Lesson 8B A house with a history

This lesson links back to the murder story in 8 A. Many years later, a couple who are looking for a house to rent are shown around Jeremy Travers’s house by Barbara, his daughter, now quite elderly. It is only after they have decided to rent it that they discover that the house has a dark secret and that someone was murdered there. The lesson begins with a vocabulary focus on house and furniture lexis. Sts then listen to a conversation between Barbara and the young couple as she shows them around the Travers family’s old house, now for rent. Sts then hear how Kim is reluctant to rent the house, but she is talked into it by her husband, and finally how when they go to celebrate at a local restaurant, they hear the true story of the house. Sts then focus on the grammar in the dialogue, the use of there is and there Lire. The pronunciation focus is on /cr/ and /ir/, which prepares Sts for a speaking activity in which Sts describe where they live. Finally, they go to the Writing Bank and write a description of their house or apartment.