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THE LESSON ON Family

Try the online quiz, reading, listening, and activities on grammar, spelling and vocabulary for this lesson on Family. Click on the links above or see the activities below this article:

READ

What does family mean to you? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and anybody should go on well together. I know a lot of families that have many bug. Brothers and sisters who don't like each other, parents who never talk to each other. I wonder why this is. How can yous live so close to your family members and feel autonomously from them? There is a lot of talk in the news about the breakdown of family life. Divorce is rising everywhere in the earth. This means single parents take less time to spend with their children, which creates problems. Maybe the stress of modern life puts too much pressure on families. It seems as though family life was amend a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in your country?

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THE ACTIVITIES

LISTENING GAP Fill

What does family ___________________? In a perfect world, all families should exist happy and everyone should ___________________ together. I know ___________________ families that have many problems. Brothers and sisters ___________________ each other, parents who never talk to each other. I wonder why this is. How can yous alive ___________________ your family members and feel autonomously from them? At that place is a lot of talk ___________________ about the ___________________ family life. Divorce is rise everywhere in the world. This means single parents accept ___________________ spend with their children, which creates issues. Perchance ___________________ modern life puts too much pressure on families. It ___________________ family life was better a generation or ii ago. Is this true for families in your country?

Correct THE SPELLING

What does family unit mean to you? In a pfrtece world, all families should be happy and everyone should get on well hgtoeter. I know a lot of families that have many eoblpmrs. Brothers and sisters who don't like each other, parents who never talk to each other. I wonder why this is. How tin you alive then close to your family mermbse and feel aarpt from them? At that place is a lot of talk in the news about the wrkedoabn of family life. Divorce is rising everywhere in the earth. This ways single estapnr have less time to spend with their children, which sctreea issues. Mayhap the stress of morden life puts too much pressure on families. It seems every bit though family life was meliorate a oegraneint or two agone. Is this truthful for families in your country?

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

hateful family does What yous to? In a perfect earth, all families should be happy get should everyone and well on together. a know I take that families of lot many problems. Brothers and sisters who each don't other like, parents who never talk to each other. I wonder why this is. How so to can live shut your you family members and feel apart from them? There is a lot of talk in the news family of breakdown the about life. Divorce is rising everywhere in the world. This means single parents take less to with children time spend their, which creates problems. Maybe the stress modern puts much of life besides pressure level on families. It seems as though family life was or generation a better agone two. Is this true for families in your state?

Give-and-take (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do non bear witness these to pupil B)
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Practise not evidence these to student A)
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Educatee FAMILY SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about family  in the table. Do this in pairs. Each pupil must write the questions on his / her own newspaper.

When y'all have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

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• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you lot found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

Write about family  for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Right each other'southward work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or some other search engine) to build upwardly more associations / collocations of each word.

ii. Internet INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about family. Talk about what you observe with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

iii. Mag Article: Write a magazine article about family unit. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

four. Family  POSTER Brand a poster about family. Show it to your classmates in the side by side lesson. Requite each other feedback on your posters.

five. MY Family  LESSON: Make your ain English lesson on family. Make sure there is a skillful mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the course / another group when you lot have finished.

half dozen. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook folio, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon business relationship, or any other social media tool to get opinions on family. Share your findings with the form.

ANSWERS

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