Do you want to invite your friends to come / to visit your room? (yes / no – why?)
5. Create a new room for the hotel. Draw a plan for the room.
6. Show your plan to your partner then describe the room to other students in the class.
This is my Rhino room. There is a big bed in the middle of the room. There are two lamps next to the bed for me to read books at night before sleeping.
There is a big TV on the wall, opposite to my bed. I can lie in the bed watching TV. There is also a sofa and two armchairs in my room, too. There is a desk and two chairs for me to study. There is a bathroom in my room, and there is a fridge in front of the bathroom. The most interesting thing about my room is the big balcony where I can enjoy the fresh air, watching lines of people moving in the streets below. You should visit my room. It’s great.
HOMEWORK
- Review prepositions of place and the structures “There is / are …”.
- Write a short passage describing the room you design for the hotel in order to show in class next time.
- Prepare SKILLS 2 (page 23).