Unit 5: House Design – Instructions

A. GROUP WORK - WRITING

Step 1: Form groups of 4-5 pupils. Step 2: Go to:

http://engels4.weebly.com/third-term.html and scroll down to the ‘needed documents’ section. Step 3: Divide these 7 assignments among your team members:

1. Writing a description of your dream house to an architect download “house_design_part_i.1.docx” +

“house_design_part_i.2.docx”. prepare the exercises on page 1-6(/7) and do the writing

assignment on page 42. Writing an interview with reactions of famous people

download “house_design_part_i.3.docx” do the writing assignment on page 8

3. Writing a report of the city council download “house_design_part_i.3.docx” watch the clips (page 8) and do the writing assignment

on page 94. Writing a reader's comment

download “house_design_part_i.3.docx” prepare the exercises on pages 10-12 and do the writing

exercise on page 135. Writing an e-mail to the house owner

download “house_design_part_ii.1.docx” + “house_design_part_ii.2.docx”

prepare the exercises on pages 15-18(/19) and do the

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writing exercise on page 20 (use the information on pages 21-23)

6. Writing instructions to the housekeeper download “house_design_part_iii.3.docx” prepare the exercises on pages 33-35 and do the writing

assignment on page 367. Writing an advert to sell Saint-Lewis College

download “house_design_part_iv.1.docx” prepare pages 38-40 + 45-49 and do the writing

assignment on pages 41-43

Step 4: With your group, decide which one of the seven written tasks is your best one. Mark it at the top as "Best Assignment" with a red pen! For this task you will be graded separately. This task will receive a mark for the whole group.

Step 5: You hand in the 7 assignments by the end of lesson 5. Please use the official heading which can be found on the website. TIP: check each other’s work before you hand in!

LOOK FOR THIS ICON IN THE DOCUMENTS:

Evaluation:

For every one of the seven written tasks that you complete, you receive a fixed mark for the whole group.

The task that you’ve marked as “Best Assignment” (cf. step 4) will be graded separately. This task will receive a mark for the whole group.

At the end of your group work, you will receive a form for PEER EVALUATION. You will divide marks among your team members for their efforts. These marks will count as individual marks.

B. INDIVIDUAL WORK – PRESENTATION OF A MOODBOARD

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Rules Everyone presents a moodboard individually. The presentations take place during lessons 3,4 and 5. You prepare your speaking exercise at home. Your group work

should be completely finished before you can spend time on your moodboard during the lessons.

Instructions Step 1: Download “house_design_part_iii.1.docx”,

“house_design_part_iii.2.docx” and “house_design_part_iii.3.docx” Step 2: Prepare the exercises on pages 24-32 since you will

need this vocabulary to make sure your presentation is detailed enough.

Step 3: You are an interior decorator and you have to design a room for a client. Your client is another person in the group. Decide which type of client you will have (single mom, older lady, …) and what type of house they want (minimalistic, romantic, cosy, country style, industrial, …)

Step 4: Choose one room in the house to design (Don’t take the bedroom). Choose furniture and accessories that you like from websites of furniture shops. Include colour samples, texture samples, overall look of the room and specific types of items of furniture and decoration that you like.

Step 5: Create your moodboard by using “IPiccy”. You can find a manual on http://engels4.weebly.com/third-term.html

Step 6: Describe your room in 3 minutes. Talk about items, colours, materials, numbers of things, kind of look (urban, cottage, minimal, …). Be persuasive and enthusiastic!

Examples:

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Look for cool items of furniture on Pinterest:

Evaluation

You receive an individual mark for the presentation of the moodboard.

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