UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
General objectives of the unit:
By the end of this unit, Ss can:
Use lexical items related to the topic Family life
Pronounce consonant clusters /tr/, /kr/ and /br/ correctly in isolation and in context
Understand the present simple vs. the present continuous
Read for specific information about the benefits of sharing housework
Exchange opinions about household chores
Listen to understand a TV programme about roles performed by family members
Write about doing household chores in the family
Understand different family lifestyles in different cultures

Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
Period 2:
PART 1: GETTING STARTED
I. Objectives: By the end of the period, Ss will be able to:
+ Use some lexical items related to the topic Family life.
+ Make simple dialogues using the given expressions.
+ Read about the benefits of sharing household.
+ Use the words and phrases related to household chores and duties.
II. Teaching aids:
- Cassette player, tape, board, chalks, textbook and notebook.
III. Procedure:
1.Class organization:10A1
2.Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.
3.New lesson:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

Aim: To introduce the topic of the unit, vocabulary about household chores and the grammar point taught in the unit.
Lead-in:
T asks students if they often do housework and what housework each member of their family does.
Ask them to look at the picture and guess what they show.
Ask students about the picture:
E.g. – Who are the people in the picture?
- What are they doing?



Activity 2
T plays the recording. Asks students to listen and read along silently.
Ask students to work in pairs to decide whether the statements are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG). Have students refer back to the conversation to give reasons for their answers.
T goes around and supervise.
Then check their answers, and give explanations.

Activity 3
T plays the recording and ask students to listen and repeat the words/phrases

Activity 4
Tell students to refer back to the conversation to find the verbs/ verb phrases that go with the words/phrases in the conversation.
Play the recording again if necessary.
Ask students to pay attention to words that are often used together (collocations) then ask them to give some examples.








Answer the question
Look at the picture and answer the questions

They are a family.

The father is vacuuming the floor. The mother is cooking. The son is washing dishes and the daughter is doing the laundry.

Do as required.

Key Activity 2
F 4. T
NG 5. T
F 6. NG






Read along
Household chores rubbish
Household finances groceries
Heavy lifting washing up
Laundry


Verb/Verb phrases
Words/ Phrases

1
Split, divide, handle
(household) chores

2
Take out
Rubbish

3
do
Laundry

4
Shop for
Groceries

5
Do
Heavy lifting

6
Do
Washing-up

7
Be responsible for
Household finances



4. Consolidation- Summarize the main points
5. Homework- Ask students to learn by heart new words and collocations in the text.













Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
Period 3
PART 2: LANGUAGE
I. Objectives: By the end of the period, Ss will be able to:
+ Pronounce consonant clusters /tr/ , /kr/ and /br/ correctly in isolation and in context.
+ Use the words and phrases related to household chores and duties.
+ Understand and use the present simple and the present continuous tense.
II. Teaching aids
- Cassette player, tape, board, chalks, textbook and notebook.
III. Procedure
1.Class organization:10A1
2.Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.
3.New lesson:

Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

Aim: To provide students with a right way to pronounce some clusters and how to distinguish present simple and present continuous tense.
I.Vocabulary
1.Activity 1
Ask students to work individually, read the words and phrases in the box, then discuss and find the meaning for each of them (a-h).
Provide support if necessary by guiding students to use the context of the conversation to choose the meaning for the words/ phrases.
2.Activity 2
Ask students to work in pairs. Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED again and list all the household chores that are