Activity 1: Warm-up · 7 minutes
Family rules and the generation gap
a) Aims
Ss activate their prior knowledge about family rules and introduce the topic of generation gap through a personal experience.
b) Content
Ss work in pairs and answer the teacher's questions:
- What rules does your family have about using phones or laptops in the evening?
- Do the adults and the young people in your family agree on these rules?
After the pair discussion, Ss share one example with the class.
c) Expected outcomes
Each pair writes down two or three family rules on a sticky note and places it on the board, for example: 'Phones are kept away during dinner.' 'Homework comes before entertainment.' The class identifies one shared rule and one point of disagreement, which leads into the topic.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the title 'The generation gap' on the board and asks: 'What is a generation gap? Can you give an example from your family?' T gives pairs two minutes to discuss.
Students
Ss listen to the question and think about their own families.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors the pairs and offers help with vocabulary such as rule, agree and disagree.
Students
Ss discuss in pairs and write two or three rules on sticky notes. Possible answers: 'We don't use phones at the dinner table.' 'My grandmother uses her phone to look at family photos.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites two or three pairs to stick their notes on the board and read them aloud. T asks: 'Which rules do most families share? Which rules often cause conflict?'
Students
Ss read their notes aloud. Possible answer: 'Most families agree that phones should not be used during dinner, but they disagree about the time for homework.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the good ideas and says: 'Today we will learn how to talk about rules and obligations, and how to make a fair agreement with our family.' T writes the unit title on the board.
Students
Ss note the topic and the lesson objectives in their notebooks.