Family

Lead-in

  • Do you have a big or small family?
    • I have …
  • How many people are there in your family?
    • There are ….

Presentation

Pre

  • Do you talk to your family every day?
    • Yes, I do.
    • No, I don’t.
  • How big or small in your family?
    • I have one …

Top Down

  • Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
  • How is uncle John?
  • What do John’s sons want to do?
  • How old is the kid mentioned in the text?
  • He is very good.
  • They want to travel around the world.
  • He is 15 years old.

Aunt Cecilia: Hello my brother John, how are you?
Uncle John: Hello dear Cecilia. I’m very good. What’s going on in your life?
Aunt Cecilia: My daughter-in-law is going to have a baby. I’m so happy about it.
Uncle John: Oh my God! That’s great! I can’t believe you are going to be a grandmother.
Aunt Cecilia: Yes, I’ll be it. What about you and your sons? No babies?
Uncle John: No. They don’t want to have kids now. They want to travel around the world.
Aunt Cecilia: That’s sad. I am dreaming of having grandsons or granddaughters for so long.
Uncle John: I know this. Do you hear about Joseph, our half-brother?
Aunt Cecilia: No. What happened to him?
Uncle John: He is going to marry a younger woman who has a kid.
Aunt Cecilia: How old is this kid?
Uncle John: I think he is 15 years old.
Aunt Cecilia: A teenager.
Uncle John: Yes, he is going to be his stepkid.
Aunt Cecilia: That’s so crazy. I never thought of Joseph having a kid. That’s going to be a challenge.
Uncle John: Yes, It will be, but he will manage it.

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: John is a grandfather. < False.

  1. Cecilia’s daughter-in-law is having a baby.
  2. Cecília wants grandkids.
  3. Joseph is their cousin.
  4. Joseph is going to marry an older woman.
  5. Cecília thinks Joseph having a kid is going to be a challenge.
  1. Cecilia’s daughter-in-law is having a baby. True
  2. Cecília wants grandkids. True
  3. Joseph is their cousin. False
  4. Joseph is going to marry an older woman. False
  5. Cecília thinks Joseph having a kid is going to be a challenge. True

Post

  • Do you think about having kids?
    • Yes, I do.
    • No, I don’t.
  • Do you want to have a big or a small family?

Target Language

Vocabulary of Family

  • Child = Son or Daughter
  • Children = Son(s) + Daughter(s)
  • Parents = Father + Mother
  • Siblings = Brother + Sister
  • Half brother / half sister = For example, Siblings of the same Mother but different Father
  • Stepfather / stepmother = Mother or Father from a different marriage.
  • Stepbrother / stepsister = Brother or Sister from a different marriage.
  • Mother-in-law / father-in-law = Mother or father of the bride or the husband

Controlled Practice

  • Write the name of the vocabulary the sentence is describing.

Example: He is your mother’s son. > brother

  1. He is your mother’s father.
  2. She is your father’s mother.
  3. She is your mother’s daughter (and she is not you).
  4. He is your father’s son (and he is not you).
  5. She is married to your father, but she’s not your mother.
  1. He is your mother’s father. > Grandfather
  2. She is your father’s mother. > Grandmother
  3. She is your mother’s daughter (and she is not you). > Sister
  4. He is your father’s son (and he is not you). > Brother
  5. She is married to your father, but she’s not your mother. > Stepmother

Freer Practice

  • Answer these questions about your family.

  1. What is your mother’s name?
  2. Do you have step family?
  3. What are your in-laws like?
  4. How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Production

  • Talk about your family members.

    • I have one …

  • What are their names?

    • My mother’s name is …

  • What do they look like?

    • My mother is …

Homework

Unscramble the letters in parenthesis to form words and complete the sentences.

Example: My ____ is cute. (gdo) > My dog is cute.

  1. My ____ is blonde and has blue eyes. (rmthoe)
  2. Everybody likes Ricardo’s ____. (torbehr)
  3. Her father got married again and she loves her ____. (rpmtsehote)
  4. We are like brother and ____. (seitsr)
  5. I always wanted to have a ____. (rdeaghut)
  1. My mother is blonde and has blue eyes. 
  2. Everybody likes Ricardo’s brother. 
  3. Her father got married again and she loves her stepmother. 
  4. We are like brother and sister.
  5. I always wanted to have a daughter.

Look at the pictures and mark true or false.

Example: There are 5 kids in these pictures. > False.

  1. Both pictures have a grandmother.
  2. There are two sons in the first picture.
  3. There are five daughters in the second picture.
  4. There isn’t a father in the second picture.
  5. There’s a mother in the first picture.
  1. Both pictures have a grandmother. False.
  2. There are two sons in the first picture. True.
  3. There are five daughters in the second picture. False.
  4. There isn’t a father in the second picture. True.
  5. There’s a mother in the first picture. True.

Choose the correct option for each sentence.

Example: My dogg / dog is cute. > My dog is cute.

  1. His grandmoter / grandmother is an amazing person.
  2. Homer’s mother in law / mother en law is not a happy person.
  3. Gus’ fatther / father is 45 years old.
  4. My stepfather / sthepfather is really intelligent.
  5. My teacher’s daughter / doughter is so cute!!
  1. His grandmother is an amazing person.
  2. Homer’s mother in law is not a happy person.
  3. Gus’ father is 45 years old.
  4. My stepfather is really intelligent.
  5. My teacher’s daughter is so cute!!

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: I have one broter! > I have one brother!

  1. Kylie Jenner has two babyes.
  2. Khloe Kardashian’s grandefather is a lawyer.
  3. Stormi Webster is Kylie’s daugter.
  4. Michael Jordan doesn’t have a sun.
  5. Neymar’s mother is really ioung.
  1. Kylie Jenner has two babies.
  2. Khloe Kardashian’s grandfather is a lawyer.
  3. Stormi Webster is Kylie’s daughter.
  4. Michael Jordan doesn’t have a son.
  5. Neymar’s mother is really young.

Read the following sentences and make them true for you.

Example: I have one brother! > I have two brothers!

  1. I don’t have sisters.
  2. My grandmother is called Nair.
  3. My father has four brothers.
  4. My grandfather has two daughters.
  5. I have a half-brother.

Answers are personal.

Writing

Write a short text about your best friend’s family. Remember to use the target language.

Example: My best friend’s mother is…