Week 5: Maintenance advice part 2: quiz & TEST

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Living Room & Kitchen

  During this project you will:

• learn useful vocabulary living rooms and kitchens.
• learn how to take care of different materials, such as wood, concrete and marble.
  
  You will receive a grade for: 
• the vocabulary test
• a maintenance advice for a kitchen countertop
• (extra) Studiemeter Unit 1

    This lesson

lesson 1	lesson 2
QUIZ kitchen countertop (wood, concrete or marble)	TEST: two cases - 2 materials + parts of MA

Maintenance Advice 

(quiz & TEST)

  WOOD: Marc, the Home Chef

Hi, me and my wife recently moved into a small townhouse, and we both love cooking together. I really enjoy preparing fresh ingredients and often work directly on the counter when chopping vegetables. The problem is, our current wooden countertop stains very easily. Every time I spill a bit of olive oil or beetroot juice, the color stays, and it looks messy. We also noticed some water rings around the sink area that just don’t go away, no matter how much we clean.

I’d love to have a countertop that feels warm and natural, but at the same 

time, I don’t want something that gets permanently damaged. It would be 

great if I could do some of the maintenance myself, like treating or 

refreshing the surface, so that it always looks clean and inviting.

  MARBLE: Alex, the Airbnb host

Hi there, I am Alex and I run a cozy Airbnb apartment in the city. 

A few months ago, I invested in a beautiful marble countertop for the kitchen, 

because I wanted the place to look stylish and high-end for my guests.

The problem is that marble is not the easiest material to maintain. Since many different guests use the kitchen, I can’t always control how they treat the countertop. I’m a bit worried about stains, scratches, and damage from things like red wine, coffee, or lemon juice.

At the moment I’m writing the house rules and welcome guide for my Airbnb. I’d like to include some short and clear instructions for my guests about how to use the marble countertop without ruining it.

Can you give me some advice on what I should write on my website/guide? Like what to warn guests about, what they should avoid, and maybe some easy cleaning tips?

  CONCRETE: Rebecca, the new home-owner

Hello! I have recently bought my first house, a large loft in the center of the city, and I love the modern interior and industrial details. The home came with a large open kitchen with a concrete countertop. Apparently the kitchen was never really used by the previous owners so it still looks brand new. Even the appliances look untouched so I was a little afraid to use the kitchen at first.

I do like to cook and entertain but after throwing a big housewarming party I noticed that the countertop was scratched in some places. It even seems like one of my guests might have spilled something because I also found some light stains near the edges.

What is the best way to deal with these scratches and the discolouration? 

And how can I protect my concrete countertop from any further damage, 

especially when cooking meals and entertaining?

www.houzz.com

www.concretedecor.net

usenaturalstone.org

Done reading?

• Work out your notes to make it clear.

Everyone done:

- teacher forms groups with numbers 1-3;

- each person tells what they've learned in the text and other students take notes;

- take 20 minutes for this.

Evaluation

Do we know enough about all three countertop materials?

If yes: good job! You'll need this information!

If no: make sure to open all links again to read the texts and find some more information yourself.

Next week

We're going to write a maintenance advice about the countertop materials.

Save the information from the texts carefully, you'll need it next week!

Remember the parts of
a maintenance advice?

terugblikken vorige lessen

LAST WEEK:
  --> read one of the sources (= website) and took notes
--> told each other important information

Do you remember important info about wooden/concrete/marble kitchen countertops?

Part 2: writing

But first...

You've got three customer options:

- Claire

- Lonny

- Marley and Tess

Take a look at the message they uploaded on a forum (on the following pages) and choose who you're going to help out.

The customer(s)

Teams

Zie 1.1 materiaalontwikkeling IA jaar 1 - P2

(kan printen en uitdelen of delen via Teams)

What are correct simple sentence structures

in English?

1.

Subject - verb: We design.

Subject - verb - object: She gives advice.

Subject - verb - noun: The designer is a woman.

What are correct simple sentence structures

in English?

1.

Using conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so, etc.:

We design and she gives advice.

What are correct simple sentence structures

in English?

1.

Using conjunctions: more complex: before, how, if, once, since, than, etc.:

She is not here since she is having a client conversation now. 

2.

The lay-out: Example: take a close look on the next slide.

What parts do you see?

For the texts: see Maintenance advice part 1 or Assignment in Teams.

When writing your M.A., don't forget about using the texts for input!!

Maak opdracht aan in Teams Opdrachten, hang PDF met opdracht en links daarin.

P2

END WEEK

week 6 + 7

Deadline M.A. + Studiemeter assignments

VOCABULARY TEST

Intro period 2 + planning

week 3

week 1

Deadline Studiemeter