English 10 UNIT 1 FAMILY LIFE WRITING

How the people in the following pictures feel? They feel exhausted They feel happy What happens when family members share housework?  Many hands make light work Unit 1: Family life Lesson : Writing Many hands make light work Task Discuss the meaning of the saying below Task Read the text and complete the chart Mending things around the house, cleaning the bathroom Doing most of the cooking and grocery shopping Doing the laundry, taking out the rubbish and cleaning the fridge, laying the table for meals, sweeping the house and feeding the cat (share with sister Helping mum prepare meals and washing the dishes, laying the table for meals, sweeping the house and feeding the cat (share with brother) Task Answer the questions How many people are there in Lam's family?   There are four people in Lam’s family Why are they very busy?  Because both parents work and the children spend most of their time at school   How they split the housework in the family?   They split the housework equally in the family.  What household chores does each member of the family do?   The father mends things around the house and cleans the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does the laundry, takes the trash and cleans the fridge once a week; An helps her mother to prepare meals and washes the dishes; Lam and An take turns laying the table for meals, sweeping the house, and feeding the cat Do the family members enjoy the housework?  Yes, they They it willingly What are the benefits of everyone in the family sharing the housework?  The burden is less, so everyone has time to relax Task Make your family chore chart Task 5: Using the household chores chart in Task and the answers in Task 3, write a paragraph about how people in your family share housework The paragraph can consist of three parts Part 1: Introduction to the family: how many people, who the members are, (question 1&2) Part 2: How the family members share the housework, what each of them does (question 3&4) Part 3: What family members think of doing housework (question 5&6) Sample writing There are four people in my family: my parents, my older brother and I We are all very busy people, so we divide/ split the household chores equally My Mom does cooks, cleans the room and shops for grocery My Dad does the hard stuff like lifting heavy things and repairs work like fixing plumbing and electricity My older brother takes out the rubbish, cleans the house and feeds the dogs And me, I the washing-up, the laundry and water the flowers In my family, every member contributes to making the home a beautiful and happy place to live in - Learn new words - Prepare the next lesson  ... feel exhausted They feel happy What happens when family members share housework?  Many hands make light work Unit 1: Family life Lesson : Writing Many hands make light work Task Discuss the... Part 1: Introduction to the family: how many people, who the members are, (question 1& 2) Part 2: How the family members share the housework, what each of them does (question 3&4) Part 3: What family. .. school   How they split the housework in the family?    They split the housework equally in the family.   What household chores does each member of the family do?   The father mends things around