Intensive English 1: Week 2 Online Session 1 Unit 2: Family Life
Intensive English 1: Week 2 Online Session 1 Unit 2: Family Life
Intensive English 1: Week 2 Online Session 1 Unit 2: Family Life
Week 2
Online session 1
Unit 2: Family life
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Unit 2: Family life
• By the end of this session, you will be able to talk about family
relationships and family reunions.
male female
uncle aunt
grandfather
father
wife
Niece Niece
nephew
cousin - Rivera sister
brother daughter
5 minutes
Five years ago, I stayed with my
aunt and uncle in Huancayo for a
mother
whole class
month. They were very kind and
we did many fun activities
together.
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Who’s who?
5 minutes
Feedback
6 minutes
whole class
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Family reunion
Think of a family reunion you usually have.
Share your answers to the questions.
6 minutes
Pre production 2
whole class 7
Family reunion
• Work in pairs. Word bank
wife/husband
• Talk about your family reunions.
spouse
Production 2 • Ask and answer the questions below. daughter/son
sister/brother
1. How often do you have family reunions? siblings
2. What are the special ocassions? aunt/uncle
3. Where do you usually have the reunions? grandmother/
4. Which relatives usually go to the reunions? grandfather
5. What do you eat or drink? niece/nephew
6. Who usually prepares the food? relative
7. What activities do you do together? young/old
8. Do you have fun?
9. Do you take photos or selfies?
8 minutes
Feedback
Now, tell the class about the special family reunions you usually have.
5 minutes
whole class
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Family
Describe members of your nuclear family and your extended family.
Lead-in
Word bank
Example: wife/husband
Angelica is my brother’s wife. She is 35 spouse
years old. She is an engineer. My brother daughter/son
and Angélica have two sons. They are my sister/brother
lovely nephews. siblings
aunt/uncle
grandmother/
grandfather
niece/nephew
5 minutes relative
young/old
whole class
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Just checking?
• Match the sentences and tags.
Pre
production 3 • Then, create your own examples.
• Share them with the class.
whole class
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Just checking?
Production 3 You study your lessons on English
Discoveries every day, don’t you?
• Work in pairs.
Yes, I do. I read the
• Check if the information in the box is true about your student guide and
classmate. Ask follow-up questions to get more information. study the lessons
• Take notes and be ready to report the information you got. before each session.
1. You have a headset for your online classes, don’t you?
2. You don’t study English on Sundays, do you? How about you?
3. You know two languages, don’t you?
4. You have an iPad, don’t you?
Me too. I like studying at night. Sometimes I
5. You play a musical instrument, don’t you? access the platform on my cellphone.
6. You like reading books, don’t you?
7. You live in an apartment, don’t you?
Oh, really? That’s a good
8.You don’t have a pet, do you? idea.
8 minutes
groups 12
Just checking
I talked to …
He/she says he/she …
5 minutes
whole class
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Family life
Make a list of activities tat members of a family do together.
6 minutes
Pre production 4
whole class 14
Family life
• Work in pairs.
• Take turns to ask and answer the questions.
Production 4 • Ask follow-up questions.
Feedback
Now, use the notes you took in the previous exercise
and tell the class about your partner’s family life.
5 minutes
whole class
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Summary
Now I can…
• talk about family relationships and family
reunions.
• confirm information about my
classmates and talk about family life.
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Preparation for
next class
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Sources
https://thenounproject.com/
https://www.shutterstock.com/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-
espanol/credit
http://iteslj.org/questions/movies.html
English Discoveries Student platform
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