The home things TEACHING OF ESL AND CHILDRENS LITERATURE

THE HOME THINGS

WORK DONE BY:

Marc Bailach Sandiego
Vicente Bosch Montagud
Jose Miguel Gonzlez Navarro
Mngeles Herriz Rivas
Joaqun Jerez Martnez

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INDEX
1. Context
2. Pre-telling
2.1. Members of the family
2.2. Name of the furniture
2.3. Recognize your family
3. Telling
4. Post-telling
5. Bibliography

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1. Context
The home things is a story thought for children. This tale is about a family who
lives in their home. When they go out from their home, furniture starts to talk to
each other, for example, television starts to talk to the selves. Furniture is not
happy about their work and they complain about it. All of them decide to change
their work and when family comes back to home all is in a mess. Family doesnt
understand anything and they call the police.
Finally, mum discovers whats going on with her furniture and she speak with them
and convince them.
Our group has chosen the first course of primary to work it and to teach new
concepts, such as family words and furniture home words.

2. Pre-telling
2.1. Members of the family
Firstly, teacher show children some flashcards from the family, in order to introduce
better the vocabulary of family. Teacher show every flashcard and pronounce them
in loud.
Teacher speaks to the class about a famous family from de TV, for example
Simpsons family or the Flintstones. Some teachers make up like these families
(one of them) and they make a representation.
With this activity teacher try that children know vocabulary about family and
furniture and their pronunciation.
2.2. Name of the furniture
Teacher show children some flashcards from the furniture. To introduce better the
vocabulary of furniture, they will bring to class real photos which appear in the
book, they can get the photos of the furniture from some magazine, book,
newspaper, etc. This is an opportunity of knowing objects related with the real
nature. It is perfect for stimulate them to being curious people. So when they will
go to some house they will know the name of a lot of elements.
2.3. Recognize your family
Teacher show their pupils photos of her or his family and she explains who
everyone is. Children have to look for some photos in their home from their family.
Next day they have to bring the photos to the class and show them to their
classmate and explain who everyone is. They can say the full name and what is the
relationship with him.

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3. Telling
This part will consist in a motor tale extracted from de book The things home. It
consists in a family who live all together in their home. One day, when they were
going out of the house, they closed the door and television started to talk to the
selves.
Television, bookshelf, blanket, video tapes, fridge, etc, started to complain because
nobody was happy with the role in the house and they decided to change.
When the family arrived home they found all in a mess and they started to try to
find out what have happened in their home. Finally mum finds out the answer.
In the telling part teacher has to read the tale. Teacher has to speak about the
story to the children. They have a little flashcards with them while she or he is
telling the story to them. When the teacher say the name of some furniture the
children who has the flashcard of this furniture has to raise it. The same for the
family members name.
The story is:
Once upon a time there was a girl who lived with her parents and her pet. One
day, when they were going out of the house, they closed the door and the
television started to talk to the shelves.
What a bore! They have me switched on all the day- said the television.

Dont complain-said the bookshelf. - They have me full of books and they never
take weight away from me.
And what about me?- said the sofa. I have to support their weight and arms.
I, a little blanket, have the dog all the day on me,
And we- said the video tapes- We have always to be the one over the other.
I-said the television shelf- have to support miss television that always heats up
and makes a lot of noise.
The fridge said. I have to be all the day opening and closing the door and cold
escapes from me:
Anyway, nobody was happy with their role in the house. So they decided to change.
The sofa wanted to be the fridge and put all the food on it, the three book shelves
wanted be a sofa each one so they lied on the floor.
The television shelf wanted to be the dogs bed, the television wanted to be the
bookshelf and all the books put on it, the videotapes got into the fridge and the
dogs blanket, who wanted to be a painting, put itself on the wall.
When the family arrived home, they found all in a mess and they started to scream.
Which scandal is this? Who has made it?

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The family went out horrified and phoned the police from a telephone box. When
the police arrived and entered with the family in the home they found all the
furniture in its place. The police told the family off. Police does not have time for
jokes. The family was left astonished.
The following day, it happened exactly the same; all the furniture had change its
place and had a different task.
The third day, the mother was the last to go out. She closed the door with a slam
and remained in the house. She saw how the furniture started talking but before
they could move she said keep still! I dont want anything to move. The pieces of
furniture were astonished, they had been caught.
I want to talk to you for a moment, before you do some crazy thing- said the
mother- Why your changes do places everyday
Its boring to do always the same thing- the furniture answered.
But the mother said them thats what you are made for.
But you treat us very bad- said the furniture- so we wont pay attention to you
and everyday well do the same until you learn that things, no matter how useless
they are, always have a heart.
The mother asks them for their pardon and they made a deal From now on, my
daughter, my husband, the dog and I will treat you with care and love. And so,
when the furniture saw that they were not threaded with indifference, they decided
to be in peace and be all happy.
After that, teacher makes a summary of the story. While she is telling the story the
children have to do the same activity, raise the flashcard when the teacher say the
name.
The summary it could be like that,
There is a family who live in a beautiful house. They are happy in their home. Every
day they leave their home to go to work or to go to the school.
When the home is empty, furniture stars to speak each other. Some of them
complain all the time about their work, for example, the television says that it is
turn on all the time and this is bored for it. Bookshelf complains because she is
plenty of books. The sofa complains because it has to support their weight and
arms. Fridge said that its live is not good as well because it has every time its door
open and cold is escaping from him. They are angry, so they decide to move to
other place different that they are at the first moment.
When family comes back to home after a long day they see how all their furniture is
out of their natural place. They call the police but when police comes to their home
all the furniture is their right place. Every day is the same until one day, mum
leaves the home like every day, but she hides behind the door and listening what
happens inside her home. She listens how their furniture complains about their
hard life. She goes inside and speaks with all her furniture and she asks them the
reason why they are unhappy and why they are angry with all of them. Furniture
explains all their reason. Mum says that she and her family will try to take care all
of them but that they were created to do the functions that they are doing every

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day. Furniture understands the mum. Now, furniture are in calm and family takes
care their furniture.

4. Post- telling
To check that children have learnt every new concept, the teacher will do some
different activities.
One of them is that the teacher gives children the flashcards of furniture and the
family words. When she pronounces the name of furniture or family children have
to show the flashcard.
Another activity is that teacher and children go to the gym of the school and they
play a game. Firstly, teacher prepares the activity and put some photos of furniture
on the gyms wall or even real furniture if this is possible around the gym. When
children arrive to the gym, they must go to the middle of the gym and make a
circle around the teacher. Teacher pronounces the word of the furniture and they
have to find the furniture flashcards or to teach the furniture.
Children could prepare a tree family too. Teacher teaches them how they can do it
with one example (Simpsons family or Flintstones). Later that show an example
they have to prepare one family tree. Teacher has two possibility, one is their true
family tree with photos (they bring this photos from their home) and another
possibility is that the teacher brings some newspaper and magazines to the class
and the children have to look for photos the people, a man, a women, children, etc
and prepare a family tree with the photos that they have cut from this magazines.
If we want to check of children have known the furniture name teacher will give
them and photography with some furniture. They have to say the name of every
one in loud to their classmate. Later they have to look for the same furniture in
their home and make a photography (parents help them in this activity).

5. Bibliography
The home things. Original tales to education

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ANNEX
(Teacher has some activities to practice more this vocabulary)

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Activity 1 (Post-telling)

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Activity 2 (Pre-telling)

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