Unit 10 grade 6: Our houses in the future – Skills 1
1. Reading
1.1. Task 1 Unit 10 grade 6
Look at the picture and discuss with a partner. (Look at the picture and discuss it with a friend.)
1. What type of house do you think it is? (What kind of house do you think it is?)
2. Where do you think the house is? (Where do you think this house is located?)
3. What can you see around the house? (What do you see around the house?)
4. What can you see in the house? (What do you see in the house?)
Guide to answer
1. It’s a villa./ It’s a hi-toch house. (It’s the mansion. / It’s the high-tech house.)
2. On the ocean (In the ocean)
3. A helicopter, garden, trees, swimming pool… (A helicopter, garden, tree, swimming pool,…)
4. Robots in the kitchen, a TV, a computer, a hi-fi stereo,.. in the living room.
(The robots in the kitchen, a TV, a computer, a sound system,… in the living room.)
1.2. Task 2 Unit 10 grade 6
Quickly read the text. Check your ideas from 1.1. (Read the passage quickly. Check your ideas from section 1.1.)
1.3. Task 3 Unit 10 grade 6
Read the text and match the phrases in A with the correct ones in B. (Read the passage and match the phrases in section A with the correct phrases in section B.)
My future house will be on the ocean. It will be surrounded by tall trees and blue sea. There will be a swimming pool in front and a large flower garden behind the house. There will be a helicopter on the roof so that I can fly to school.
My future house will have solar energy. There will be some robots in the house. They will help me do the housework, such as: cleaning the floors, cooking meals, washing clothes, watering the flowers and feeding the dogs and cats.
I will have a super smart TV in my house. It will help me surf the Internet, send and receive my e-mails, and contact my friends on other planets. It will also help me order food from the supermarket.
Guide to answer
1. a, c, e, h
1. The house will have robots to:
a. clean the floor;
c. wash clothes;
e. cooking;
H. water flowers
2. b, d, f, g
2. The house will have a super smart TV to:
b. contact with friends;
d. order food from the supermarket;
f. send and receive mail;
g. surf the Internet
Translated:
My future home will be in the ocean. The house will be surrounded by tall trees and blue sea. There will be a swimming pool in front and a large flower garden behind the house. There will be a helicopter on the roof so I can fly to school.
The house of the future will use solar energy. There will be some robots in the house. They will help me with household chores, such as: cleaning the floor, cooking rice, washing clothes, watering flowers and feeding dogs and cats.
I will have a super smart TV in my house. This TV will help me surf the net, send and receive email, and contact my friends on other planets. It will also help me to order food from the supermarket.
1.4. Task 4 Unit 10 grade 6
Read the passage again and answer the questions. (Read the passage again and answer the questions.)
1. Where will the house be located? (Where is the house located?)
2. What will there be in front and behind the house? (What will be in front and behind the house?)
3. Will the house have wind energy? (Will the house have wind power?)
4. What will the robots do? (What task will the robot perform?)
Guide to answer
1. On the ocean (In the ocean)
2. Swimming pool and garden are in front of the house. The trees are behind the house.
(Swimming pool and garden in front of house. Trees in back)
3. No, it won’t. (Are not.)
4. They will do the housework (clean the floors, cook the meals, wash the clothes, water the flowers and feed the dogs and cats).
(They will do housework (cleaning floors, cooking, washing clothes, watering plants and feeding cats and dogs).)
2. Speaking
2.1. Task 5 Unit 10 grade 6
Work in pairs. On a piece of paper, draw your future house (don’t show your partner Describe your house to your partner. Your partner will draw the house you describe. (Work in pairs. On a piece of paper, draw your future home (don’t tell your friends.) Describe your home to a classmate and the classmate will draw the house you describe.)
Example:
My house will be on the Moon. It will be large and comfortable.
(My house will be on the Moon. The house will be large and comfortable.)
2.2. Task 6 Unit 10 grade 6
Work in groups. Draw the appliances in your future bedroom then talk about them to the group. (Work in groups. Draw appliances in the future living room then talk about them to your group.)
Example:
I will have a smart phone to talk to my friends on other planets.
(I will have a smartphone to talk to my friends on other planets.)
3. Practice Task 1
Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?
I’m Brian. My future house will be a modern villa on the moon. It will be surrounded by many trees and flowers. There will be an automatic door so I can get in easily. There might be 10 rooms in my house: a living room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two toilets, a kitchen, a dining room and a room full of books. It will have robots to do household chores. The robots will clean my house, wash the dishes and clothes, cook meals, etc. It will be comfortable to live in that house.
Question 1: Brian’s house in the future will be a big penthouse.
Question 2: There is some trees and flowers around his house.
Question 3: There might be ten rooms in his house:
Question 4: It will have human to do household chores.
Question 5: It will be comfortable to live in that house.
4. Practice Task 2
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below
My dream house is different ___________ (6) the others. I love ___________ (7) in a motorhome. It will look like a normal truck, ___________ (8) there will be hi-tech appliances inside. I might change my address regularly. One day I might be in a beach. The other day I might move to the mountain. I will grow vegetables on the windows. There will be ___________ (9) automatic cleaner, a modern dishwasher, and a hi-tech fridge. I will install a wireless TV and Wi-Fi ___________ (10) the weather forecast, news and entertainment programs. I love my dream house so much.
Question 6: A. in B. from C. at D. of
Question 7: A. living B. live C. lived D. will live
Question 8: A. and B. so C. but D. because
Question 9: A. a B. an C. the D. x
Question 10: A. watch B. watching C. watched D. to watch
5. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, the children need to practice reading about a future house and do exercises related to the reading, drawing their future house and telling their friends about this house; At the same time, memorize the words in the lesson:
- type(n): type
- helicopter (n): helicopter
- hi-tech (adj): high technology
- ocean: sea, ocean
- roof: roof
- feeding dogs and cats
- solar energy: solar energy
- contact: contact
- order food: order food
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