UNIT 1. FAMILY LIFE. LESSON 3. READING
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LESSON 3. READING
UNIT 1. FAMILY LIFE
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WARM-UP
Benefits of doing housework
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FAMILY LIFE
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Unit 1
FAMILY LIFE
READING
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LESSON 3
Benefits of doing housework
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - Read for specific information in a text about the benefits of doing housework for children - Understand the topic-related words introduced in previous lessons - Use the topic-related words in meaningful contexts
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Unit 1
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GAME: Who’s in charge?
How to play?
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GAME: Who’s in charge?
- Work in 4 groups. - In 3 minutes, list down (as much as possible) housework that you think mom, dad and kids usually do. - After you finish, 1 representative from each group comes and writes on the board. - The 1st group to finish says ‘STOP THE BUS’ and the others stop writing.
PRE-READING
1. Work in pairs. Look at the photos and answer the questions.
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1. What is each person in the picture doing? 2. Do you think that they are happy? Why or why not?
1. Work in pairs. Look at the photos and answer the questions.
- Answer the questions
Bài tập kéo thả chữ
1. What is each person in the picture doing? => ||In the picture, the man is putting food on the table, || ||the woman is cooking, the boy is cleaning the floor || ||and the girl is washing fruit||. 2. Do you think that they are happy? Why or why not? => ||Yes, I do. I think they are happy because they are doing|| ||housework together and all the family members are sharing|| ||the household chores||.
Answer the questions
WHILE-READING
2. Read the text and tick (✓) the appropriate meanings of the highlighted words.
2. Read the text and tick (✓) the appropriate meanings of the highlighted words.
Most people think that housework is boring and is the responsibility of wives and mothers only. Many parents don't ask their children to do housework so that they have more time to play or study. However, studies show doing chores is good for children. Kids who do housework develop important life skills that they will need for the rest of their lives. Doing the laundry, cleaning the house, and taking care of others are among the important skills that children will need when they start their own families. These are the things that schools cannot fully teach, so it's important for children to learn them at home. Sharing housework also helps young people learn to take responsibility. They know that they have to try to finish their tasks even though they do not enjoy doing them. Doing chores also helps develop children's gratitude to their parents. When doing housework, they learn to appreciate all the hard work their parents do around the house for them. In addition, doing chores together helps strengthen family bonds, creating special moments between children and parents. It makes children feel they are members of a team. All in all, doing housework can bring a lot of benefits to children. It teaches them life skills and helps build their character. Therefore, parents should encourage their kids to share the housework for their own good as well as the good of the whole family.
- Tick (✓) the appropriate meanings of the highlighted words.
1. responsibility A. duty B. hobby 2. gratitude A. the feeling of being great B. the feeling of being grateful 3. strengthen A. make something stronger B. make something more difficult 4. bonds A. close connections B. common interests 5. character A. qualities that make a person the same as others B. qualities that make a person different from others
Tick (✓) the appropriate meanings of the highlighted words.
- Play game: Fishing
Bài kiểm tra tổng hợp
1. responsibility - A. duty - true - B. hobby - false - false - false - false - false
2. gratitude - A. the feeling of being great - false - B. the feeling of being grateful - true - false - false - false - false
3. strengthen - A. make something stronger - true - B. make something more difficult - false - false - false - false - false
4. bonds - A. close connections - true - B. common interests - false - false - false - false - false
5. character - A. qualities that make a person the same as others - false - B. qualities that make a person different from others - true - false - false - false - false
3. Read the text again and answer the questions.
3. Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. What do most people think about house work? 2. Why don't many parents make their children do housework? 3. What are some important life skills children can learn when doing housework? 4. What do children learn as they finish household tasks that they don't enjoy? 5. Why does sharing housework strengthen family bonds?
- Answer the questions
Bài tập kéo thả chữ
1. What do most people think about house work? => ||Most people think that housework is boring and is the responsibility|| ||of wives and mothers only||. 2. Why don't many parents make their children do housework? => ||Many parents don't ask their children to do housework so that they|| || have more time to play or study||. 3. What are some important life skills children can learn when doing housework? => ||Some important life skills children can learn when doing housework|| ||are doing the laundry, cleaning the house, and taking care of others.|| 4. What do children learn as they finish household tasks that they don't enjoy? => ||Children learn to take responsibility as they finish household tasks that|| ||they don't enjoy||. 5. Why does sharing housework strengthen family bonds? => ||Because it creats special moments between children and parents and|| ||makes makes children feel they are members of a team||.
Answer the questions
POST-READING
4. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
4. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
What benefits do you think you can get from sharing housework?
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CONSOLIDATION
Wrap-up
WRAP-UP
What have we learnt today? - Read for specific information in a text about the benefits of doing housework for children - Understand the topic-related words introduced in previous lessons - Use the topic-related words in meaningful contexts
Homework
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- Do exercises in the workbook - Prepare for the next lesson: Speaking
Homework