My room

Objective & content

This writing sheet teaches pupils to describe their bedroom (This is my bedroom, The walls are..., There's..., There are..., There isn't..., on, in, next to, under, I do my homework there, I always...). Pupils read Noah's text about his room, take its phrases and write their own. By the end, they can write a description of 60 to 80 words that says what is in a room and where.

Pedagogical guide

Page 1 has Noah's text, with a photo of his room. The walls are light blue, there's a big window next to his bed and he can see the park from it. His desk is next to the window, with a lamp and his laptop, and his telescope stands next to the desk: at night, he looks at the stars. His cat Smudge sleeps on his bed every afternoon. There isn't a TV, but there are shelves with books, plants and his football cups, and he always reads in the grey chair before bed. Pupils answer six questions with three options each, then read the useful phrases, set out in the order of the text (start, colours, what's there, where, what you do there, end). Page 2 starts with four sentences to complete with on, under, next to and behind. Then pupils describe their own room or a room from a card (an attic room, a very messy room, a room with a guitar, a white room with a computer, each with four things the photo shows), and tick the checklist. The answer key gives a model description of the attic room.

Suggested procedure

1. (5 min) Ask "What's in your bedroom?" and list furniture words on the board.
2. (10 min) Read Noah's text aloud; pupils answer the questions.
3. (5 min) Read the useful phrases with the class; pupils underline There's and There are in the text.
4. (5 min) Page 2: pupils complete the sentences.
5. (20 min) Pupils choose a room, write their description and tick the checklist.
6. (5 min) A pupil reads a description of a card room; the class says which room it is.

Adaptations

[S] Pupils copy Noah's text and change the colours and the things in the room.

[A] Pupils add their dream room: "In my dream room, there's...".

Materials & prerequisites

One copy of pages 1 and 2 per pupil. Page 3 is the answer key, the model description and the teacher notes: keep it. Pupils need there is and there are, colours, furniture words and the present simple. To take it further, pupils draw a plan of their room and a partner draws it from their text.