UNIT N° 1

LESSON N° 04: DESCRIBING MY FAMILY

Class: 3°____ Time: a week Date: ________________
Purpose: Organize and develop the ideas in a coherent and cohesive way
Learning Evidence: Make an oral presentation describing their families and
themselves.

EYES ON ME

Activity 1. Listen and read about Peter’s family.

Figure 1.

[listening 1]this is my family (2016) Retrieved from:

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Family_members/This_is_my_family_mt1825512ah

Activity 2: Choose the correct answer about the text.

A) Jhon is Peter’s …..

a) father b) grandpa c) brother

B) Who is Sara?
a) Peter’s mother b) Peter’s sister c) Peter’s brother

LET´S OBSERVE AND LISTEN

Activity 3: Great! Now, watch the video about describing family.
[video]describing family 2014 Retrieved from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJg1btRX2M

Worksheet:
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Family_members/Video_family_vy19
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LET´S UNDERSTAND

Activity 4: Look at this chart about Yes-No Questions

BE QUESTIONS and SHORT Positive answer Negative answer

ANSWER
Am I a student? Yes, I am No, I’m not
Are you Yes, you are No, you aren’t
Are they Yes, they are No, they aren’t
a student?
Are we Yes, we are No, we aren’t
Is she Yes, she is. No, she isn’t
Is he a student? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.
Is it a dog? Yes, It is. No, It isn’t

Activity 5: Possessives

Posssessive’s

We use possessive 's to Example:

say that something or
someone belongs to a sister of Maria. = Maria’s sister
person. The father of Carlos= Carlos ‘s father.
possessive 's always Son of Mario=
comes after a noun Brother of Carol=
Activity 6: Months of the year

Figure 2

Activity 7: Possessive Adjectives

Figure 3
Activity 8: Adjectives
Match these adjectives with the picture (1-6)

Big old poor rich small young

Activity 9: Irregular plural nouns.

LET´S PRACTICE

Activity 10: Yes-No Questions

Order these questions in the correct form.

Maria / is / your mother / ? / ……………………………………………………………..
student / Is / she / ? /a ……………………………………………………………..
? / Paris / beautiful / Is ……………………………………………………………..
person / you /? / Are / an old ………………………………………………………………

Activity 11: Possessives

Write below the family relationship.

Activity 12: Months of the year
Look at the diary. Write the months in the correct place. Then, write the family
events using the possessives.

August December February June November

e.g., Brother’s birthday.

Carlos and Sara’s wedding anniversary.

FAMILY EVENTS

January ………………………………………………………………………..

……………… ………………………………………………………………………..

March …………………………………………………………………………

April …………………………………………………………………………

May ………………………………………………………………………….

…………….. …………………………………………………………………………

July ………………………………………………………………………..

………………. …………………………………………………………………………

September ………………………………………………………………………….

October ………………………………………………………………………….

……………….. ………………………………………………………………………….

………………… ………………………………………………………………………….
Activity 13: Possessive Adjectives

Write the correct possessive adjective in the box.

Figure 4

Note:
https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Possessive_adjectives/Unscramble_the_sentences_Possessive_adjectives_nh243002
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Activity 14: Adjectives
Choose the correct option:

1.- Our class is big / small – 38 students.

2.- Are your grandparents old / young?

3.- We aren’t rich. We’re big /poor.

4. My children are small / young – five and six years old.

5.- This wedding is rich / small – the bride and groom and their families.

Activity 15: Irregular plural nouns.

Match the singular and plural nouns
Activity 16: Video about describing a family
Watch the video again and choose the correct answer.

LET´S CREATE AND SHARE

Activity 17: Based on the previous lesson, make an oral presentation about that
writing; please consider the vocabulary and grammar learned in this unit (e.g.,
possessives, months, possessives adjectives, and plural
nouns. Follow the oral rubric.
Figure 5

Oral Rubric
Needs
CRITERION Excellent Good Fair Score
Improvement
5 4 2.5 1
Consistently Mostly relevant Generally relevant Mostly irrelevant
relevant/convincing
MESSAGE

Very effective and Effective and Partially Effective Limited

mostly accurate accurate
LANGUAGE

Holds attention of Use of direct eye Displays minimal Holds no eye

the entire audience contact, but still eye contact contact, as the
DELIVERY
returns to notes. entire report is read
from notes.
Graphics explain and Graphics relate to Rarely support Superfluous
reinforce screen text text and text and graphics or no
GRAPHICS and presentation. presentation. presentation. graphics.

Note: Adapted from LANGUAGE B Guide

LET´S EVALUATE AND REFLECT

Activity 18: Complete the chart.

Things I learned today Difficulties I had in Things I need to

class improve

You are an outstanding student! See you in our next Unit!

REFERENCES:

THIS IS MY FAMILY (2016) [listening 1] Retrieved from:

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(
ESL)/Family_members/This_is_my_family_mt1825512ah

PLURAL NOUNS(2015).[Image] https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/grammar/grade-

2-irregular-nouns-a.pdf

DESCRIBING FAMILY 2014. [video] Retrieved

from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJg1btRX2M

- Stephenson, H. (2013). Life Beginner. National Geographic Learning