How do the people in the following pictures feel?
They feel exhausted.
They feel happy.
What may happen if just one or two people in the family have to do all the chores?
What happens when family members share housework?
 Many hands make light work.
Unit 1 FAMILY LIFE
LESSON 6 WRITING
VOCABULARY
split (v): divide or make sth divide into two or more parts
Example: She split the money she won with her brother.
take up (v)
chia, chẻ, bửa, tách
to continue, especially starting after somebody/something else has finished
to fill or use an amount of space or time
Example: The table takes up too much room.
Đảm nhận, chiếm
She has taken up a job as a teacher.
to repair something that has been damaged or broken so that it can be used again
Example: Could you mend my bike for me?
mend (v)
VOCABULARY
a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work
burden (n)
VOCABULARY
take turns to do sth / in doing sth
Gánh nặng
if people take turns or take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other to make sure it is done fairly
Thay phiên làm gì
/splɪt/
/teɪk ʌp /
/mend/
/ˈbɜːdn/
/ teɪk tɜːnz/
VOCABULARY
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? 
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 four people in Lam’s family.
 Because both parents work and the children spend most of their time at school. 
 They split the housework equally in the family. 
 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.
 Yes, they do. They do it willingly.
 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, how the family members share the housework,..(question 1,2, 3)
Part 2: What each of them does (question 4)
Part 3: What family members think of doing housework (question 5&6)
MAKING AN OUTLINE
A paragraph about how people in the family share household work.
INTRODUCTION
+ The members of the family


+ How the household chores are divided in general?
(I live in a family of four: … / There are four people in my family: ……… / My family has …….. )
(All members of my family do the housework / members of my family share the household chores equally/ ….
MAKING AN OUTLINE
A paragraph about how people in the family share household work.
BODY
Describe each member’s duties?
Structures:
......be responsible for …..
Being the elder child, I often….
My responsibility at home is/ includes + V-ing…….
MAKING AN OUTLINE
A paragraph about how people in the family share household work.
CONCLUSION
The benefits of sharing household chores or your feeling about your family (What family members think of doing housework)
(I love sharing the household chores with all members of my family as we know that ……………)
MAKING AN OUTLINE
A paragraph about how people in the family share household work.
a. Introduction:
+ 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?
(All members of my family do the housework / My family share the household chores equally/ ….
b. Body
Describe each member’s duties?
Be responsible for ….. Being the elder child, I often….
My responsibility at home is/ includes + V-ing …….
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 ……………)
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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