1 My Family

1 My Family

My family

Introduction

The subject of this double period  is your family.

  • Form groups of three or four pupils.

Discuss the following questions in your group:

  • How many children are there in your family?
  • Tell something funny about your parents.
  • Who is the most important person in your family? Why?
  • What do you prefer? Living in a big or small family? Why?
Step   activiteit
activity		 leerdoel
aim		 tijd
time
  introduction Find out what you already know. 10
Step 1 listening
Family relationships  		 You can understand a converstation about relationships and answer questions. 15
Step 2 reading
Mary’s family		 You can understand a text about relatives and answer questions. 15
Step 3 vocabulary You can understand and use vocabulary about relatives. 15
Step 4 grammar
a/an + word order 		You can use the articles a/an and use the correct word order. 15
Step 5 speaking
Speech card		 You can have a conversation about your relatives. 10
Step 6 writing
An email about your family		 You can write an email about your family. 15
Step 7 evaluation Reflecting on what you have learnt. 05

Step 1 - Listening

Family relationships
You are going to listen to a conversation between Carl and Pancho. They are talking about Pancho’s family. First read the questions:

  • Where is Pancho from?
  • How many brothers and sisters does Pancho have?
  • What is his father's job?
  • What does his mother do?
  • Which thing does Pancho not say?



Doe de oefening.

Step 2 - Reading

Mary’s family
You are going to read a story about Mary's life.
After that you are going to tell if the following statements are true.

  • Mary has got a spider.
  • Mary's mother is 38 years old.
  • Nick is Sean's father.
  • Sean has got a sister.
  • Mary has got two brothers.
  • Tiny is a horse.
  • John is a bus driver.
  • Tom is Peter's friend.
  • Fluffy is a cat.

Now you are going to read the story and do the exercises.

Mary is ten years old. She is from Dorset. Her hair is long and brown. She has got brown eyes.
She has got a cat and a dog. Their names are Pat and Fluffy. Pat, the dog has got a small house in the garden.
Mary's cat, Fluffy is three years old.
Mary's mother is Jane. She is a teacher. She's thirty-six years old. Jane's hair is blonde and her eyes are brown. Jane hasn't got a pet.
She has a friend. Her name is Laura.
Her husband is Nick. He is thirty-eight. He's a bus driver. He has got brown hair and blue eyes. Nick has got a horse. Its name is Lightning. Nick's friends are bus drivers. They are Tom, Charles and John.
Jane and Nick have got three children: Mary, Sean and Peter.
Sean is six and Peter is twelve years old. The children are pupils.
Sean's hair is blonde, Peter's hair is brown. The boys have got blue eyes.
Peter's pet is a hamster. Its name is Tiny. She is so small.
Sean has got a goldfish. Its name is Goldie.

 

Step 3 - Vocabulary

To be able to do all the assignments correctly, you need to know some words and sentences.
For each theme there are word lists ready in StudioWozzol, with which you can practice:

Vocabularylist My family
  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Do the exercise.

Tip!
There are many ways to study vocabulary. You can read the words aloud or copy them. The most important rule is never to spend more than 10 minutes studying words. Every minute you spend longer is a waste of time.

Step 4 - Grammar

Zelfstandige naamwoorden en lidwoorden
These is a link from the 'Kennisbank Engels'.

Lidwoorden: A of an?


Now, do the following exercises:

Step 5 - Speaking

Speech card
Expressions: If you need some extra help, go to your StudioWozzol account and take another look at the chunks.
Now you are going to try to have a conversation with someone else.

  1. Find someone to work with and use the speech card A or B on page two.
  2. Write down a couple of words to help you during the conversation.
  3. Practise your conversation at least twice.

After practising twice, do the following things:

  1. Find another pair to work with.
  2. Act out your conversation.
  3. Let them act out their conversation and write down feedback for them.
  4. Let them do the conversation and write down feedback for them.
  5. Discuss what things were good and what you can do better next time.
      Persoon A   Persoon B
    1 Groet. 1 Groet.
    2 Vraag de naam van de ander. 2 Geef antwoord.
    Vraag de naam van de ander.
    3 Geef antwoord. Vraag hoe zijn/haar gezin is samengesteld. 3 Geef antwoord. Vraag hoe het gezin van de ander is samengesteld
    4 Geef antwoord. Vraag of hij/zij een grote familie heeft - en uit welke personen die bestaat. 4 Geef antwoord. Vraag de ander of hij/zij veel vrienden heeft en of ze die vaak zien, wat ze samen doen.
    5 Geef antwoord. 5 Stel een zelf bedachte vraag.
    6 geef antwoord. Stel een zelf bedachte vraag. 6 Geef antwoord.
    7 Beëindig het gepsprek. 7 Reageer en sluit af.


Have a good look at your speech card and think of how you can say or ask the different things.

  • Take some time to look things up if you need.
  • You can write notes down on your speech card but keep them short!
  • Practise the conversation several times with a classmate.
  • Take at least ten minutes to do so.

Step 6 - Writing

An email about your family.
You are going to write an email to your pen pal from London.
Use the following prompts:

  • Say hello to your pen pal (think of a name).
  • Write about your family.
  • Give information about your mother (what does she look like, age, work ?)
  • Give information about your father (what does he look like, age, work ?)
  • Tell something about your brothers and/or sisters.
  • Think of a question you could ask your pen pal.
  • Ask your pen pal to write about his/her family.
  • End your email.

Step 7 - Evaluation

What have you learnt in this double period?
Answer the following questions:

  • What was the easiest part of this lesson?
  • What did you already know?
  • What was the most difficult part?
  • What was new to you in this lesson?
  • What do you have to ask your teacher?

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