Class level: Elementary – High school / Lesson Time: 60 minutes
English level: Beginner to Advanced / Expected number of students: 20 - 40
Context: Identifying selected family members.
Teaching aids: White/chalk board. Family members diagram page (this can be reused on subsequent lesson as a learning reference), family member flashcards, and a soft foam ball for playing conversation hot-potato
Learner objectives:
For all students to speak in English using the family members studied and for advanced students to also use English to describe the relation of family members to each other, Students should also have the opportunity to practice correct pronunciation. / Teacher aims:
Involve all students in an engaging lesson. Assess student learning.
Expose students to speaking English in a structured learning environment.
Procedure / Phase / Timing
Before class starts, the teacher will need to draw a family tree frame similar to the diagram the students completed in class during the Family Vocabulary Introduction Lesson. The teacher should cover the words and reveal them as they are introduced during the lesson.
The teacher begins by reminding the class of his/her own family and asking the students to recall the family titles they know. Also ask them to describe the family members.
Review the family member flashcards, one family member at a time with the class to draw upon prior knowledge of family members for this lesson.
(1) Ask the class to say the family member displayed.
(2) The teacher models the correct pronunciation by reading the family
member.
(3) The class re-reads the family member.
(4) Practice with the class the simple A-B Conversation
Teacher: “Who is this?”
Class: “This is my _(title of family member on the flashcard
displayed)__.”
Or for plural family members;
Teacher: “Who are they?”
Class: “They are my _(title of family members on the flashcard
displayed)__.”
Paired work-
- Some activities will require “Phillip’s Family Tree” as a guide.
Activity #1 (for beginner English students)
Students drawing a line form the family members to the correct label.
Activity #2 (for intermediate English students)
Crossword Puzzles #1 and #2
Activity #3 (for intermediate and advanced English students)
Family membersword find puzzle
Activity # 4 (for advanced English students)
Fill-in the blank family members activity
Closing Activity:
- The teacher demonstrates a word studied by holding up a family member flashcard and asks the class “Who is s/he?”
- The teacher, gently toss the foam ball to a student to answer the question.
- The student who caught the ball answers by identifying the family member flashcard held by the teacher. The student responds “S/He is my __(family member displayed on the flashcard held by the teacher)_.
- After answering, he teacher changes the card, the student tosses the foam ball to another student and the student who previously had answered the question now asks the second student,“Who is s/he?”
- The student who caught the ball answers by identifying the family member flashcard held by the teacher. The student responds “She /He is my __(family member displayed on the flashcard held by the teacher)_.
- The process repeats itself with the responding student taking a turn at asking the question to the next student.
The point of the activity is to have students attempt speaking in English and become familiar with the family labels studied. If the students do not respond correctly it is still okay as long as they are gently corrected and the class can hear the correct answer.
+For more advanced students ask them if they have that family in their family and how many. Obviously use your best discretion (avoid asking about fathers or mothers, not all students will have them and you do not want to mistakenly embarrass a student). / Engage
Study
Activate
Closure/
Study / 10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
15 min minutes
Name______Date______
Draw a Line from the family member to theirtitle in relation to Phillip.
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Name______Date______
Family Members Crossword Puzzle #1
4. / 5.1.
3. / 6.
2.
3.. / 4.
5.
2.
6.
ACROSS DOWN
Name______Date______Family Members Crossword Puzzle #2
2.. / 4.
1.
2. / 3.
3.
1.
1.
s
2.
/ Mother
Father
Brother
Sister
Aunt
Uncle
Cousin
Grandmother
Grandfather
Parents
Siblings
Across
1. He is the son of your aunt. Your______.
2. She’s the mother of your father. Your ______.
3. He is your male parent. Your ______.
4.He is your male sibling. Your______.
5.She is your female sibling. Your______. / Down
1. Your brother and sister. Your______.
2. Your mother’s father. Your ______.
3. Your female parent. Your ______.
4. Your father’s sister. Your______.
Backwards
- He is your aunt’s brother. Your______.
- They are your mom and dad. Your______.
What are some family members people can have?
Name______Date______
Family Members Word Finding Puzzle
Please find and circle the vocabulary listed below in the puzzle.
D / F / H / T / U / P / E / R / G / O / D / M / O / T / H / E / R / M / O / RS / G / J / F / A / H / T / E / H / Y / U / K / L / D / A / E / O / F / R / T
I / G / R / A / N / D / F / A / T / H / E / R / R / T / H / D / I / G / T / G
B / Q / U / T / X / C / S / F / U / S / A / K / G / T / M / A / P / H / C / H
L / W / J / H / D / H / J / G / E / G / H / M / A / L / H / U / H / K / O / J
I / E / I / E / F / U / Z / R / J / K / Q / F / V / B / E / G / G / L / U / K
N / R / O / R / E / I / O / A / H / G / D / L / B / H / D / H / H / M / S / L
G / T / P / J / X / A / U / N / T / O / F / A / R / Y / S / T / U / N / I / P
S / Y / L / Z / S / D / H / D / G / O / D / S / O / K / Y / E / S / B / N / R
W / N / I / E / C / E / X / M / M / O / M / O / T / H / E / R / B / V / D / I
E / R / T / U / H / J / K / O / G / L / P / V / H / A / S / F / A / C / F / G
S / O / N / G / H / R / F / T / D / U / S / A / E / F / G / H / N / X / G / H
L / W / G / E / H / N / M / H / N / Y / F / R / R / G / S / J / D / Z / H / T
E / I / C / N / E / P / H / E / W / D / F / H / J / K / M / B / C / A / J / Y
F / F / A / F / V / I / D / R / V / S / I / S / T / E / R / E / V / S / K / U
T / E / M / N / H / D / O / W / N / D / U / N / C / L / E / T / B / D / L / N
Vocabulary Words to Find (Across and Down):
Aunt / Brother / Cousin / daughter / Father / Grandfather / SonUncle / Sister / Nephew / Siblings / Mother / Grandmother / Niece
Bonus words to Find (Across, Down and Diagonal):
Godmother / Godfather / Wife / HusbandName______Date______
Fill-in the blank vocabulary activity
Fill in the blanks in the paragraphs with their missing words from this box:
Yesterday
Grandfather
Grandmother
Great grandfather
Father
uncle / Today
Mother
Father
Sister
Parents
Nephew / Tomorrow
Aunt
Cousin
Uncle
Niece
brother
Yesterday
Yesterday I went to my grandparent’s house. My dad’s dad, my ______told me about when he was a little boy growing up with his father my ______. He said that he used to like to go to the park and to go fishing. His son, my ______also likes to go fishing. My ______is married to my grandfather and she is very good at cooking fish. My dad’s brother, my ______, does not like to go fishing.
Today
Today both of my ______told me that they were going to take my ______’s boy, my ______, to the beach. My ______said he wanted to go also to the beach, I want to go to the beach also. My ______cooked food to take with us to the beach. I think we will have a very fun time together today at the beach.
Tomorrow
Tomorrow I am going to my ______and ______’s house to see their son, my ______. Their boy is very young. He is only five years old. My ______will come also and bring his daughter, my ______. She is twelve years old. Can you believe it? That means that my niece is seven years older than her uncle, my cousin! It is strange to have an uncle or an aunt who is younger than you, but it can happen.
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