PERIOD: 01 UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
Date of planning: GETTING STARTED - Household chores
Date of teaching:

I. AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON
1. Language focus
- To help learners get started with some language items in Unit 1
- For vocabulary, that is words and phrases related to household chores and duties
- For pronunciation, that is how to pronounce /tr, kr, br/
- For grammar, that is the distinction between the present simple and the present progressive
2. Skills
- To help learners get started with 4 skills in Unit 1
- Reading: Read about the benefits of sharing housework
- Speaking: Exchange opinions about household chores
- Listening: Listen to people talk about the roles of family members
- Writing: Write about doing household chores in the family
3. Attitudes
- To help Ss get started for Unit 1 with the topic "family life"
- To provide Ss some motivation
II. PREPARATION
1. Teacher
- Teaching aids: textbook, lesson plan
- Teaching method: Communicative language teaching
2. Students
- Read through English Unit 1 - getting started at home
III. PROCEDURE
1. Class organization (1 minute)
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2. Check up (omitted)
3. New lesson (40 minutes)
TEACHER`S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS` ACTIVITIES

Lead in
Ask Ss if they often do housework and what housework each member of their family does


Ask them look at the pictures and guess what they show

Mother: cook/prepare meals (do the cooking), wash the clothes (do all the laundry),
You: clean/sweep/mop the house/the floor,
Father: take out the garbage, do some cooking
- She`s busy doing her work. She spends time both going out to work and taking after her family
- She`s a student. She is busy doing her homework. She often has too much homework to do but she also helps with the housework
- He also goes out to work to support the family, but he also shares the household tasks with his family member

1. Listen and read
Ask Ss listen to the recording and read the conversation




















- ask sb out for a game of tennis
- go out with sb
- prepare dinner
- do the cooking
- work late
- help with the housework/cooking
- share the household duties
- study for exams
- divide household chores
- split the chores equally
- shops for groceries/ do shopping
- clean the house
- do the heavy lifting
- do all the laundry/ wash the clothes
- do the washing up/ wash the dishes
- take out the rubbish/garbage
- handle/take responsibility for/ be responsible for most of the chores around the house
- be responsible for the household finances
- homemaker
- breadwinner
- housework, household/ domestic chores/tasks/duties/

2. Work in pairs. Decide whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG) and tick the correct box.
Ask Ss to work in pairs and do the task

Asks Ss to give the reasons for their answers

1. F 2. NG 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. NG



3. Listen and repeat the words/phrases
Ask Ss to listen to the recording and repeat the words/phrases
household chores
household finances
heavy lifting
laundry
rubbish
groceries
washing - up

4. Write the verbs/verb phrases that are used with the words/phrases in the conversation
Ask Ss refer back to the conversation and do the task

split, divide, handle (household) chores
take out rubbish
do laundry
shop for groceries
do heavy lifting
do washing - up
be responsible for household finances


4. Consolidation (3 mins)
- Household chores mentioned in the conversation
- Practice the conversation
5. Homework: (1 min)
- Household chores mentioned in the conversation
- Practice the conversation
- Do the task again
- Read Unit 1 - Language at home



PERIOD: 02 UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
Date of planning: LANGUAGE
Date of teaching:

I. AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON
1. Language focus
- To provide learners some language items in Unit 1
- For vocabulary, that is words and phrases related to household chores and duties
- For pronunciation, that is how to pronounce /tr, kr, br/
- For grammar, that is the distinction between the present simple and the present progressive
2. Skills
- To promote Ss to develop the skill of working in pairs and groups
3. Attitudes
- To encourage Ss to work harder
- To