Content Area

My Family and my home

Topic

There are different families

Aims

> to identify family members and characteristics > to find out differences between big and small families > to classify according to number of family members > to describe a picture

Language

> to use appropriate language >to describe in English >to recognize words and relate to pictures or flashcards >to describe a picture

Vocabulary and Structures

Use words and phrases to describe a family (family, mother, father, brother, sister, numbers 1 to 10 (?), big, small, there is/are, this is )

What children need to know already

> how to observe, compare and classify > how to record data on a chart >how to use the structures there is/are, this is

Materials

>a part of the video cartoon The Simpsons >a poster of The Simpsons family labeled with family members words >Numbers flashcards >Worksheet (a chart of family members to complete with numbers)

Activities

(12m.) >Video The Simpsons (includes setting arrangement needed time)

(3m.) >Reinforcement and consolidation exchanges (oral Q and A) (10m.) >Practical Work (worksheet) (15m.) >Art (Sts draw their own family picture while T checks worksheets) (10m.) >Assessment (Sts tell the class if their families are big or small, or number and words related to family members , while T assesses)

Alloted Time

One period