Writings about household chores

Period 2. Writings about household chores
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to write a paragraph about family chores.
- To teach Ss some words and structures related to Family life.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Know how to write a paragraph about family chores.
+ Write about how each member of their family contributes to doing housework.
+ Develop the writing skills in general. Build up vocabulary supported for writing.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook and pieces of papers.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:

Time

Teacher’s activities

Sts’ activities

* Checking
1. Homework
8 minutes

- Collect some homework books to mark writing.

- Listen

- Give marks.
- Give comments and lead in the lesson.
2. New lesson

8 minutes

1. Activity 1
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to discuss the meaning of
saying
- Call some of them to tell the answers
- Ss present the answer

- Discuss
- Answer


Many hands make light work means that if many
people share a piece of work, it will become easier
for everybody.
If all family members contribute to housework, each
won’t have to do much.

- Listen and note down

- Give comment.
2. Activity 2 +3
12 minutes

Ask Ss to read the text.

- Read

In pairs complete the chore chart.

- Do the task

Call some of them to tell class.

- Present

- Ss present in class.
HOUSEHOLD CHORE CHART

DAD

Mending things , cleaning the bathroom

MUM

Do most of the cooking and groceries shopping

LAM

Doing the laundry, taking out the rubbish and
cleaning the fridge, laying the table for meals,
sweeping the house and feeding the cat (share with
sister)

AN

Helping mum prepare meals and washing the
dishes, laying the table for meals, sweeping the
house and feeding the cat (sharing with brother)

- Call some students to tell the form of writing a
paragraph about how people in the family share
household work.
A paragraph about how people in the family
share household work.
a. Introduction:

- Answer


+ The members of the family
(I live in a family of four: … / There are four people
in my family: ……… / My family has …….. )
+ How the household chores divide in
general?

- Listen and note down

(All members of may family do the housework / My
family share the household chore equally/ …. )
b. Body
Describe each member’s duties?
Structures:
Be responsible for …..
Being the elder child, ….
My responsibility at home is …….
c. Conclusion
The benefits of sharing house hold chore or
your feeling about your family

(I love sharing the household chores with all
members of my family as ……………)
3. Activity 4
Ask students to complete their own Family chore
chart.
Write the chart of a student on the board as an
example
HOUSEHOLD CHORE CHART
DAD

Doing the heavy lifting
Sometimes prepare dinner

14 minutes

MUM

- Compare
- Write

Do most of the cooking and groceries


shopping
My older sister

Help my mum cook lunch and dinner
Doing the laundry
Water the houseplants

Me

Taking out the rubbish
Lay the table for meals
Feed the cat and dogs

Call him/her write the writing on the board, and
the rest of students write in their notebook. (Time
limited is 10 minutes)
Check the writing on the board.
Collect the writing to give marks.

- Listen and correct

3.

- Ask Ss to consolidate the main contents.

Consolidation

- Ask Ss to tell class how to write a paragraph about - Listen
how people in your family share household work.

2 minutes

- Give feedback.
4. Homework

- T asks Ss to write the dialogue in the notebook

1 minute

- Prepare for the next lesson.

- Listen and note down