Family Unit: Level 3
Name:____________
Directions: Look at the pictures. Fill in the missing letters. Read the family words. Label the picture with ...
Directions: Look at the pictures. Fill in the missing letters. Read the family words. Label the picture with the correct family words.
Grandfather and grandmother
Gr_ndm_th_r
M_th_r
Gr_ndf_th_r
F_th_r
Gr_ndp_r_nts
P_r_nts Brother and Sister
S_st_r
Br_th_r
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S_bl_ngs
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Reading: Directions: Finish writing the story about Eric’s family. Read your story to a partner when you are finished.
Family
My name is Eric. I have a small family. I have__ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ _
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Matching: Directions: Finish writing the family words. Match the pictures with the family words. 1. G_ _ _ _ m _ _ _ _ _
2. G_ _ _ _f_ _ _ _ _
3. G_ _ _ _p_ _ _ _ _ _
4. M_ _ _ _ _
Brother and Sister
5. F_ _ _ _ _
6. P_ _ _ _ _ _
7. S_ _ _ _ _ _
8. B_ _ _ _ _ _
9. Sib_ _ _ _ _ Grandfather and grandmother
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Reading: Directions: Fill in the missing letters. Read about Eric’s family with a partner. This is my g_ _ _ _f_ _ _ _ _ and my g_ _ _ _m_ _ _ _ _. My g_ _ _ _f_ _ _ _ _’s name is Joe. My g_ _ _ _m_ _ _ _ _’s name is Nancy. They are my g_ _ _ _ p _ _ _ _ _s.
Grandfather and grandmother
This is my b_ _ _ _ _ _ and my Mother and
_ _ _ _ _ _s. Father
My b_ _ _ _ _ _’s name is David. My si_t_ _s’ names are Alisa and Anita. They are my s_b_ _ _ _ _.
This is my m_ _ _ _ _ and my f_ _ _ _ _. My m_ _ _ _ _’s name is Sandy. My f_ _ _ _ _’s name is Rick. They are my p_ _ _ _ _ _.
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Writing: Directions: Look at the picture and read the names of the people. Joe
Alisa
Nancy
*Eric*
Rick
Sandy
David
Anita
Directions: Write about Eric’s family again. Write about who they are and how they are related. Also, write three more sentences about the family Example: Sandy is Eric’s mother. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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Grammar: Adjectives and Nouns (What do they look like?) Directions: Look at the pictures. Read the new words. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Physical Characteristics
tall short young old pretty handsome --------------------------------------------------------Hair Eyes
bald
straight
curly
wavy
glasses
big
small
long short beard mustache -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Colors (hair and eyes)
green
brown
blue
red
yellow (blonde)
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black
grey
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Grammar Activity 1: Find Someone Who… Directions: Look at your classmates. Find someone who has brown eyes, short hair, is tall, etc. Write the name of the person and an answer using a complete sentence in the boxes below. Find someone who… …is short …is _ _ _ _ …is pretty …is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ …is young …is _ _ _ …has a beard …has a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ …has long hair …has _ _ _ _ _ hair …has curly hair …has _ _ _ _ hair …has straight hair …has _ _ _ _ _ hair …has black hair …has _ _ _ _ hair ...has red hair ...has _ _ _ _ _ _ hair …has big eyes …has _ _ _ _ _ eyes …has blue eyes …has _ _ _ _ _ eyes …has green eyes …wears glasses
Name of Person
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Answer
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Grammar Activity 2: Describe Your Family Directions: Draw a picture of your family. Talk about your family with your group. Describe your family members. What do they look like?
Directions: Write about your family. Do you have siblings? Do you have children? Do you have grandparents? What do they look like? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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Dialogs: Directions: Practice reading the dialogs with a partner.
Man:Do you have a sister? Woman:Yes, I do. She is older than me. Man:What does she look like? Woman:She looks a lot different now. Man:Did she look different before? Woman: Yes, she just cut her hair. Man: Was it really long? Woman: Yes, it was very long and now it is really short.
Woman 1: I just got an email from my son. Woman 2: How is he doing these days? Woman 1: He’s great. Look at his picture. Woman 2: Wow! He’s really handsome. Woman 1: Yes, I know. He looks like me! Woman 2: Who did he get his green eyes and brown hair from? Woman 1: My father had green eyes and my mother had brown hair.
Girl 1:This is my sister. We are twins. Girl 2:We were born on the same day. Girl 1:We had short, curly red hair when we were younger. Girl 2:Now we have long, straight brown hair. Our hair color changed. Girl 1:We were very short until this year. Girl 2:We grew five inches this year. Girl 1:We are the tallest girls in our school.
