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Family
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Overview

This lesson focuses on introducing students to a range of vocabulary related to discussing family members. Familiarity with these words will enable students to share personal details, understand others' family references, and engage in more meaningful conversations in English.

We begin with a few warm-up activities that build upon the concepts learned in previous lessons. For a visual representation of family relationships, we have provided notes on suggested boardwork involving stepping through a family tree. We then move on to several ESL activities that allow students to practice and apply their newly acquired family vocabulary. We also include a suggested homework task that aligns with the lesson content.. Wrapping up the lesson, we continue with our tradition of including a fun classroom game.

Lesson Outline
Warm-up
1Giving personal info
2Drill the verb to be
Activities
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1Pronunciation practice
2Dictation: True or false
3Categories
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Homework
Games
1Noughts and crosses
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Warmers

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Giving personal information

Ask each student a few simple questions based on everything they have learned in the course so far.

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Drill the verb to be

Have the students perform the drill they learned in the previous unit.

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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

The students learn vocabulary related to family by looking at a simple family tree.

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Pronunciation practice

The students practise saying the new vocabulary from the board.

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Dictation: True or false

The students must determine whether the statements that they hear about the board work are true or false.

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Categories

The students have to group the new vocabulary according to their category.

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Suggested homework

The students have to write a paragraph about their family.

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Classroom games

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Noughts and crosses: Spelling challenge

A fun vocabulary game where students must spell words correctly to claim squares on a grid for their team.

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