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Grade 4 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and controlled and freer practice of family-member vocabulary in the context of families and relationships.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide students with accuracy and fluency speaking practice using family vocabulary and adjectives to describe families.
Procedure (43-5 minutes)
T shows family pictures and elicits family vocabulary. Ss discuss: “Who can you see?” and “What makes a family special?”
T shows the family pictures from the lesson and elicits family members. T presents dad, mum, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandpa, grandma, grandson, granddaughter, uncle, aunt, cousin. T checks meaning with CCQs and drills pronunciation.
Ss complete the family-word chart and categorise the words into Male/Female. Ss then work in pairs with a family tree and answer questions about family relationships. T monitors and checks answers.
T presents adjectives: fun, loving, friendly, helpful, caring, fantastic. Ss complete and discuss: “My family is ___ because ___.” Ss share their sentences with the class.
Ss work in pairs and interview each other: “Who is in your family?” “What is your family like?” “What makes your family special?” Ss then tell the class one interesting thing about their partner's answer.
T reviews key vocabulary and addresses common errors. Ss answer one exit question: “What makes a family special?”
