Family Members
Beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To priovde students listening practice in the context of family members, and to give them a chance to practice speaking about the TL.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification of nouns, verbs, subject pronouns and possessive adjectives in the context of family members
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
- Hang a picture of the Exercise 7a photo -Tell class they're Kevin and Anne's grandparents -Draw a family tree to clarify - Draw the chart on Exercise 7a, and ask Ss the answers
- Give instructions: "Listen and repeat." -Play R3.8. - Point out that the stress on the vocabulary words are on the first syllable (grand). Show it by drawing stresses on the vocabulary words on the chart. -Point out that the 'd' is silent in "grand". -Write "grandfather / grændfɑðə/" - Back-chain: "father - father - anfather - anfather - grandfather" - Have individual and choral drilling of the rest of the vocabulary words (grandfather, grandson, grandmother, granddaughter, grandparents, grandchildren)
-List 1-5 on the WB - Place Ss in pairs and give each pair a name flashcard - Each pair reads the name on their flashcard - Tell Ss that "Listen and place your flashcard on the WB in the order you hear it." - Play R3.9 - When the first name, Sid, is mentioned, T puts Sid on WB to demonstrate.
- Ask Ss questions about: - age (How old are you? How old is your grandfather?) - job (What is your job? What is your grandmother's job?) - hobbies (What are your hobbies? What are your grandchildren's hobbies?) -Tell Ss to "Listen again, and fill out answers. Work alone, not in pairs." - Pass out HO(8b) - Play R3.9 again. - Ss check in pairs - For FB, ask the WC questions from the HO: (What is Fiona's job? etc.)
- Write sentences on WB and try to elicit answers: 1) (We) are students. This is (our) classroom. 2) (She) is a woman. This is (her) notebook. 3) (It) is a dog. This is (its) toy. - Give instructions: "Read the sentences and fill in blanks. Work in pairs." - Pass out HO 9 - Draw chart on WB while Ss are working - Ss fill answer key on WB
- Draw a Verb | Noun chart on WB. - Pass out Verb/Noun pictures to students. - Have Ss come up, say what their picture is, and place on either "Noun" or "Verb"
- Hang big version of HO(9) on WB - Tell Ss that verbs are used with subject pronouns, and nouns with possessive adjectives - Write on WB: [Subject Pronoun] + Verb / [Possessive Adjective] + Noun - Give an example: Sister + runs / My + pencil - Ask Ss to gives examples
- Do an example of HO(10) on WB: 1) Is this you/your dictionary? - Ask WC if it's "you" or "your". Circle correct answer. -Give instructions: "Read and circle correct answer. Work alone, no partners." - Ss check in pairs. - Put a big version of HO(10) on WB and check by asking Ss the answers.' - Point out "they're" and "there" are both pronounced /ðeə/
- Demonstrate activity: Ask a S about their family tree. - What's your mother's/father's name? [Write their parent's names on the WB] - What's your grandmother's/grandfather's name? - Ask WC who each person on the family tree is (ex: Who is Ali? He is S's grandfather.) - Tell Ss to draw their own family tree. - While Ss are working, write the following on the WB: [Name] is my ____. How old is _____(he/she)? ___'s ____ (years old). What's ____(her/his) job? ___'s a ____. Is ___(he/she) married? - Demonstrate: Ask a student to name someone in their family. Fill in blanks on WB sentences by asking S questions about that family member. - Tell Ss to ask each other about someone in their family. Put Ss into new pairs. - Ss then stand up and talk about that 1 person in their partner's family.