Lesson Plan: A Family Wedding

Lesson Level: Junior 2 Duration: 40 Minutes

Lesson Title: A Family Wedding¹

Grammar and Vocabulary

Vocabulary of family members, including -in-law

Use of “will” for future.

Lesson Objectives

Class will revise family members vocabulary.

Class will learn new vocabulary for -in-law vocabulary.

Materials Required

Two family trees.²

Ball to throw around class.

Preparation

Prepare a single copy of family trees. They should be simple enough to write on the board.

Procedure

1

Write the title on the board “Families”

Tell class that we did something like this last year.

2

Put class into groups.

Toss ball around to get family words.

Write them on the board. (Grouped together Father-Mother, Brother-Sister)

3

Write the two family trees on the board.

Write them clearly separated at opposite sides of the board.

Toss the ball from student to student to get sentences.

When you toss the ball write one of the family words on the board.

Student must choose two people from the board and make a sentence.

4

Tell students that Charles Jones will marry Sophie Smith next Saturday.

Make a few sentences of the form

Alice will be Sophie's mother-in-law.

Throw the ball around as before and increase the words to include in-law words. (Also note that there are now more aunt/uncle/niece/nephew relationships)

5.

Extension activity

Tell students about my mothers family. (She was one of eleven children.)

Put this question on the board.

In China most families have one child.

My mother had ten brothers and sisters.

Do you think it is better to have big families or small families?

Why?

Feedback from students.7

Notes

1. The students had a similar lesson when they were in Junior 1. They should already be familiar with most of the vocabulary.

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