Family Values

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Topic of the night:

Learning agenda of the night1. A brief review of what has been learned last night2. Introduction of tonight’s topic—family values.3. Reading activity4. Learning new English expressions to talk about

your opinions5. Whole class discussion on the reading material6. Interview and Report activity7. “Messengers and Messages” behind family values

of diverse cultures8. Individual work and presentation9. Mini-debate

Review the learning of last nightTopic: Family eat togetherWe talked about:

the importance of family eat-together;20 American family table manners and

that of your cultures; e.g. 16. Elbows and arms are never placed on the table.

new expressions focusing on using English past tense;

ValuesValues: Values are the beliefs of a group of

people shared as a whole.Value is both a noun and a verb.

Family values; We value family.

Family values—a family values sign

Reading activityStep1: Read the piece of reading and you

have 6 minutes to finish it. Step2: Read and think about the question

after each paragraph, you can draw down your thoughts on a piece of paper.

Do the reading by yourself, later we will have a whole class discussion

Please feel free to ask questions when you have difficulty understanding a word or a sentence.

Before readingVocabulary in paragraph 1:nuclear family: a family that consists of father,

mother and children, when it is thought of as a unit in society.

purpose: goal, intention, or function of somethingas well as: andVocabulary in paragraph2:emphasis: special importance that is given to

somethingconfusing: difficult to understand, not clearVocabulary in paragraph4:honored guest: a highly respected, very important

guest

Express your opinions in English!

Ways to ask for opinions

Do you think...?What do you think about...?What's your opinion of...?How do you feel about...?

Express your opinions in English!Expressions to give opinions

1. In my view,__________________________________2. In my opinion, _________________________________3. From my point of view, _______________________________4. As far as I'm concerned, _______________________________5. It seems to me that ______________________________________6. I would argue that ______________________________________7. I believe that/I do not believe that _________________________8. I agree that/ I disagree that _______________________________9. To be honest, I think______________________________10. If you ask me, ___________________________________

Interview and ReportSTEP1: Work with a classmate who is NOT from your culture. STEP 2: Interview your partner! (3 minutes)Questions for interview:

1) Which cultural background do you have?2) What are the 3 most important family values in your culture?

When you are an interviewer, please write down the answer briefly on the paper.

When you are an interviewee, please answer questions by using the sentence structure on the paper.

STEP3: Share with the whole class. Each interviewer should talk about the answers they have got from your partner and share the 3 important family values in your partner's culture. So you will change your role to be a reporter from an interviewer! Each reporter has 2 minutes to report!

Draw your family values sign and share it with the class!

Mini-debate:Topic of our mini-debate"Should children be

allowed to argue with their parents and senior family members?"

There is only one rule in this mini-debate activity:

RULE: Use the new expressions you have just learned to express your opinions.

Brief review and what’s next