2015-08-28 Core: 7 tiny house project

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Tomorrow you will design a tiny (10 square meters) house with your group.
Homework: look at some websites for ideas about tiny homes, and make a list of the most important things you need to have inside (because you can’t have everything you would have in a big house).
http://www.countryliving.com/home-design/g1887/tiny-house/
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
http://www.fyi.tv/shows/tiny-house-nation/videos/safety-vs-staircase
http://tinyhousecommunity.com/faq.htm
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What does a tiny house need to have to really be a house?
some kind of kitchen
shower and toilet
bed(s)
something to sit on in something like a “living room”
storage/closet/wardrobe
bookshelves
study area
garden
parking
porch/deck
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http://gizmodo.com/5967622/the-tiny-transforming-apartment-that-packs-six-rooms-into-350-square-feet - a way to use a very small area to make a full apartment with everything you need
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connections to water, waste, and electricity
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In your group design a tiny house (10-20 square meters, 1 or ‘1.5’ floors). Make sure it has all the necessary things. (Draw a floorplan to show where everything is, and if you want you can also draw a map of the surrounding area, with a garden and parking and things.)
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BREAK
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http://serbfestboston.com/ - September 19-20 (Saturday and Sunday) in Cambridge
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Share your group’s tiny house design with the class. Where will it be? Would you like to live there?
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opposed (2 syllables) / opposite (3 syllables)
Where were you born?
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p. 89 - read the description from the website. What kind of website is it? (part 1)
city-dweller = someone who lives in a city
(“dwell” = live in a place, “dwelling” = the place that someone lives)
(“dwell on it” = worry about it too much, when you should try to move on)
“House prices are reasonable for this type of area.” = not too expensive
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part 3a - which paragraph talks about each of these things?
a (we could put a paragraph about this at the beginning, as an introductory paragraph)
b 4
c 3
d 2
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Paragraph 1 answers the question, “What does Sandgate look like?”
Paragraph 1 is about what Sandgate looks like. (noun clause, similar to embedded questions)

“where he lives” means the information (e.g. his address)
“where does he live?” means the question, a request for information

I forgot where he lives. = I forgot his address.
Please tell me where he lives. = Please tell me his address.
Do you remember where he lives? = Do you remember his address?
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Who does she look like? = Who does she look similar to?
Who is she like? = Who is she similar to? (in personality)
like many other downtown neighborhoods = similar to many other downtown neighborhoods

As a city-dweller myself, I know… = I am a city-dweller myself, and I know…
What are you dressed as? = What are you dressed to be? (What is your costume?)

She is dressed like a witch. = She is wearing a lot of black and jewelry and looks similar to a witch
She is dressed as a witch. = She is wearing a witch costume, perhaps for Halloween.
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Homework: p. 89 part 8 - write a description of your town or another town you have visited