Unit 3 — Home and My Room

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

  • I can name 14 things in a room and four rooms in a house.
  • I can use there is / there are in positive, negative, and questions.
  • I can write 6 sentences describing my home or my room.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
  • 3.1.3.5 Schreiben
  • 3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Lead-in story Link to heading

Theo opens the front door. The hallway smells of bread and rain. To the right is the kitchen, with its loud fridge and quiet kettle. The living room has a large window onto the courtyard. Down the hall is Mia’s bedroom — door always almost shut, never quite open. Frida the fox arrives at the back door, wet and polite. “I won’t go in,” she says. “I just like to be invited.”

1. Activate Link to heading

Room sketch. Quick-draw your bedroom in 60 seconds. Mark four items: bed, desk, window, one personal thing. Show your partner.

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — house and room Link to heading

Rooms: bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom, hallway, dining room, basement, attic. Furniture: bed, desk, chair, sofa, armchair, table, wardrobe, bookshelf, lamp, mirror, rug, curtain. Other: window, door, ceiling, floor, wall, drawer, shelf.

Grammar — there is / there are (full toolkit) Link to heading

Positive:

  • There is a bed. / There are two windows.

Negative:

  • There isn’t a TV. / There aren’t any chairs.

Questions:

  • Is there a desk? / Are there any plants?
  • Short answers: Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.

Quantifier note: some in positives; any in negatives and questions.

Prepositions of place Link to heading

on, under, in, in front of, behind, between, next to, above, below, opposite. Quick examples: The lamp is on the desk. The shoes are under the bed. There is a poster opposite the window.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Fill in is / are / isn’t / aren’t: There __________ a bed. There __________ no chairs. __________ there a lamp?
  2. Choose some / any: There are __________ books on the shelf. There aren’t __________ chairs.

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Describe your kitchen in 4 sentences using there is/are + 2 prepositions.
  2. Write 3 questions a guest might ask: Is there a …? Where is …? Are there …?
Answer key

Controlled. 1. is / are / Is. 2. some / any.

Productive. 3-4. Open; check structures.

4. Produce Link to heading

Pen-pal letter — My Home. Write 6 sentences describing your home or your room to an English pen-pal. Use at least 3 there is/are sentences and 2 prepositions.

Sample Link to heading

Hi James, this is my home. There is a small kitchen with a loud fridge. There are two bedrooms. My room is next to the bathroom. There is a desk under the window and a poster of a fox above the bed. There aren’t any TVs in the house, but there is a piano in the living room.

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can name 14 room/home words.
  • I can use there is/are in positive, negative, and questions.
  • I can write a 6-sentence pen-pal letter about my home.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence that uses something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Mia’s flat there are four rooms: a kitchen, a living room, and two bedrooms. Mia’s room is small but bright. There is a desk under the window. There aren’t any TVs.”

  1. How many rooms: ___ . 2. Mia’s room is ___ . 3. The desk is ___ . 4. TV? ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read about a small flat.

“There are two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a kitchen with a window. There is no living room — the kitchen is also the dining room. There is a sofa in the bigger bedroom.”

T or F: 1. Two bedrooms. 2. One bathroom. 3. There is a living room. 4. The sofa is in the kitchen.

Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading

Fill in there is/are, positive or negative.

  1. ___ a desk in my room. (positive)
  2. ___ any chairs in the bedroom. (negative)
  3. ___ two windows in the kitchen?
  4. ___ a lamp on the desk.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 6 sentences about your room or home to a pen-pal. Use there is/are and prepositions.

Answer key
T1. 4, small / bright, under the window, no. T2. T, T, F, F. T3. 1. There is, 2. There aren’t, 3. Are there, 4. There is. T4. Open.
Notenschlüssel (von 30)
| 28–30 | 1 | 24–27 | 2 | 20–23 | 3 | | 15–19 | 4 | 9–14 | 5 | 0–8 | 6 |

Downloads Link to heading

**Slide deck timing.** 45 minutes total. Lead-in 3 min · Activate 4 min · Input 12 min · Practise 8 min · Produce 13 min · Reflect 5 min.

Differentiation. Below Niveau E (mixed group): provide a support card with the key structure. Above Niveau E: extension question linking to the next Unit’s grammar.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • There is two beds → ✗ / There are two beds → ✓.
  • some in negatives sounds wrong: There isn’t some lamp → There isn’t any lamp.
  • L1 trap: German Es gibt always → there is/are.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • BBC Learning English — Around the house.
  • British Council — My House worksheets.

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