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
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
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Name:__________________________

Chore list
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Name: Mum

Chore list
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Name:__________________________

Chore list
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Act 3. Read the text again and answer the questions
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
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
Lesson outcome
What have we learn today?
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.
Vocabulary
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
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

Homework
Learn new words
Do Writing (workbook), p.12
Do extra exercises