A. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, students will:
- Understand more about home life.
- Use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercises.
B. TEACHING AIDS:
- Textbook, pictures, cassette, tape, handouts and real objects
C. PROCEDURE:
- Method: mainly communicative approach and learner-centered approach

Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

I. WARM-UP ( 5`)

- Ask Ss to work in groups and tell about their families.
- Suggestion questions.
1. How many people are there in your family?
2. What is your father’s job?
3. What is your mother’s job?
................................ ?
- Go round the class and control.
- Call on some Ss to present.
- Feedback.

II. PRE- READING (10`)
- Short introduction the types of family (show the pictures).
Nuclear family:
A Nuclear family consists of 2 generations only.
(the father, the mother, and the children)
Extended family: An extended family consists of three or more
generations. (the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins,
nephews, nieces, and in-laws, (relatives through marriage).
Single parent family: A single parent family consists of the
children and one parent either the father or the mother.
+ In USA, single parent families are popular.
+ In Viet Nam, there are more and more single families.
Blended families or stepfamilies:
In a blended family, or stepfamily, one or both partners have been married before. One or both has lost a spouse through divorce or death, and may have children from the previous marriages. They fall in love and decide to remarry, and in turn, form a new, blended family that includes children from one or both of their first households.
- It consists of stepparents, stepsister, stepbrother, halfbrother and half sister.

Pair work
- Have Ss to look at the pictures in the textbook and answer questions
1. Who do you think they are?
2. Where is the family?
3. What is each member doing?
4. Is the family happy? Why/why not?
5. Are there any pets? What are they?
6. What are they doing?
7. Do you like having pets in your house?
8. What pets do you want to have?
- Call some pairs to answer and give feedbacks.
- Introduce the text.
Explain some new words:
- Introduce and explain the meaning of the new words
1. Caring (a): paying attention to the others = quan tâm,
chu đáo với mọi người
2. run (V) = manage (v) = điều khiển, quản lý, trông nom
to run the household / family.
4. household chores (n) = housework (n)
5. mischievous(a) [`mist∫]
6. obey (v) , obedient(a) [ә`bi:diәnt]
7. close-knit(a)
8. supportive(a) ~ of
9. frankly [`fræŋkli](adv) = thẳng thắn, trung thực, chân thành
10. secure [si`kjuә](a) = an tâm, không có cảm giác lo âu
11. to take the responsibility for + N/ V-ing.
12. to be under a lot of study pressure
In my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot
of pressure.
13. to give sb a hand with (doing) sth = to help Sb (to) do/ with Sth.
14. attempt (n) / (v)
In one`s attempt to + V / at V-ing
To make attempt to + V / at +Ving
Eg: He made attempt to break out of the jail.
breaking out of the jail.(v/ ngục)
15. supportive [sә`pэ:tiv] = thông cảm, khuyến khích,
đem lại sự giúp đỡ
- Read aloud and ask Ss to repeat
- Explain new words in Vietnamese if necessary

III. WHILE-READING (20`):

Ask Ss to read the passage silently to understand about it then do the tasks.
a. Task 1 : Choose the best answer:
- Get Ss to read the requirement of task 1.
- Ask Ss to read through the sentences and find out new words.
- Explain new vocabulary if necessary.
- Ask Ss to read the text again to find out the answers.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and choose the right answer.
- Get Ss to share the answers with other pairs.
- Call 2