Happy apart back together SBP 60 / 61

In this lesson , the pupils will be able to read and identify attitudes

Write a conversation about multigenerational households

Vocabulary /Disagreement / arguments/ nosy / get along with / seniors/ four-generation

house / quarrel/ intrusive

Document 1 Read the text and identify the relationship between the characters

Cath and Wren………………………………………………………………………………

Wren and Courtney : ……………………………………………………………………….

2- Focus on lines 1to 13.Guess what a synonym for the word « college » is’ L9)

Middle school high school university

3-a-Focus on lines 14 to 27.Pick out verbs describing the father’s actions

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b-Tick the right answer The father wants

cath to put her stuff away to to reassure Cath Cath to go back home

4-Focus on the following sentence L18 « Third stop, my sad and empty nest »

a- Say what does the word nest refer to ?

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b-Explain what does this phrase reveal about the father’s feelings ?

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Document 2

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box

What is a multigenerational Household ?

Roof / sizes/ income / back/

When two , three or four generations live under the same……………………… They have
different shapes and different …………………….
1- Three-generation :Grand-parents +Parents+grand children

Grand families : Families headed by aging parents+Grandchildren

Two-adult generation : Parents+children under age of 18 to 22

Four-generation :Low …………………ethnic communities

Rise of boomrang children

Boomrang children are adults who move ………………….. in with their parents after living on
their own . Often boomrang children return to their parents for economic reasons such as
low wages, low savings, high debt or unemployment .

The pros and cons of multigenerational living

Read and complete the table with the appropriate information

Advantages Drawbacks
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