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FAMILIES
20
FAMILIES
Unit Overview
TOPIC
Different families
VOCABULARY
Family
AND LISTENING
A talk about a family tree
GRAMMAR
Adverbs of manner
PRONUNCIATION
The letter
i
READING
What’s it like to grow up in a big family?
VOCABULARY
Adverbs of degree
LISTENING
Descriptions
of families
WRITING
A description of your family
Resources
GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE: SB page 157; TB page 250
WORKBOOK: pages 84–87
PHOTOCOPIABLE WORKSHEETS: Grammar worksheet Unit 20;
Vocabulary worksheet Unit 20
TEST GENERATOR: Unit test 20; Term test 3; End of Year test
WARMER
Write the unit title
Families
on the board. Brainstorm
common
family words onto the board, e.g.
brother
,
sister
.
In pairs, the students ask and answer questions about the
things members of their family have to (and don’t have
to) do, e.g.:
A:
Does your mother have to visit anyone on Saturdays?
B:
No, she doesn’t. Does your brother have to do
homework after school?
ABOUT YOU
Check that the students understand the meaning of the
words, in particular
husband
/
wife
by asking ‘Are your
father and mother married?’ ‘Who’s your father’s wife?’
‘Who’s your mother’s husband?’
Point out that
children
is
the plural form and we never say
childrens
. If necessary,
give an example for you first, e.g.
I’ve got two brothers and
a sister. I’m married. My husband’s name is Peter
…
VOCABULARY
LISTENING
AND
Family
1
Do the first three words as a class to check that the
students know what to do. Point out that some words,
e.g.
child/children
and
cousin
can refer to male or female.
Then, ask the students to complete the table with the
words in the box.
Answers
The answers are recorded for the students to check and then
repeat.
Male: brother, father, grandfather, grandson, husband,
nephew, son,
uncle
Female: aunt, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother,
mother, niece, sister, wife
Male or female: child/children, cousin, grandchild,
grandparent
2
Ask the students to look at the
photos and elicit that it
shows a family tree. Ask them to find Kate’s name. Then,
ask the students to listen and complete the tree. Note
that the numbered spaces on the family tree are not in
the same order in which they appear in the recording.
MIXED ABILITY
With a mixed ability class, it may be necessary to play the
recording several times, pausing
after the answers are
given so that the students can complete Exercises 2 and 3.
