Unit

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LIFE
Unit FAMILYFAMILY
LIFE

LESSON 6

WRITING

Writing about family routines

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Unit
OBJECTIVES
1. Knowledge
- use lexical items related to the topic “Family life”;
- write about family routines.
2. Core competence
- be collaborative and supportive in pair work and team work;
- actively join in class activities;
- develop presentation skills.
3. Personal qualities
- be able and willing to sharing housework in the family.

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 6

Task 1: Choose a routine.

PRE-WRITING

Task 2: Read the email and complete the table.

Task 3: Complete the email about Dong's family
routines.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

CONSOLIDATION

WRITING
GETTING STARTED

Peer review and evaluation
• Wrap-up
• Home work

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LESSON 6

WRITING
GETTING STARTED
Task 1: Choose a routine.

WARM-UP
activity is the most
1 What
frequent in your family?

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LESSON 6

WRITING
GETTING STARTED
Task 1: Choose a routine.

PRE-WRITING

Task 2: Read the email and complete the table.

PRE-WRITING

2 Read the

email and
complete
the table.

New message

__ X

To: dong@webmail.com
Subject: My family routines

Hi Dong,
How are you getting on? In your last email you asked me about my family routines.
Well, we have quite a few routines to help us learn life skills and build family bonds,
but I'll tell you about three main ones.
First, my family always have dinner together. Dinners are important for us since we
share our daily experiences and talk about the latest news. Second, we watch our
favourite game show on TV together every Friday evening. We discuss the questions
and guess the answers. It's great fun every time we get a correct answer. Third, every
two weeks, on Saturday we clean the house together. We make a list of all the chores.
Each of us then chooses one or two household tasks according to personal choice. We
all feel happy and proud when we see our home spotlessly clean at the end of the day.
Do you have similar family routines? I'd be interested to know about your family.
Please write back soon.
Best,
Joey
SEND

PRE-WRITING
Routines

When / How often

1. have dinner
together

every day

2. watch favorite
game show on
TV together
3. clean the house
together

every Friday
evening
every two weeks,
on Saturday

Things to do to
strengthen family bonds
- share daily experiences
- talk about the latest
news.
- discuss the
questions
- guess the answers
- make a list of chores
- choose tasks

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 6

Task 1: Choose a routine.

PRE-WRITING

WHILE-WRITING

WRITING
GETTING STARTED

Task 2: Read the email and complete the table.

Task 3: Complete the email about Dong's family
routines.

WHILE-WRITING

3

Complete the email about Dong's family routines using the
information in the box.

WHILE-WRITING
3.1. STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH

WHILE-WRITING
3.2. QUALITIES OF A GOOD PARAGRAPH
QUALITIES OF A GOOD
PARAGRAPH

Unity
(i.e. one main idea is
developed)

Coherence
(i.e. all the sentences and
ideas flows smoothly to
make clear and logical
points about the topic)

WHILE-WRITING
3.3. CONNECTORS

To list ideas

First, Second, In addition, Additionally,
Moreover, Furthermore, Another idea
worth noting is that, Finally

To give an
example

For example/ For instance, To illustrate

To conclude

In conclusion, In brief, In short

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LESSON 6

WRITING
GETTING STARTED
Task 1: Choose a routine.

PRE-WRITING

Task 2: Read the email and complete the table.

Task 3: Complete the email about Dong's family
routines.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

Peer review and evaluation

POST-WRITING
PEER CHECK & REVIEW

- Work in pairs
- Give comments on your
partner's writing

POST-WRITING
SAMPLE PARAGRAPH
First, my family always have breakfast together. Breakfast is a quick meal with just bread
or noodles because both my parents work and we, kids, have morning classes. But the
most important thing is that we can sit down together, eat healthy food and share our
plans for the day. Second, we spend Saturday evenings as a family. We often watch a
film, share snacks and then exchange our opinions after the film. I can even argue and
defend my ideas about the film with my grandparents or brother. Third, on the second
Sunday of the month, we visit our grandparents. We come to my parents' home quite
early in the morning to help them do some housework such as cleaning the house or
washing clothes. Then, we have a big lunch with them. My parents are very happy when
we come to see them. The visits make me feel closer to my grandparents.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
 lexical items about family routines
 ways to write an email about family
routines.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- exercises in the workbook
- prepare for Communication and Culture lesson

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