Skills covered:
Logical reasoning
Critical thinking.
Creative thinking

General goal:
To develop  students’ability to describe ideal and real  objects

 Specific objectives:

Language development:

Materials / Visual aids:

4.Handouts for lesson activities

Instructional Procedures:

Warm-up activity
After greeting the teacher asks ‘ What kind of a house would you build if you were a millionaire?’ On the blackboard there is a grammar structure written before the class ‘ If I were a millionaire I would…’
The teacher asks some students eliciting more extended answers.

Brainstorming
Then he offers to think over a question ‘ What is an ideal house?  The work is organized in groups and after 3 minutes discussion answers are presented and written on the blackboard for comparison. To make work more fruitful  handouts for vocabulary extension are distributed.( Appendix A). In the end the general idea of an ideal house is formed.

Describe an ideal house
One of the students is asked to describe an ideal house using the results of brainstorming

Fallingwater by F.L.Wright.- discussion
The pictures of the FW house are demonstrated and the question is put-
How close is this house to an ideal house?
First the students are offered to say what they see
Second they are asked what  facilities can be in the house.
Then students are asked what adjectives can be applied to this house.
At some point of the discussion it becomes clear that students need additional information and they are offered a text for reading

Reading for details
Students are given texts  ( handouts B, from Wikipedia) and are given task – to fill in information gaps on handouts C. If the group is multilevel, the work can be organized in groups and the task can be divided between groups (7 questions each) or it can be done individually depending on the  class level.

Complete the sentence

After reading the text students discuss their answers and after that the teacher asks students what features of an ideal house are  seen in this building. Then the task is given Complete the sentence
If I  had bought a FW house  I would …have done…   ( add smth  or change smth).
The grammar construction is written on the blackboard.

Watching video

After that students are offered to watch a video created by a talented programmer as a  3D model ling and demonstrates the process of  house construction.
The task  is- to tick  the objects seen while watching the film ( handout D) , but it is to be done after watching the film as the tempo of the film is rather high. The best way is to do the work in groups.

Video discussion
After the video- task is completed and the results are discussed in groups (2minutes) they are presented to the class in turn : group 1, group2, group 3.

Create a poem.
The teacher  leads the students to the conclusion about   the information got at the lesson and about the impressions about the FW.
After some sharing impressions the teacher offers the students to write a poem about the FW. House using the rules of a ‘think way’ poem ( Handout E)
1-st line- one word  a noun determining the object
2-nd line- two words adjectives characterizing the object
3-d line three words verbs or phrases showing your personal attitude towards the object
4-th line  - one word  the essence or idea of the object

Students write poems on separate sheets of paper ( maybe of different colors) while the teacher sticks the picture of the FW house in the middle of a big paper and every poem is glued to this big paper, forming an unforgettable project devoted to the lesson

Lesson assessment
Students fill in the form ( handout  F)

Extra – class work
Students are asked to write an essay ( 100-120 words ) ‘The house of my dream’

Appendix A
F.L.Wright. Falling Water.
What is an ideal house

Appendix B

The Peacock Room

Adjectives for description
Exciting

Stimulating
Heady
Exhilarating
Provocative
Teasing
Piquant
Tantalizing
Evocative
Emotive
Suggestive
Spine chilling
Agitating
Moving
Inspiring
Rousing
Stirring
Sensational
Dramatic
Mind boggling
Gripping

Impressive

Imposing
Grand
Majestic
Picturesque
Striking
Arresting

Appendix  C
F.L.Wright. Falling Water

Reading for  details
Information Gap

Fill in the gaps with information from the text

    spaces.

________________________________ , _______________________ ,
________________________________ , ________________________.

      15.You can __________ the waterfall being in the house.

      16.A sense of closeness of the surroundings is given by________________________.

      17.The total cost of the house was _____________ at the time of the construction.

      18. The cost now is _____________.

      19. The Kaufmann family lived in the house from ___________ to __________.

      20.In __________ Kaufmann Jr. donated the property to ________________________   
__________________________.

Appendix  D
Falling Water   

Watching Video Task
Tick the  objects which you see while watching a video

Waterfall

Mountain

River

Trees

Sky

Flowers

Builders

Concrete slabs

Windows

Doors

Glass walls

Balconies

Granite stones

Cantilevers

Boulders

Rules
For
Think way poem

1-st line- one word  a noun determining the object

2-nd line- two words adjectives characterizing the object

3-d line three words verbs or phrases showing your personal attitude towards the object

4-th line  - one word  the essence or idea of the object

Appendix F
Falling Water

Lesson Assessment
Now I know the answer to the questions:

Now I can