Information.

1. Elicit what Pp know about ancient cities.

2. Tell Pp to look at the pictures and say which buildings they can see, what people are doing. Elicit the words amphitheatre, temple, bath house.

3. Ask Pp to read the text and match the description of the building with its nowadays description and interesting fact.

1C Individual, class. To practise reading for detailed information.

Pp read the text again and find the answers to the questions.

2 Class. To get Pp to notice different structures used to talk about buildings and places.

Pp read the text again and match two parts of the sentences in the exercise.

Background information for the teacher

The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. It officially opened in 1922.

The Hyundai Pavilion (formerly the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion) is a 65,000-seat amphitheater located in the hills of Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore, California, near San Bernardino. It is the largest amphitheater in North America. The orchestra, box, and loge sections seat a combined 10,902 people, while the lawn section seats 54,098.

3 Individual. To practise talking about buildings and places.

4 Homework. To practise writing, focusing on describing a city / town / village.

UNIT 8 TOWN AND VILLAGE

LESSON 5 BUILD IT YOURSELF

Communication objectives Pp will be able to talk about buildings and houses made of different materials		Vocabulary New Active: straw, glass, steel, wool(en), brick, straw Revision: wooden, wall, door, garden, unique, peaceful, wonderful, local sight Structures Revision: superlatives
Skills development Pp will practise reading for details reading for gist listening for specific information

Warm up

Start drawing a house with the least predictable part of it (line by line). Ask Pp to guess which building you are drawing. As soon as Pp guess that you have drawing a house ask them to brainstorm what materials are used for building houses.

1A Class. To introduce new vocabulary.

1. Draw the spidergram on th baord with the word ‘house’ in the centre.

2. Tell Pp to look at the pictures and say which materils they can see . Elicit the words wool, glass, steel, wood, straw, brick .

c) Ask Pp to read the words and match them with the ictures of materials.

1B Class. To develop reading for gist.

a) Ask Pp what materils people usually use for building houses.

b) Ask Pp to look at the pictures and say which house is a wooden, wool or paper one.

c) Pp read the article about the houses made of different materials and match with the nominations.

1C Individual. To prctise expressing attitude and opinion.

Pp give their own nominations to the house they have read about.

2A Class, individual. To practise listening for details.

1. Ask Pp to predict which houses children are going to build.

2. Pp listen to children talking about their house projects and match their photos labeled with names and the pictures of the houses.

Tapescript:
Programme host:	Welcome to our programme ‘Build it yourself’. Today we’ve got some projects of summer houses. Here’s number one. Hello. What’s your name?
Mat:	I’m Mat.
Programme host:	What’s your project?
Mat:	My project is called ‘A straw house’. I want to build a straw house for summer.
Programme host:	Really? A straw house? What’s it like?
Mat:	It’s a small house with a roof with one door and one window. It’s easy to build with my friends. You can do it in your garden, too.
Programme host:	Thank you very much. I hope your project will be on the top. Here’s number two. Hello. What’s your name?
Neil:	I’m Neil.
Programme host:	What’s your project?
Neil:	My project is called ‘Steel and Glass’.
Programme host:	Oh, it sounds modern. What’s it like?
Neil:	This house is next to the lake. It’s got glass walls. The roof can move. There’s a small garden on the roof.
Programme host:	Amazing! Can you build it yourself?
Neil:	My dad’s going to help me.
Programme host:	Thanks. I’m sure your project will be the most popular. Here’s number three. Hello. What’s your name?
Philip:	I’m Philip.
Programme host:	What’s your project?
Philip:	My project is called ‘A tree house.’
Programme host:	A tree house? Are you going to live in the tree?
Philip:	Yes, I like watching birds so I want to have a house in the tree.
Programme host:	What’s it like?
Philip:	It’s a small wooden house like a bird house in the tree.
Programme host:	Wonderful! Can you build it yourself?
Philip:	Sure. I’ll do it with my friends.
Programme host:	Thanks. I’m sure your project will be the most exciting.