ESL DEMO: FAMILY

I.

1. family tree starting with “me”

2. 1st level (Father, Mother, Brother, Sister)
3. 2nd level (Aunt, Uncle, Son, Daughter,
4. Remove all the words from the board, leaving the diagram completely blank except for one stick
figure labeled “me.”\.
5. test your students’ knowledge by pointing to any person on the family tree, asking, “Who is
this?” They should be able to answer with “That’s your ___.”
6. ask your students to draw their own family trees
7. refer to your family tree on the board, circle one person, for example your mother, and
write “Name?”
8. have the class ask you questions about your family, using possessive adjectives like my, his and her.
Write the students’ responses on the board as they answer.
9. Put the students in pairs and have them do the same activity, this time asking questions about their
partner’s family tree.

 splitting the whiteboard down the middle, with appearance on one side and personality on the other.
 once finished, have your students make sentences about their family using the descriptive adjectives
on the board. “My mother is short,” “My brother is shy,” and “My sister has long hair”

Questions:
VOCABULARY:
 Mother
 Father
 Sister
 Brother
 Twin
 Grandmother
 Grandfather
 Cousin
 Aunt
 Uncle
 Niece
 Nephew
 Stepfather
 Stepmother
 Stepsister
 Stepbrother