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Indonesian the House

Eighth graders learn the rooms of the house in Indonesian — and the words describe themselves! Kamar (room) + a function: kamar tidur (bedroom = sleep-room), kamar mandi (bathroom = bathe-room), ruang tamu (living room = guest-room), plus dapur (kitchen) and taman (garden).

Grade 8The House50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn rooms of the house.
  • ✓See the “kamar (room) +” pattern.
  • ✓Describe your home.
  • ✓Say where things are.
Essential Question

dapur, kamar tidur… how do you name the rooms of a house in Indonesian?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Indonesian House Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore rooms of an Indonesian house.

🏠 Explore the Indonesian house — tap each roomTry it

The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — At Home

6 min

How do you name the rooms of a house in Indonesian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a house photo.
  • Ask “dapur?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — The House

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the House Explorer.
  • Tap each room.
  • Note kamar tidur = sleep-room.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • Say dapur & taman.
  • Say what you do there.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “saya tidur di kamar tidur.”
  • Describe your home.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • Say your favorite room.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand room words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a home.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Notice the “kamar (room)” compound pattern.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about home.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Room cards with words.
  • A house floor plan.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with dapur & kamar mandi.
  • Use a floor plan.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add furniture words.
  • Draw & label a house.
  • Describe each room.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏠Room cards
  • 💻The Indonesian House Explorer
  • 📐House floor plan
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

rumahhousedapurkitchenkamar tidurbedroomkamar mandibathroomruang tamuliving roomtamangardenpintudoorjendelawindow
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “kitchen” in Indonesian?
dapur.
QUESTION 2
What room is kamar mandi, and what does it literally mean?
Bathroom — “bathe room.”
QUESTION 3
What does “kamar” mean?
Room.

Reflect: the house.

Have students name two rooms in their home in Indonesian. A printable Indonesian house sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Indonesian the HousePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: dapur, jendela, kamar mandi, kamar tidur, pintu, ruang tamu, rumah, taman
  1. bathroom
  2. living room
  3. door
  4. window
  5. garden
  6. house
  7. bedroom
  8. kitchen

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “kitchen” in Indonesian?
  2. What room is kamar mandi, and what does it literally mean?
  3. What does “kamar” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) kamar mandi · 2) ruang tamu · 3) pintu · 4) jendela · 5) taman · 6) rumah · 7) kamar tidur · 8) dapur
Part B: 1) dapur. 2) Bathroom — “bathe room.” 3) Room.