English 10 UNIT 1 FAMILY LIFE WRITING

How do the people in the following pictures feel?


They feel exhausted.


They feel happy.


What happens when family members share housework?
 Many hands make light work.


Unit 1: Family life
Lesson 6 : Writing
Many hands make light work


Task 1. Discuss the meaning of the saying below.


Task 2. Read the text and complete the chart


Mending things around the house, cleaning the bathroom

Doing most of the cooking and grocery shopping

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

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


Task 3. Answer the questions.
1. How many people are there in Lam's family? 
 There are four people in Lam’s family.
2. Why are they very busy?
 Because both parents work and the children spend most of their time at school.  
3. How do they split the housework in the family? 
 They split the housework equally in the family. 
4. What household chores does each member of the family do? 
 The father mends things around the house and cleans the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does
the laundry, takes the trash and cleans the fridge once a week; An helps her mother to prepare meals and washes the dishes; Lam and An
take turns laying the table for meals, sweeping the house, and feeding the cat.

5. Do the family members enjoy the housework?
 Yes, they do. They do it willingly.
6. What are the benefits of everyone in the family sharing the housework?
 The burden is less, so everyone has time to relax.


Task 4. Make your family chore chart


Task 5: Using the household chores chart in Task 4 and the answers in Task 3, write a paragraph about
how people in your family share housework

The paragraph can consist of three parts

Part 1: Introduction to the family: how many people, who the members are,..
(question 1&2)
Part 2: How the family members share the housework, what each of them
does (question 3&4)
Part 3: What family members think of doing housework (question 5&6)


Sample writing
There are four people in my family: my parents, my older brother and I. We are all very busy
people, so we divide/ split the household chores equally. My Mom does cooks, cleans the
room and shops for grocery. My Dad does the hard stuff like lifting heavy things
and repairs work like fixing plumbing and electricity. My older brother takes out the rubbish,
cleans the house and feeds the dogs. And me, I do the washing-up, do the laundry and water
the flowers. In my family, every member contributes to making the home a beautiful and
happy place to live in.


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