Unit 8: A. Getting Started

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UNIT 8
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A. Getting Started
1. Look at the photographs marked A, B, C, D, E, and F below. What can you see in the
pictures? Tell a classmate what you think.
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2. Write a word or phrase to describe the above pictures.

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3. Using up to five words, describe the six pictures above.

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Now, compare your description with your friend’s. Which one describes the pictures
better?
4. Repeat the above activity, but this time use only ONE word.
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Compare your title with your friend’s.
5. Using the word in question 4 above as a category, write 10 other things you know that
belong to this category.
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6. Are you familiar with the word ‘dwelling’?
B. Q & A
Answer the following questions. Write your answers to the questions and explain your
reasons (why? or why not?). Work on your own, then share your ideas with a friend(s).
1. What type of dwelling do your family live in?
2. Describe your family’s dwelling using 6 adjectives.
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3. As a student in Makassar, in what type of dwelling do you live in?
4. Describe your own dwelling in Makassar using 6 adjectives.
5. What do you like and dislike most about the two places?
Your family home Your place in Makassar

Like: Like:
Dislike: Dislike:
6. What makes an ideal dwelling for a family? Write your ideas for each the eight aspects
below.
Size
Location
Price
Number of occupants
Number of bedrooms
Other rooms
Features
Other
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7. A home is ..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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8. A house is ..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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9. What do you think “home sweet home” means?
10. There’s a saying that goes: “A house is made of bricks and stone. A home is made of
love alone.” What do you think it means?
11. A lot of people in Indonesia and around the world are homeless. What do you think
makes people homeless?
12. People have been saying in the news lately that it is becoming harder for millennials
around the world to buy homes. Do you agree with the statement? Why/Why not?
13. Is there anything else you want to say about dwellings, houses, homes?
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C. Talk to a Friend
Ask a classmate the above questions. Then, answer your classmate’s questions about you.
D. Task
Make a poster with pictures and descriptions of your house where you come from, or of
your rented room/house in Makassar. Hand it in and/or display it on the wall before the
lesson next week.
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2. Write a word or phrase to describe the above pictures.

3. Using up to five words, describe the six pictures above.

6. Are you familiar with the word ‘dwelling’?

1. What type of dwelling do your family live in?

2. Describe your family’s dwelling using 6 adjectives.

3. As a student in Makassar, in what type of dwelling do you live in?

4. Describe your own dwelling in Makassar using 6 adjectives.

Your family home Your place in Makassar

9. What do you think “home sweet home” means?

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