Activity 1: Warm-up · 8 minutes
Family Chores Brainstorm
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of household chores and family routines and get ready to read a paragraph about them.
b) Content
Ss work in pairs. Each pair lists as many household chores as they can in one minute, such as wash the dishes, dry the dishes, wipe the table, put the food away, do the laundry and take out the rubbish. Then each pair tells the class one routine they share with their family, for example: In my family, my mother cooks dinner and I set the table.
c) Expected outcomes
- A pair list of at least six chores (e.g., wash the dishes, wipe the table, put the food away, sweep the floor, do the laundry, take out the rubbish)
- One or two spoken sentences per pair about a family routine, e.g., In my family, my father washes the dishes after dinner.
- The teacher writes the key chores on the board for later use.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows a picture of a family kitchen after dinner and asks: What are the people doing? What chores do you do at home? T gives the instruction: Work in pairs. List as many chores as you can in one minute.
Students
Ss look at the picture and listen to the instructions. They ask questions if needed, e.g., Do we write in English?
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors the pairs, gives the one-minute signal and helps weaker pairs with vocabulary, e.g., How do you say rửa bát? (wash the dishes)
Students
Ss brainstorm chores in pairs, e.g., wash the dishes, dry the dishes, wipe the table, sweep the floor, do the laundry. Ss note the list in their notebooks.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks: Which chore do you do every day? Which chore does your family share? T writes the chores on the board.
Students
Pairs report their lists and share one routine. Expected answer: In my family, my brother takes out the rubbish every evening. Other Ss may say: We wash the dishes together on Sundays.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the list and says: Family members often share chores. Today we will read a paragraph about how one family does this and learn how to write a clear paragraph about family routines. T introduces the title: Family routines.
Students
Ss copy the topic into their notebooks and get ready for the reading.