It includes some examples of children's bedrooms around the world and a tutorial on how to describe your bedroom.

1. BEDROOMS

2. How do children sleep
around the world?
From the book Where Children
Sleep, by James Mollison

3. How do children sleep
around the world?
Her name is Jasmine but people call her
“Jazzy”. She lives with her parents and
three brothers in a big house in the
countryside. She has a nice room. It is full
of crowns she won in child beauty
pageants. Participating in a pageant costs
$1,000. “She is like a princess”, her mum
says. When she grows up, Jazzy would like
to be a rock star.
From the book Where Children
Sleep, by James Mollison

4. Prena is 14-year-old. She is a domestic
worker in Kathmandu, Nepal. She works 13
hours everyday (from 5 in the morning to 6
in the afternoon) and she earns $6.50 a
month. She uses all this money to help her
family. She sleeps in a tiny, cell-like space
at the top of her employer's house. She
goes to school three times a week. She
dreams of becoming a doctor one day.

5. Prena is 14-year-old. She is a domestic
worker in Kathmandu, Nepal. She works 13
hours everyday (from 5 in the morning to 6
in the afternoon) and she earns $6.50 a
month. She uses all this money to help her
family. She sleeps in a tiny, cell-like space
at the top of her employer's house. She
goes to school three times a week. She
dreams of becoming a doctor one day.
7-year-old Indira is from Katmandu,
Nepal. She lives with her mother, father,
brother and sister. Her family is very
poor. They need help, so Indira works 6
hours a day at a granite quarry. She
started working there when she was 3. She
also goes to school.
Indira’s house has one room, one bed and
one mattress. Her parents sleep on the bed.
She shares the mattress with her siblings.

6. Jaimie is 9 and he lives with his parents
and his younger twins brother and sister in
a top-floor apartment on Fifth Avenue in
New York.
He goes to a prestigious school and he is a
very good student. He likes to play the cello
and study finance. His parents have other
luxury homes in Spain. He wants to be a
lawyer like his father.

7. Jaimie is 9 and he lives with his parents
and his younger twins brother and sister in
a top-floor apartment on Fifth Avenue in
New York.
He goes to a prestigious school and he is a
very good student. He likes to play the cello
and study finance. His parents have other
luxury homes in Spain. He wants to be a
lawyer like his father.
Lamine is 12 and he is from Senegal. He
goes to a Koranic school in his village.
There aren’t any girls in his school. He
lives there and he shares room with some
other boys . Their beds are really basic.
At 6 o’clock in the morning they begin to
work on the school farm , in the afternoon,
they study the Koran. In his free time, he
plays football. He wants to be a famous
football player.

8. This is Alex. He is 9 years old. He lives in
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He doesn’t go to
school. Alex begs on the streets. He is
addicted to sniffing glue. He doesn’t sleep
on a bed. Alex’s bedroom is outised, in the
street, on an empty bench, an old sofa, or
the hard pavement.

9. This is Alex. He is 9 years old. He lives in
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He doesn’t go to
school. Alex begs on the streets. He is
addicted to sniffing glue. He doesn’t sleep
on a bed. Alex’s bedroom is outised, in the
street, on an empty bench, an old sofa, or
the hard pavement.
Kaya lives with her parents in a small
apartment in Tokyo. She is 4. Kaya's
bedroom looks like every little girl's
dream room. She has many dolls
and 30 dresses, coats, shoes and
wigs. Her mum makes all her
dresses. But she wears a school
uniform to go to school. She wants to
be a cartoonist when she grows up.

10. Nine-year-old Dong lives with his
parents, sister and grandfather in
the province of Yunnan in southwest
China. He shares a room with his
sister and parents. His family isn’t
rich, but they grow their own rice
and sugar cane. Dong walks 20
minutes everyday to go to school.
He wants to be a policeman.

11. Nine-year-old Dong lives with his
parents, sister and grandfather in
the province of Yunnan in southwest
China. He shares a room with his
sister and parents. His family isn’t
rich, but they grow their own rice
and sugar cane. Dong walks 20
minutes everyday to go to school.
He wants to be a policeman.
This boy is Irkena . He is 14. He is a
member of the semi-nomadic Rendille
tribe in Kenya. He lives with his mother in
the Kaisut Desert. Soon, Irkena will
become an adult, then he will leave his
community and become a warrior . He
will live in the bush with other warriors.

12. 8-year-old Justin plays football,
basketball and baseball. He lives in
a four-bedroom house in New
Jersey with his parents.
He goes to school by bus. Every
summer they spend two weeks on
holiday in a Caribbean island.
When he grows up Justin wants to
be the mayor of his town or a
pocker player.

