Unit 3

Family | LoyaltyWeek 3 | Lesson 1 | Spring 2015 | Instructor: Sulamith Höfer

Find Someone Who … (Family)

Icebreaker

Use complete sentences to find a classmate who has family members matching the description above.

Do you have any brothers or sisters? Tell me about them….

Example

Find someone who …1. … is an only child.2. … has more than one sibling

(brother/sister).3. … has a relative/friend living

abroad.4. … lived with his/her grandparents

when he/she was younger.5. … still has a great-grandparent

living.6. … who has a family member with

an unusual job.7. … who has a parent who has

studied or is studying English.

Review & Check-Up

HomeworkWrite a letter of apology to someone you have wronged in the past. Think about why you are sorry, and how you can avoid making the same mistake in the future.

Review• Topic: • Pronunciation: • Function:

• Idiom:

English partner

Friendship | Forgiveness/θ/, /s/, /ð/, /d/ Expressing agreement, disagreement, partial agreement; ApologiesKnow someone/something inside out

Idiom

1. I'm happy to stick with the present team. 2. She stuck with him, even when he got so sick.3. Even though it’s really challenging, I’ll stick with this

assignment.

To Stick with someone or something

Informal: persevere or continue with

Examples:

Function

Clarification

Pardon?I’m sorry?Could you please repeat that? What do you mean?What do you mean by…?

Function

Activity: New Identities• Write your name on a piece of paper and fold it.• Think of some information you could share about your family • Mingle & exchange the information with others. • Every time you talk to someone, switch papers (names). • Now you become that person, and should repeat the information you

just learned about your previous partner to the next person you talk to. • Use the function of “Asking for clarification” to make sure get all the

information correctly and remember it.

1. How many people are in your family? 2. What do your parents do? (job)3. Where are you from? 4. Is there anything unique or special about your family?

Things you could share about your family

Function

Restating/Rephrasing

Restating1. In your opinion, is it better…2. Do you have in thoughts/ideas about this question? 3. "The question was, ‘Is it better to have siblings or be an

only child?' Did I get that right?"

Rephrasing 4. Is it better to have brothers and sisters or not? 5. Are there any benefits to having brothers and sisters, over

having none?

So what do you think: is it better to have siblings or to be an only child?

(Repeat the same)

(Repeat in your own words)

Function

Activity1. Choose taskmaster, timekeeper, writer, presenter.2. Choose several questions.

1. Restate or rephrase each question (3 different ways).

3. Choose one of the questions, and the presenter will read the re-phrased version of the questions.

Function

Questions1. What kinds of things do you do with your family?2. What makes friends different from family?3. What does it mean to love someone unconditionally? 4. Are friends more important than family?5. Who do you get along with better your mother or your

father? 6. What is the most important thing your parents taught

you? 7. Who in your family do you think understands you best?

HomeworkThe Courage of Queen EstherEsther was a Jewish girl born in Persia around 500 BC. Her parents had died, so she was raised by her uncle Mordecai. At that time Ahasuerus was King of Persia. After searching throughout his empire for a new queen, he chose Esther. Esther, the Jewish orphan, became Queen Esther. She did not tell the King she was a Jew. Meanwhile, Mordecai had refused to honor an evil official named Haman. Haman hated Mordecai for this and looked for a way to kill him and all his people, the Jews. Haman deceived the King into issuing a decree to kill all the Jews throughout the Persian Empire. No one could save the Jews except Esther. But no one, not even the queen, could enter the King’s presence unless the King first called for someone. The penalty for approaching the King without his summon was death. Esther faced a great challenge. If she did nothing, her people would be murdered. But if she tried to speak to the King, she would likely be executed. She decided her people were more important than her own life, so she went to the King without being summoned. Fortunately, the King was willing to listen to her. Esther presented her case. The King was sympathetic. He issued a new decree, which saved all the Jews. He also ordered the execution of the wicked Haman. Queen Esther’s courage saved the lives of her people.

Adapted from Speaking Beautiful English, p. 137