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

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out the sentences.
Key
1 
basement
 2 
storey
 3 
roof
 4 
balcony
 5 
garage
 
6 
gate

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 4 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
Writing (page 19)
Ask the children to look at the photo next to the text, and 
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read the title 
An interesting house
. Ask 
Why is this house 
interesting?
Read the text while the children follow it in their books. 
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Then ask some questions to check understanding, e.g. 
What does the roof look like? Why is it a good idea to put soil 
and grass on the roof? Is it hot inside the house in summer?
8 Complete the sentences using 
extremely
, 
very
, 
quite
 and 
not very
.
Read the text in the blue box.
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Write these phrases on the board: 
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quite funny, extremely 
funny, not very funny, very funny
. Ask the children to put 
them in order from the most funny to the least funny.
Look at Exercise 8. Let the children work in pairs to choose 
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an appropriate adverb for each gap. (Note that there may 
be more than one correct answer.)
Check the answers as a class.
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Key
1 
extremely/very
 2 
very/quite
 3 
not very

4 
extremely/very
 5 
quite
 6 
not very
9 Write about an unusual house or building that