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Course: Basic Information

Unit: Family and Friends

Lesson: My Family

Competence Objectives: The learner will correctly express the relationships in his/her family.

Suggested Criteria for Success: The learner will complete and present to the class a family tree showing

names and relationships of his/her family.

Suggested ocabulary: baby wife parents father

mother uncle male child/children

husband aunt grandparents son

grandmother daughter brother nephewMr. Mrs. Ms. Miss

sister step-mother step-father niece

grandfather female guardian oldest

youngest middle men womenonly spouse immediate family members

Suggested Materials: Photographs of your family or picture(s) of family groups. Some pictures

present the possibility of !"at#!"ere uestions (i.e.! "hat is the child doing#"here are they#).

$andouts from the end of this lesson.

Men/"omen is for students to differentiate the %ocabulary words by sex.

My &amily Tree gi%es a form for students to complete a family tree. ' fancier family tree form with bacground graphics follows this lesson in a

separate file.

Paper and marers/pens/pencils for students to draw their family picture and

mae a family tree.

Picture ictionaries

*ournal.

Suggested $esources: http+//humanities.byu.edu/,lic on Centers and Institutes! then onEnglish

Language Center! then clic on Teacher Corner. ,lic onAdult Education ESLTeachers Guide. Then ,lic onAppendix, then onImages, then onLesson 3

Images. The last two images for esson illustrate wedding (married) and

di%orce.

se your fa%orite search engine to loo for One World One People. ,lic on the

appropriate result. 0ou may get direct access at the following address+

http+//members.aol.com/*aa1/2neworld.html. ,lic onPage To! ESLLessons! then clic on"amil# $atters% The first acti%ity is a group of sentences

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that can be cut apart. Students then match the appropriate relationships! for

example! M0 S245S '6$T78 9S / M0 68'4'6$T78. These

sentences also emphasi:e the possessi%e. The other acti%ity is a crossword

pu::le.

' list of uestions about getting to now each other is at

http+//itesl1.org/uestions/getting.html. 9f you do not reach this site directly!

go to http+//itesl1.org Search for Con&ersation 'uestions (or the ESL)E"LClassroom. ,lic on Getting to *no Each Other%

&or a list of con%ersation uestions about the family! follow the directions abo%e

and clic on(amil#. Tryhttp+//itesl1.org/uestions/family.html for direct access.

&or a list of con%ersation uestions about friends! follow the directions abo%e

and clic on(riends. Tryhttp+//itesl1.org/uestions/friends.htmlfor direct

access.

Suggested Met"ods: iscussion! rawing! Sorting! Pair "or! Pro1ect! *ournal "riting

Some Suggested Steps

Introduction#Lecture% se a picture of your family! or a picture of a maga:ine family! to introduce the

lesson.

&ra!ing% 's the teacher! mae a uic demonstration picture (stic figures! perhaps) of your own family.

's students to draw their families! using stic figures or more ad%anced art. Put each person5s name

under his/her picture.

's an alternati%e to drawing! you may mae and label a family diagram similar to the setch below. ('lso!

see &amily Tree later in this lesson.)

Sorting% se the +ocaular# Words page at the end of the lesson and let students sort words by men and

women.

ocabulary% 8e%iew the concepts of onl#, oldest, #oungest, andmiddlechildren with the class. 's eachstudent to tell if they are the onl#, oldest, #oungest! or one of the middlechildren in their family. 'dult

learners who ha%e children can use their drawing to tell each child5s name and identify them as their onl#,

oldest, middle, or #oungest child. &or families with more then three children! number the children from

oldest (3) to youngest (3;). Students may use the completed +ocaular# Words page from the end of thislesson as a resource.

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Labeling% 's students to label their family setches with the right word for each family member (i.e.!

father! mother! sister! brother! me).

Intervie! 'roject% Pair students and as them to inter%iew each other about their setches. $a%e each

student introduce his/her partner5s family to the class (in 7nglish).

Family (ree% Show students how to mae a family tree. raw your family tree with personal names andfamily relationships--for example! label one bloc as 6randfather (Pete Smith). 's each student to tell the

class about his/her family tree. 9s anyone5s tree growing a new branch soon (a coming marriage! a new

baby expected)#

)ournal *or+% "rite about your immediate family members. The instructor will want to detail this

assignment to the le%el of the class. The assignment may be as simple as writing < My family!= or


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Course: Basic Information

Unit: ("e Family

Lesson: Family

Lesson Objective: earners will be able to identify personal family.

earners will be able to use the %erb to ein the present tense.

Suggested ocabulary: &ather Mother Sister Brother

6randfather 6randmother 'unt ncle

4ephew 4iece ,ousin &ather-in-lawMother-in-law Sister-in-law Brother-in-law Spouse

$usband "ife &iancCe 6randson

6randdaughter Stepfather Stepmother Stepbrother

Stepsister 6randchild 6randchildren

'dopted daughter/son

Suggested Materials: 8eading! 6rammar! and ialogue handouts included at the end of this lesson

Pens! pencils! or marers and paper appropriate for students+a) to mae a family tree

b) to complete the writing pro1ect

Pictures of your own family. 's students to bring pictures of their family

members.

Some Suggested Steps

$eading% se the 8eading handout from the end of this lesson to build reading proficiency and start class%ocabulary discussion.

/rammar: ("e erb to be% se the 6rammar handout to help students learn the present tense of to e.

&ialogue% se the ialogue handout to read and practice the dialogue in the class. ead your class in a

study of the dialogue for content! context! and the grammar lesson on the %erb to e.

Media% ,reate a &amily Tree.

*riting% Bring pictures of your family. "rite the names and relationship of each family member belowthe picture. 9ntroduce your family members to the class.

Community -ction% Disit your local Smart Start/Partnership for ,hildren organi:ation to find out aboutfamily ser%ices.

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Reading

I am Roy Thomas. Ben is my Father and Shirley is my mother.

Daniel is my brother. He is older than I am.

Sarah is my sister. She is younger than I am. They

are my siblings.

We all love each other very much. My father is a construction or!er.

My mother or!s at home. She ta!es care of us. Sometimes she "lays

golf hile e are at school. We are a ha""y family.

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#rammar$ The verb %to be&The verb %to be& e'"resses state of being.

I am We are(ou are (ou areHe is)She is) It is They are

Use the correct verb to complete each sentence.

My brother "lays ball for the Red So'.He ********* a baseball "layer.

My sister or!s in a hos"ital.She******* a nurse.

My father "lants cro"s each year.He ****** a farmer.

I li!e to coo! food in the restaurant.I ******** a coo!.

We come to school every day.We ********* students.

+lia and ,ahlif********** husband and ife.They ******* married.

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Dialogue)S"ea!ing

It is the -rst day of class. Helen and aula are to students.

They are tal!ing to each other about their families.

Helen$ Hello. My name is Helen olins!i. What is yourname/

aula$ I am aula Ford. I am married to 0ester Ford. Heas in another class ith you. +re you married/

Helen$ (es1 I am. My husband2s name is 3ohn.

aula$ Do you have any children/

Helen$ 4o. We ant a baby. I am trying to get "regnant.We have a cat named Fris!y and a dog namedFli""y.

aula$ Do you have brothers and sisters/

Helen$ (es1 I have to brothers and three sisters.

aula$ (ou have a large family. I am an only child. I antto have four children because I came from a smallfamily.

Helen$ The teacher is coming. I ill bring you a "icture ofmy family.

aula$ I ill bring you a "icture of my family too. 0et2s

tal! after class.

Helen$ 5!ay.

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