Oxford Primary Skills Unit Teaching Notes Oxford University Press 1 Lesson objectives

Writing (optional extension activity)
Ask the children to write a similar text about a place of 
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their choice. They might need to do some research about 
the place before they start. You might want to let them 
work in pairs. 

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 4 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
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Unusual houses
Lesson objectives
To understand texts describing unusual buildings
To understand and use the adverbs 
extremely, very, quite
and 
not very
To write a description of an unusual building
Language
It’s quite big and very pretty.
It is extremely good for the environment.
It’s got grass on the roof.
Key vocabulary: 
normal, unusual, upside down, attic, ceiling, 
the right way up, tourist attraction, impossible, unlike, crystal
More words: 
balcony, basement, garage, gate, roof, storey
Reading (page 16) 
Before reading
1 Discuss these questions.
Ask the children to open their books at pages 16 and 17. 
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Draw their attention to the unit title and the photos. Say 
Here are three unusual houses. We’re going to find out why 
they are unusual.
Read and discuss the questions with the class. Encourage 
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them to use as much English as possible, but let them use 
L1 where necessary.
2 Read and listen. 
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First read the red words in the text and explain their 
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meanings where necessary (or you could give the children 
a few minutes to look up the words in dictionaries). Model 
and drill pronunciation.
Now say each of the red words in turn and ask the