UNIT 6:
GENDER EQUALITY
LESSON 6: WRITING
WORKING MOTHER
Contribute + to (v): góp phần, đóng góp
Set good example for sb: làm gương cho ai
Domestic (adj): trong nhà, trong gia đình
Pass down from generation to generation: truyền từ thế hệ này sang thế hệ khác
Satisfy (v): làm hài lòng, thỏa mãn
Household expenses (n): chi phí sinh hoạt gia đình
Household budget: ngân quỹ gia đình
Salary (n): tiền lương
Mature (v): làm cho ai trưởng thành
Housekeepers (n): người quản gia, nội trợ
VOCABULARY:
Activity 1: Fill in the appropriate blanks
Advantages of being a working mother
Mothers should be greatly encouraged to work outside the home.
First, working mothers contribute to household income.
1. ……………………………………………….
Second, working mothers are good educators for their children.
2. ……………………………………………….
Finally, working mothers set good examples for their children.
3. ……………………………………………….
Clearly, mothers should be strongly supported to work outside the home.
ACTIVITY 1
1.b
2.c
3.a
Advantages of being a working mother
OPENING: Mothers should be encouraged to work outside the home.
BODY:
1. SUPPORTING IDEA 1: Working mothers contribute to household income
- ………………………………………………………………..
-…………………………………………………………………
2. SUPPORTING IDEA 2: Working mothers are good educators for children.
-……………………………………………………………….
-……………………………………………………………….
3. SUPPORTING IDEA 3: Working mothers set good examples for their children.
-…………………………………………………………………
-…………………………………………………………………
ENDING: Clearly, mothers should be strongly supported to work outside the home.
ACTIVITY II
ACTIVITY 2: Complete the following outline
A. Supporting idea 1: Working mothers contribute to household income.
Explanations:
1. They help pay household expenses and satisfy children`s growing needs.
2. …………………………………………
Life is getting expensive, so women`s salary are becoming important.

B. Supporting idea 2: Working mothers are good educators for their children.
Explanations:
1. Experiences at work widen their knowledge and mature them.
2.  …………………………………………

ACTIVITY 2: Complete the following outline
They discover strengths and weaknesses, become knowledgeable and look for good ways to educate children.
C. Supporting idea 3: Working mothers set good examples for their children.
Explanations:
1. …………………………………………….

2. Such family values as hard work, responsibilities and love pass down.
ACTIVITY 2: Complete the following outline
Children see parents work hard and share domestic responsibilities, they learn from them
First
Second
Finally
Clearly
ACTIVITY 3: Discuss
LINKING WORDS
-> These words are used to connect or sequence the ideas in writing; make the writing more coherent and clear
Advantages of being a working mother
OPENING: Mothers should be encouraged to work outside the home.
BODY:
1. FIRST: Working mothers contribute to household income
- ………………………………………………………………..
-…………………………………………………………………
2. SECOND: Working mothers are good educators for children.
-……………………………………………………………….
-……………………………………………………………….
3. FINALLY: Working mothers set good examples for their children.
-…………………………………………………………………
-…………………………………………………………………
ENDING: Clearly, mothers should be strongly supported to work outside the home.
OUT LINE
OUTLINE
OPENING: Topic sentence
BODY:
1.Supporting idea 1
Explanation…………………………………..
………………………………………………….
2. Supporting idea 2
Explanation……………………………………
…………………………………………………..
3. Supporting idea 3
Explanation……………………………………
................................................................
ENDING: Concluding sentence
First, second,finally, then, next, etc.
Clearly, to conclude, to sum up, to summarize, in conclusion, in sum, in short, etc.
Write a passage on the disadvantage of a working mother.
OPENING: Mothers should not be encouraged to work outside the home.
BODY:
1. Women have traditional roles
housewives, housekeeper
Do housework………..
2. Not having enough time
Men work at office
Women have to work at the office and at home.
3. Not being good workers
Household chores affect work
Cannot concentrate on work
Worry about kids and housework.
ENDING: Clearly, mothers should not be strongly supported to work outside the home.
ACTIVITY III
OPENING: Mothers should be strongly discouraged from working outside the home.
ENDING: Clearly/In short/.. mothers should not be encouraged to work outside the home.
Supporting idea 1

Ex1: First, women have traditional roles as housewives and housekeepers. They should stay at home, do housework and look after their husbands and children. In extended families where more than two generations live together, women are also the main caregivers for elderly people.
Ex2: Firstly, women have traditional roles. They are housewives and housekeepers so they should stay at home, do housework and look after their husbands and children. If their family live with elderly people, women are also the main caregivers for them.
Ex1: Second, working mothers do not have enough time. Men’s work finishes at the office, but women‘s work is extended to their households. After an eight-hour working day, these exhausted women have to do household chores, take care of their husbands and children without having any time to relax.
Ex2: Secondly, working mothers do not have enough time. While men only work at the office, women work both at the office and at home. After a hard day, they have to household chore. Beside, they are responsible for taking care of their husbands and children. Therefore, they have no time for relaxation.
Supporting idea 2

Ex1: Finally, working mothers cannot be good workers. Tiring and boring chores at home negatively affect women’s tasks in their working place. They cannot concentrate or work as effectively as those who do not have to worry about taking kids to school, picking them up after school and doing housework.
Ex2: Finally, it is hard for working mothers to be good workers. Tiring and boring chores negatively affect women`s duties in their workplace. They cannot concentrate on their work or work effectively. Because they have to worry about their kids and do a lot of chores.
Supporting idea 3

Mothers should be strongly discouraged from working outside the home.
First, women have traditional roles as housewives and housekeepers. They should stay at home, doing housework and looking after their husbands and children. In extended families where more than two generations live together, women are also the main caregivers for elderly people.
Second, working mothers do not have enough time. Men’s work finishes at the office, but women‘s work is extended to their households. After an eight-hour working day, these exhausted women have to do household chores, take care of their husbands and children without having any time to relax.
Finally, working mothers cannot be good workers. Tiring and boring chores at home negatively affect women’s tasks in their working place. They cannot concentrate or work as effectively as those who do not have to worry about taking kids to school, picking them up after school and doing housework.
Clearly, mothers should not be encouraged to work outside the home.