Unit 01 Family Life Lesson 6 Writing

The father mends things around the house and clean the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does the laundry, take out the trash and cleans the fridge [r]

Lesson 6 Writing

Act 1 Discuss the meaning of the saying below.

Act 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)

Act 3 Read the text again and answer the questions

1 How many people are

there in Lam’s family?

2 Why are they very busy?

3 How do they split the

housework in the family?

4 What household chores

does each member of the

family do?

5 Do the family members

enjoy the housework?

6 What are the benefits of

everyone in the family

sharing the housework?

There are 4 people in Lam’s family

Because both parents work and the children spend most of the time at school

They split the housework equally in the family.

The father mends things around the house and clean the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does the laundry, take out 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.

Yes, they do They do it willingly The burden is less, so everyone has time to relax

Act 4 Make your family chore chart

Family Chore Chart

Name:

Chore list

Name:

Chore list

Name: Mum

Chore list

Name:

Chore list

Act 3 Read the text again and answer the questions

1 How many people are

there in Lam’s family?

2 Why are they very busy?

3 How do they split the

housework in the family?

4 What household chores

does each member of the

family do?

5 Do the family members

enjoy the housework?

6 What are the benefits of

everyone in the family

sharing the housework?

There are 4 people in Lam’s family

Because both parents work and the children spend most of the time at school

They split the housework equally in the family.

The father mends things around the house and clean the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does the laundry, take out 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.

Yes, they do They do it willingly

The burden is less, so everyone has time to relax

Act 3 Read the text again and answer the questions

I live in a family of four: My parents, my

younger sister and I We are all very busy

people: both my parents work, my sister

and I spend most of the time at school., so

we split the house hold chores equally.

My dad is responsible for mending things

around the house He also cleans the

bathroom twice a week My mum does

most of the cooking and grocery shopping.

Being the elder child in the family, I take up

a large share of housework I do the

laundry, take out of the rubbish, and clean

the fridge once a week My younger sister

An’s responsibilities include helping mum

to prepare meals and washing the dishes

My sister and I take turns laying the table

for meals, sweeping the house, and

feeding the cat.

We do our share of housework willingly as

we know that if everyone contributes, the

burden is less and everyone can have some

time to relax.

There are 4 people in Lam’s family

Because both parents work and the children spend most of the time at school

They split the housework equally in the family.

The father mends things around the house and clean the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does the laundry, take out 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.

Yes, they do They do it willingly

Lesson outcome

1 What have we learn today?

2 What can you do now?

I’ve learnt how to write a paragraph about family chores and now I can write how each member of my family contributes to doing housework.

Take up:

Burden:

Take turns doing st :

Be willing to do st = be happy to do st

Gánh vác Gánh nặng

Thay phiên nhau làm việc gì

Mend – repair - Fix

1 mend: clothes, relationship

- My mom is going to mend my shirt.

- Erica and Andrew are trying to mend their

relationship.

- Evelyn is mending her broken heart.

2 repair: to fix something that is damaged, renew, renovate or restore

- I am taking my car in for repairs It doesn’t seem to

be working right.

- We need to repair the leaking pipe in the basement

- Learn new words

- Do Writing (workbook), p.12

- Do extra exercises