WELCOME TO

MORPHO ENGLISH

S TA RT E R – L E V E L 1
LESSON 1
 MY FAMILY

Lesson Objectives: Lesson vocabulary:

 Talking about family members  Family
 Discuss the ground rules for oracy  Parents
 Write about you and your family  House
 Give a presentation on your family  Backyard
 Show your new neighbour your home  Apartment
 Grandparents
 Chores
 BRAINSTORM
What do the pictures have
in common? Are all families the same?

What can you see?

MATCHING PAIRS

Family House

Apartment Chores

Backyard
Grandparents

Parents
 LOOK AT THIS PHOTO!

Watch the video and circle the correct answers!

a. Who has a big family? Alice or Nikki
b. Who has a small family? Alice or Nikki
READY TO READ: READING STRATEGY
Predicting from pictures: they help you predict what a text is about.

Look at the photos! What do you think the text is about? Circle the correct answer.
a. Different toys b. different families c. different schools
FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD
Every family is different. let's look at three very different families
around the world.

This is mana. She is 6 years old. she's from the united states. she
lives with her parents and her brother. they live in a house. the
house is not very big but it has a backyard with a tree house. after
school, the boys play in the park with their dad. mom gets home in
the evening. then, they all have dinner.

This is Lucia, she's 7 years old. she is from Columbia. she

lives in an apartment with her grandparents and her mother.
after school, Lucia helps her grandparents with the chores.
Image of Lucia sometimes Lucia plays with her friends in the apartment. her
grandfather plays with them too.

This is Oval. She's 6 years old. She is from Mongolia. Mongolia is in Asia. Oval and How’s your family different from these
her family are nomads. They go from place to place with their animals. The family lives families?
in a type of tent called a ger. It's time to go. Oval and her family take the ger with
them.
Explore the text

Which child…

a. Has one brother?

b. Travels a lot?
c. Lives in an apartment?
d. Has treehouse in the backyard?

e. Has animals?
f. Helps with chores?
Grammar In Context
G r a m m a r : Ve r b t o - b e ; a ff i r m a t i v e a n d n e g a t i v e

I’m 6 y ea r s ol d I ’m no t 7 y ea r s ol d
Sh e’s fr o m C o l u mb i a M a n a is n ’ t f r o m C a n ad a
Th e y ’r e f r o m M o ng o li a T h ey ar en ’ t f r o m J a pa n

Listen to the chant and match

Circle the correct answer!

a. Gala isn’t eight years old. She’s six She’s seven

b. Gala isn’t from Japan. She’s from Columbia. She’s from Brazil.
c. Tomo and Koji aren’t 6 years old.
She’s from Columbia.
d. Tomo and Koji aren’t from China