Why many people can’t afford a house anymore

This lesson plan is tailored for students at the Advanced level and aimed at broadening their vocabulary on the theme of housing.

Warm-up
The session kicks off with a choice activity where students pick an article on housing affordability they’d be interested in reading and discuss their reasons.

Video
Participants will watch a video named “Vancouver is in a “full-blown crisis” for housing affordability.” Post-viewing, students pick which topics were mentioned in the video.

Exercises
In this part of the lesson, students discuss whether they would be willing to buy a number of homes at their listed prices. In the second exercise, they group adjectives that impact house prices into the correct categories.

Reading
Students will read a piece discussing house affordability, followed by a Q&A session.

Discussion
To wrap up, students will create a short story about a house purchase using words from a word cloud.