Unit 1: Home Life - Writing

I- Class stabilization
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Total students :
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The name of absent students :

Questions for testing old lesson
Answer the questions:
1. Who works in your family?
2. Who does household chores?
3. Who is the person you talk to before
making an important decision?

PERIOD : 6
WEEK : 2
FIRST SEMESTER

PRE - WRITING
Discuss and answer the question:
“What rules do you have at school?”

Some rules at school
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Go to school on time
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Wear uniform
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Respect teacher
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Not cheat in the exam
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Do homework

WHILE - WRITING
Task 1: Work in groups. What rules do
you have in your family?
Discuss these topic and add others. Use
the following verbs and expressions

Useful structures
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Let + O + bare-infinitive
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Allow + O + to-infinitive
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Ex: My parents let me go out at night.
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= My parents allow me to go out at night.
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* Have to + bare-infinitive.
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Ex: The students have to do homework
before going to school.

Some expressions
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Doing household chores
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Coming home late

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Preparing meals
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Watching TV
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Talking on the phone
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Using the family motorbike
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Going out with friends

Example:
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During the school year, I’m not
allowed to watch TV until I have
finished my homework
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In my family, everybody has to do
their share of the household chores.

Task 2:
Use the ideas you have discussed above
to write a letter to a pen pal about your
family rules. Begin as follow:
Every family has each rules. Mine has a
few. First,

Sample writing:
Every family has own rules. Mine has a few. My
younger brother and I always have to listen to my

parents’ advices. After school , I have to make time to
help my mother with household chores and my
brother with homework. While my brother is
responsible for cleaning the house. My parents are
very strict with us. They don’t allow us to dress badly,
and have ridiculous hair style and strange friends.
They never let us talk too long with friends on the
phone or watch too much TV. We are allowed to go
out with friends only on some special occasions. None
of us is allowed to go out at night.
Sometimes we feel unpleasant with the rules in
my family but we know we must stick to them to
make our parents happy.

IV. CONSOLIDATION
By the end of this lesson, students will
be able to:
1. Give an account of their family.
2. Strengthen micro-writing skills such
as brainstorming, outlining,
editing

1. Learn by heart new words
2. Do task 2 in your notebook again.
3. Prepare next lesson: Language
focus
Homework

Questions for testing old
lesson

Answer the question:
What rules do you have in your family?