13. 8-year-old Justin plays football,
basketball and baseball. He lives in
a four-bedroom house in New
Jersey with his parents.
He goes to school by bus. Every
summer they spend two weeks on
holiday in a Caribbean island.
When he grows up Justin wants to
be the mayor of his town or a
pocker player.
Alyssa is eight. She lives in a small house
in Kentucky, U.S.A. Alyssa's father
works at Walmart and her mother works
at McDonald's. There is a big problem
of drugs in the area. Two members of
her family died of drug overdose. Every
penny her family makes is for raising
Alyssa.

14. Risa is 15. She lives in a tea house in Kyoto,
Japan with 13 other women. When she was
14, Risa watched a TV programme about
geishas. Then Risa left her family. She is
now a "maiko" — an apprentice geisha.
She sleeps with five other women in a room
that doubles as a dining room and a tea
room. She visits her family 3 times a year.

15. Risa is 15. She lives in a tea house in Kyoto,
Japan with 13 other women. When she was
14, Risa watched a TV programme about
geishas. Then Risa left her family. She is
now a "maiko" — an apprentice geisha.
She sleeps with five other women in a room
that doubles as a dining room and a tea
room. She visits her family 3 times a year.
Erlen is just 14 and she is pregnant for
the 3rd time. She lives in a favela in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. She usually sleeps on
the floor but her mother has allowed her
to sleep on the bed during the later
stages of her pregnancy. Erlen was 12
and 13 years old during her previous
pregnancies, but she lost both babies
shortly after their births. If her new baby
survives, she won’t go back to school.
She wants to be a vet.

16. Lay Lay is 4. She is Burmese but she is
a refugee in Thailand. She is an
orphan and she lives in an orphanage
with only two rooms. These rooms are
classrooms during the day and
bedrooms at night. 21 children of her
age sleep there every night. Each child
has a small box with their things in.

17. This 4-year-old Romanian boy sleeps with
his family on a mattress in a field on the
outskirts of Rome. All the family came
from Romania by bus. They didn’t have
money so they begged to pay for the
tickets. They have no identity papers or
work papers so his parents can’t obtain
legal work. Instead they clean windscreens
at traffic lights. Nobody in the family can
read or write because they don’t go to
school to school.
Lay Lay is 4. She is Burmese but she is
a refugee in Thailand. She is an
orphan and she lives in an orphanage
with only two rooms. These rooms are
classrooms during the day and
bedrooms at night. 21 children of her
age sleep there every night. Each child
has a small box with their things in.

18. How to describe your bedroom
TUTORIAL

19. Step 1. Write a list with vocabulary you need

20. Step 2. Write simple sentences with
THERE IS and THERE ARE
There is a table and a chair.
There is a big lamp.
There is a computer.
There is a pink wardrobe.
There are six drawn hearts

21. OPTIONAL Step. Draw a map, it may help you.

22. Step 3. Add these expressions:
IN THE RIGHT CORNER
IN THE LEFT CORNER
ON THE LEFT SIDE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE
ON THE OTHER SIDE
IN THE MIDDLE
In the right corner of the room there is a table and a chair.
On the other side of the bed there is a big lamp.
There is a pink wardrobe.
There are six drawn hearts

23. Step 4. Add PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE:
IN
ON
UNDER
BEHIND
NEXT TO
NEAR
ABOVE
IN FRONT OF
BENEATH
BETWEEN
OPPOSITE
In the right corner of the room there is a table and a chair.
On the other side of the bed there is a big lamp.
Next to the table there is a pink wardrobe.
There are six drawn hearts above the bed.
There is a computer on the table

24. Step 5. Order the sentences to create a text.
In the right corner of the room there is a table and a chair.
There is a computer (monitor) on the table. Next to the table there
is a pink wardrobe. Beneath the table there is a white box. There
is a big pink bed and the bookshelf is opposite to the bed. Next to
the bed there is a small table. On the other side of the bed there
is a big lamp. There are six drawn hearts above the bed.

25. Step 6. Include adjectives in your descriptions

26. Step 7. Details…
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:
I have my own room
My brother and I share bedroom
My room is predominantly white but…
My room is L-shaped.
As soon as you enter my room you can see…
I like my room a lot because….
The best thing about my room is…
When I’m in my bedroom I feel…
My room looks messy because…
I must admit my room is not the tidiest room in the world but…
I also have my own bathroom.
There’s a door to the right leading to the bathroom