Angela Angela

Family tree lesson
Elementary, A2 level

Description

In this lesson, Ss will talk about a family tree. The lesson will start with eliciting the relationship of people in the family tree and their marital status. This will be followed by GW and PW where Ss will write the names of the family in the correct place in the family trees with further controlled practice where Ss from one group will ask questions the other group to find out the missing information. Finally, there will be some freer practice where Ss will make their own sentences about the family tree and let the other Ss decide if the sentence is true or false.

Materials

Abc Worksheets A & B

Main Aims

  • To practice family vocabulary, possessive 's and have/has got

Subsidiary Aims

  • To practice integrated skills - reading, listening and speaking

Procedure

Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage Ss

Elicit from Ss who Britta is and what they learnt about her family.

Exposure to the target language (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of the target language and prepare Ss for controlled practice

• Project on WB Steve and Molly's family tree. • Elicit from Ss what it is. Ask questions like: What is it? Is it my family tree? Is it your family tree? Whose family tree is it? Is it Molly and Steve's family tree? Are Molly and Steve brother and sister? Are they friends? Are they work colleagues? Who are they? Are they husband and wife? • In this way go through the whole family tree eliciting the relationships of the people on it. • At the same time, drill the questions you are asking and the answers they are coming up with in chorus and individually by nominating different people. • As you come up with a new word, write it on WB, mark the stress, drill it. • Point at cousins and elicit from Ss how they are related, e.g. Are they brothers and sisters? Who are they? Are they cousins? • Point at brothers and sisters and elicit from Ss how they are related, e.g. Are they cousins too?

Controlled Practice - 1 (10-13 minutes) • To provide practice with TL - possessive 's; have/has got

1. Divide the class into two groups - A and B. Ask ICQs to check understanding. 2. Within the groups, put Ss in pairs. 3. Give group A Worksheet A, and group B worksheet B. 4. Ss work in pairs to complete the tree (Monitor Ss to provide help, to feed in language when necessary) 5. Pairs check with other pairs from the same group. FB: Give Ss the answer keys.

Controlled Practice - 2 (10-13 minutes) • To practice TL

1. Get Ss to notice they have only half of the tree complete. 2. Take back Worksheets A & B 3. Elicit and drill some useful questions, e.g. Who's Molly's father? Who is Steve's brother? 4. Regroup Ss into pairs A & B. Ss ask and answer questions to complete the the rest of the tree (• Monitor & make sure they are using TL, not just saying 'Who's number 2?' • Take notes of any errors with TL)

Feedback and error correction (5-6 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production use of language

1. Ask a few questions to check answers. 2. Do some DEC

A back-up activity • To provide Ss freer practice of TL

1. Ss work in pairs and take it in turns to make up sentences about the family. 2. The other S has to decide if the sentence is true or false.

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