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We're Family - Unit 1.1
Evolve 1 - Elementary level

Description

In this lesson, students learn and practice vocabulary for describing people in their lives, including family members, friends, classmates, neighbors, and coworkers. Students also review the verb be and possessive adjectives through controlled practice and communicative speaking activities. The lesson finishes with pair work in which students ask and answer questions about people in their own lives.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification
  • Students will be able to use the verb be and possessive adjectives to describe and ask about people in their lives.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Students will learn and practice vocabulary for family members and relationships and develop their speaking skills through pair and group activities.

Procedure

Lead-in (5 minutes) • .

Ask students about the people in their lives. Elicit family and relationship vocabulary.

Vocabulary (12 minutes)

Students identify the people in the pictures, listen and repeat, then complete Exercises 1A–B.

Vocabulary Practice (7 minutes)

Students make five true sentences using the new vocabulary and share them with a partner.

Language in Context (10 minutes)

Students read about Cecilia's connections and complete Exercises 2A–B. Check answers.

Grammar: be (10 minutes)

Review affirmative, negative and question forms of be. Students complete Exercise 3A

Possessive Adjectives (8 minutes)

Present my, your, his, her, its, our, their. Students complete Exercise 3B.

Question Formation (8 minutes)

Students reorder the words in Exercise 3D to form questions. Check answers.

Speaking Preparation (5 minutes)

Students choose several people in their lives and prepare names and relationships.

Speaking (15 minutes)

Students ask and answer questions about the people in their pictures/lists. Change partners and repeat.

Feedback (10 minutes)

Review common errors and check students' understanding of be and possessive adjectives.

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