T asks Ss to prepare some questions they use when they want to know information about their friends' families...[r]
(1)Date:
Unit 1: HOME LIFE Reading
I Objectives: By the end of this lesson Ss can talk about their family life and compare with their friends' family life
II Method: mainly communicative, integrated III Teaching aids: picture, textbook
IV Procedure:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
I Before you read
Lead - in Qs:
1 How many people are there in your family?
2 What they do? Are they busy?
3 Who works in your family? Who the household?
4 Do you help your parents household?
5 Is your family happy? Topic: Home Life
T supplies vocabulary/phrase and then elicits Ss' idea to gives their meanings
1 give a hand
2 mischievous /'mist∫ivəs/
3 close-knit['klousnit]
4 supportive[sə'pɔ:tiv]
5 share [∫eə]
6 secure[si'kjuə]
7 confidence ['kɔnfidəns]
8 attempt[ə'tempt]
9 well-behaved ['welbi'heivd]
10 trick[trik]
T reads the vocabulary/phrase and asks Ss to repeat
T asks Ss to read the vocabulary/phrase to check their pronunciation
II While you read
Task (textbook - page 14)
T asks Ss to read the passage and the
sentences given, work in pair, choose the best option
T gives feedback
Ss' answers
1 help
2 playfully naughty or troublesome mutually supportive
4 use something along with others take responsibility together
6 not worried: untroubled by feelings of fear, doubt
7 belief in own abilities
8 to try to something, especially without much expectation of success behaving properly
Ss note down, listen and repeat after T Ss correct their pronunciation
Task (textbook - page 14) Work in pair
Expected answer: b
(2)Task (textbook - page 14)
T asks Ss to read the passage again and work in pair to answer the questions
T goes around and helps (if necessary)
T listens and gives feedback
III After you read
T asks Ss to work in pair and interview each other about their family
Suggested questions
1 How many people are there in your family?
2 What they do? Are they busy?
3 Who works in your family? Who the household?
4 Do you help your parents household?
5 Is your family happy?
T asks Ss to report about their friend's home life and then compare with their home life T gives feedback
3 a b a
Task (textbook - page 14) Work in pair
Expected answer:
1 Very busy They have to work long hours and sometimes they have to work at night
2 She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that her children leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes She always makes dinner ready before her husband comes home The daughter helps with household
chores: she washes the dishes and takes out the garbage She also looks after the boys The farther sometimes cooks or mends things around the house at weekend
4 She attempts to win a place at university
5 Because they are very close - knit and supportive of one another They often share their feelings and whenever problems come up, they discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly
Ss practice questions and answers
Ss go around and interview their friends and take notes
Ss report their task in front of class
(3)V Homework