Catedra 2: Talking about the Family

Objetivo Fundamental Vertical

Students will be able to compare, describe and talk about their families.

Objetivo Fundamental Transversal

Students will be able to:Understand the value of the familyWork in a collaborative wayRespect others

Contenidos Mínimos obligatorios

Vocabulary: Family members

Family relationships Adjectives

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

Objetivo(s) de Aprendizaje de la Unidad.

To reflect and analyze the different changes in comparative and superlative adjectives within the context and

vocabulary of the family

Título de la unidad de Aprendizaje. “Talking about the Family”

Activity 1: Students will be able to acquire and understand different concepts related to family.

Warm upSs will watch a video as the introduction of the unit

 

Body: Ss will link the concepts heard in the video with characters of a famous family.

Ss will talk about their families (pairs). Who do they live with, how old they are, etc.

Closure: Ss, with the help of the teacher, will summarize the

entire lesson making a family tree on the board, mentioning the different nouns.

Note: Ss will be ask to bring a family photo for the following session

Resources: Youtube, Projector, Computer.

Activity 2: Students will be able to learn about comparative and superlative adjectives.

Warm upSs will do a review of the previous class

Body: Ss, after a brief explanation of the different changes of the comparative and superlative adjectives, will choose the correct form of them.

• Ss will go to the website and they will catch superlative adjectives

Closure: Ss will summarize the class. Some of them will be asked to present and talk about their own families, using the photo which they were asked to bring.

Resources: Web platform, Game, Computer, Projector,

Pictures.

Activity 3: Students will be able to practice transforming some adjectives into the correct comparative and superlative’s form in order to

describe some family members.

• Warm up:• Ss will recall information about the previous

class in order to ask and answer some questions about their families

Body:

•Ss will watch a video in order to recall some vocabulary of the unit

•Ss will work on a website and fill-in some exercises about comparative and superlative adjectives

• Closure:

• Ss will compare themselves with some classmates using positive adjectives

Ex: She’s taller than me

He’s the smartest of the class

Resources:

Website’s exercises YouTube

• Projector Slides

Activity 4: Students will be able to listen to a song in order to recognize the grammar taught in classes.

Warm up:

• Ss will make a brainstorm recalling everything they have learned.

Body:

•Ss will listen to the song “Fighter” of Cristina Aguilera.

 

•Ss will listen to the song one more time in order to fill in the gaps with the missing words.

•Ss will create sentences with the missing words applying the comparative and superlative adjectives.

• Closure:

• Ss will sing along the song.

• Resources

• Song Worksheets (songs’ lyrics)

• Projector Speakers

Activity 5: Students will be able to skim and scan a text in order to get specific information and answer some questions

• Warm up:

• Ss will see a picture of a famous cartoon’s family and will compare the different characters relating and applying what they have learned

• Body:• Ss will skim the text in order to get specific

information

 • Ss will scan the text in order to answer the

reading comprehension questions

 • Ss will look up the unknown words

 • Ss will answer the other activities of the worksheet

applying the comparative and superlative adjectives

• Closure:

• Ss will comment the text and they will give their opinion about the importance of family.

• Resources

• Reading comprehension worksheet

• Dictionaries Computer

• Projector Picture

Activity 6: Students will be able to practice using comparative and superlative adjectives and vocabulary related to the family in order to compare different people and summarize the whole unit

Warm up:Ss will listen to the teacher and the instructions of the assessment

Body:

•Ss will create their own family tree adding images of their families

•Ss will present their family tree in front of the class applying all the vocabulary and grammar learned in classes.

 

•Closure:

•Ss will listen to the teacher and the final comments (feedback) about the assessment

Rubric

• Resources:

• Website

• Projector

• Computer

Activity 7: Students will be able to summarize the unit and identify some adjectives applying them inside the

classroom

• Warm up:

• Ss will listen to the instructions of the final activity

Body:•Ss will fill-in a short survey with the name of their classmates identifying and categorizing them under certain adjectives Worksheets (surveys)

•Closure:•Ss will be awarded according to the previous survey

Ex: The most intelligent student of the class

The sleepiest student of the class