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University of Costa Rica/ MEP/ TCU-501 Fourth Grade

Task Development

I: Individual G: Groups R: Rows P: Pairs W: Whole class C: Circle Hmwk: Homework

Skills

L: Listening S: Speaking R: Reading W: Writing

Multiple Intelligences

VL: Verbal Linguistic Inter: Interpersonal Intra: Intrapersonal LM: Logical Mathematical VS: Visual Spatial

N: Naturalistic B: Bodily M: Musical

Unit 3: FAMILY TIES

Content: Nuclear and extended family, parts of the house and furniture.

Cross Curricular Theme: Human rights for democracy and peace.

Function:

1. Express Identifying and describing nuclear and extended family.

2. Identifying and describing parts of the house and its furniture.

Activity 1

Family Member

Function: Express Identifying and describing nuclear and extended

family, the female and male family relationship.

Content: My nuclear and extended family

Class Arrangement: W / G

Skills: L / S / R

M.I: VL / Inter / Intra / VS

Materials: Family Member Handout 1 (attached to this document), markers, glue, scissors, cardboards (7,5cm * 7,5cm), laminating plastic roll. Procedure:

1. Print the handout 1- family members. 2. Cut each family member image. 3. Paste each family member in the cardboard (7,5cm * 7,5cm). 4. Laminate all the images. 5. Finally, practice vocabulary orally.


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Activity 2

Home Game

Function: Recognize the vocabulary of the parts of the house, utensils

and furniture used in each of the parts of the house.

Content: : Vocabulary related to the parts of the house and its furniture:

table, bed, chair, door, kitchen, living room, dining room, lamp, mirror,

shower, pillow, microwave, washing machine, etc.

Class Arrangement: G

Skills: L / S / R

M.I: VL / Inter / Intra / VS

Materials: Home Game Handout 2 (attached to this document), markers, glue, scissors, 6 cardboard pieces (30cm * 30cm) for the parts of the house, 54 cardboard pieces (7,5cm * 7,5cm) for the furniture of the house, color pencils, Velcro, laminating plastic roll. Procedure:

1. Print the handout 2 - home game. 2. Cut the images of the house furniture. 3. Paste each image in cardboard pieces (7,5cm * 7,5cm) and cut

them. 4. Laminate them. 5. Paste the Velcro behind each one. 6. Draw and color the parts of the house in cardboard pieces (30cm

* 30cm). 7. Write the name of the corresponding furniture in each cardboard

piece. 8. Laminate them. 9. Paste the Velcro in front of each furniture name. 10. Finally, practice vocabulary orally.


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Family Member

Instructions:

1. Organize students into small groups.

2. Place all cards face down and mix them.

3. Each student must flip a card and then look for the opposite card. e.g. If the student gets Mother,

she or he has to find Father.

4. If the student matches the first one, she or he can continue looking for more matches.

5. If the student’s cards don’t match, the next student gives the game a try.

6. The student who has more cards is the one that wins.

Home Game

Instructions:

1. Organize students into groups of 6 members.

2. Distribute an image of one of the parts of the house to each player.

3. Take all the small flash cards from the boards and mix them up.

4. Give students some of the cards so that they can organize them in the right place by

identifying their names.

5. The winner will be the one that perfectly organizes the given flash cards in the board.


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HANDOUT 1

Grandmother

Grandfather

Mother

Father


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Daughter

Son

Sister

Brother


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Aunt

Uncle

Cousin

Cousin


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Niece

Nephew

Granddaughter

Grandson


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Sister-in-law

Brother-in-law

Daugther-in-law

Son-in-law


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Mother-in-law

Father-in-law

Baby

Baby


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Wife

Husband


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HANDOUT 2

BEDROOM