Lesson 1: Identifying Family Members

As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas and information. As speakers and writers, they will use language to present a variety of perspectives, opinions and ideas.

Suggested Topics

• Family roles
  
• Names of family members
  
• Family characteristics
  
• Family member characteristics
  
• Family activities

Suggested Activities

• Identify words related to families
  
• Use of student experiences to describe varieties of families, ages, relationships to each other, etc.
  
• Write descriptions of family members
  
• Create a family tree

Resources

• Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 1996)
  
• Magazine photographs
  
• Family photographs