Living in a stately home

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• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs

A stately home = 

A large house with grounds, often occupied by an aristocratic family now or in the past.

The word aristocratic describes a person at the highest level of society — such as a prince or a duchess 

Look at the pictures on pages 58 - 59 SB

Where is the house?

How old is it? 

Who owns it? 

How many people visit every year?

How much does it cost to run? 

IN PAIRS, THINK OF SOME OF YOUR OWN QUESTIONS. 

Read the article quite quickly

You have 4 minutes to look for the information you need. 

Which of your questions are answered?

If there is no information in the text, you can answer "The text doesn't say"

Where is the house? 

How old is it?

Who lives there?

When was it built?

How many rooms are there? How many visitors are there?

How much does it cost to run?

Which part of the house do the family live in.

Exercise 4

New vocabulary: To raise money.    Aristocrat

How to read the names of Kings and Queens:

George V = George the fifth

 Elizabeth II =  Elizabeth the second

 Henry VIII =  Henry the eighth

Exercise 4

Please answer the questions individually, make a note of the answers in your notebook - or on your iPad.

Refer back to the text and underline the key sections that gave you the answers. 

• Check your answers in pairs first

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Language work

Exercise 5 - Work in pairs

Underline the correct tense

What do you think? (groups of 3 or four)

Are there houses like Chatsworth in the Netherlands?

Who owns them? Are they open to the public?

Is there an aristocracy in your country? 

Which schools do they go to?

Is it fair that so much wealth can be inherited? 

Debate

It's good that historic houses stay in the hands of historic families

Brainstorm

FOR

AGAINST

GOUPS OF SIX

Three of you are FOR

Three of you are AGAINST

Make sure everyone gets a chance to speak and make sure that you use English

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