Writing: Future Home

Future Home

Brainstorm what you would like your future house could be like:
- what type of a house and where?
- what kind of a neighborhood: a busy one with lots of activities (what kinds of activities?) or a quiet one? Describe in detail
- what rooms in your house?
- how is the house decorated (what colors, facilities (a bathtub, a skylight, an attic?) and what furniture?)
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Peer review

Kirjaudu sisään lähettääksesi tämän lomakkeen

Read your partner's text and answer the questions.

My name is


I read the text by


1. What is your first impression after reading?




2. Did the text have a clear structure?




3. Did the text have paragraphs?



4. Was each paragraph about ONE topic only? (if it had paragraphs)



5. What topic would you give each of the paragraphs?
(for example: 1. The house on the outside, 2. The first floor, 3. The second floor, 4. The neighborhood)


6. How would you evaluate the vocabulary (words)?




7. How would you evaluate the grammar?




8. How would you evaluate the spelling?




9. What was positive and interesting about the text?


10. What ONE thing should the writer pay attention to when writing their next text?

Kirjaudu sisään lähettääksesi tämän lomakkeen

Questions for Brainstorming: Talk with your partner

  • Do you like spending time at home?
  • Where do you live and lived before?
  • When you were a child, did you have to share a bedroom with your siblings?
  • What would be your ideal living arrangement?
    • house in a city, a block of flats, a cottage, a mansion, a castle?
    • Why?
  • What part of your country would you ideally like to live in?
    • capital, big city, small town, seaside town, village, countryside, mountains, island
    • Why?
  • If you could buy land and build your dream house, what would it look like?
    • old fashioned, modern, spacious, one floor, two floors
  • How many and what rooms would it have?
    • cellar, hall/corridor, living room, bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, a study, guest room, library, gaming room, balcony/veranda, concert hall, attic, roof
    • How big would they be?
  • Which room is the most important for you in your home?
  • How would you decorate it inside?
    • wood, metal, glass, carpets, tiles, paintings, mirrors, musical instruments
    • what kind of furniture
      • sofas
      • table and chairs
      • fireplace
  • Is it important to have a garden/lawn?
  • Do you like having guests / sleepovers in your house?
  • Do you like house parties?
  • Do you like keeping animals in you house?
  • Is it important to keep your house very clean or do you feel more comfortable with a bit of an 'organized chaos'?
  • Are there any rules in your house that make peoples' lives easier?
    • What are they?