Woman 1:This is my mother. Woman 2:This is my daughter. Woman 1:People say I look like her. Woman 2:People say she looks like me. Woman 1:We have the same color eyes. Woman 2:We have the same color hair. Woman 1:Hey! My hair isn’t grey yet. Woman 2:You’re right. It isn’t grey now but it will be grey in a couple of years.
***Write your own dialog in your notebook***
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Word Scramble: Directions: 1. Find the words. 2. Write all the words on the lines.
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The Simpsons: Family Tree Directions: Help Bart! Look at the pictures. Write the family words in the boxes. Who is a mother? Who is a father? Talk about the Simpsons family with a group.
Aunt
Uncle
My name is Bart Simpson. I can’t remember my family. Please help me remember who they are and how they are related. Thank you very much for your help.
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Cousin
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The Simpsons: Family Tree Directions: Look at the Simpsons family tree. Write about the family. Who is who? How are they related to Bart? Write a minimum of 13 sentences. Example: Lisa is Bart’s sister.
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Story: Bart’s Family Directions: Find a partner. Look at all the strips of paper. Read them together and put them in the correct order on the table.
Directions: Copy the story on the lines below. Read the story to your partner. Take turns reading the story to each other. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
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Story: C-Test Practice Directions: Listen to your partner read the story. Fill in the missing letters.
My name is Bart Simpson. I ha_ _ a bi_ family. I ha_ _ two sist_ _ _. Their nam_ _ are Li_ _ and Mag_ _ _ . Lisa an_ Maggie ar_ my youn_ _ _ sisters. I a_ the mid_ _ _ child. I ha_ _ a mot_ _ _ and a fat_ _ _. Their nam_ _ are Mar_ _ and Hom_ _. They ar_ my pare_ _ _. My mot_ _ _ has cur_ _ hair an_ my fat_ _ _ is ba_ _. I ha_ _ two grandm_ _ _ _ _ _. My grandm_ _ _ _ _ _’ names ar_ Jackie an_ Mona. Th_ _ are ol_. I ha_ _ two grandf_ _ _ _ _ _. My grandf_ _ _ _ _ _’ names ar_ Clancy an_ Abraham. Th_ _ are ol_ too. I ha_ _ one unc_ _. His na_ _ is He_ _. He i_ my fath_ _’ _ brother. H_ looks li_ _ my fat_ _ _. I ha_ _ two aun_ _. Their nam_ _ are Sel_ _ and Pat_ _. They ar_ my moth_ _’ _ sisters. Th_ _ don’t lo_ _ like m_ mother. Sel_ _ has on_ daug_ _ _ _. She wa_ adopted. He_ name i_ Ling. Ling is my cousin. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Directions: Answer the questions in complete sentences. 1. Is your family bigger or smaller than the Simpsons?_______________ _______________________________________________________ 2. Do you think Bart gets along with his sisters? Why or why not?______ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 3. Do you have siblings? Do you get along with them?________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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Word Search: Directions: Find and circle the words in the puzzle.
H R F R G Z E R E T S I S S
S R Z P E D M N Y Z L M C H
M T E S W H N N W P I M C O
C R N H K L T I K S T M Y M
L N R E T Y A O S R Z L D R
B U S S R A V Q M U H R G E
R G T I S A F I E D O K C H
S W N B M I P D M L N C P T
Y K E D R M B D N Y C A W O
K A R N L O O L N A T N R M
O I A A U N T N I A R J U G
Z U P A F M I H P N R G W T
R O R G B G G N E M G G S L
I E M Y P A R D I R E S O H
Word Bank aunt brother cousin father grandfather grandmother
grandparents mother parents siblings sister uncle
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Sentence Strips for the Story: Page 13 Teacher: Cut them out and give to pairs of L3 students.
My name is Bart Simpson. I have a big family. I have two sisters. Their names are Lisa and Maggie. Lisa and Maggie are my younger sisters. I am the middle child. I have a mother and a father. Their names are Marge and Homer. They are my parents. My mother has curly hair and my father is bald.
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I have two grandmothers. My grandmothers’ names are Jackie and Mona. They are old. I have two grandfathers. My grandfathers’ names are Clancy and Abraham. They are old too. I have one uncle. His name is Herb. He is my father’s brother. He looks like my father. I have two aunts. Their names are Selma and Patty. Green River Community College – ESOL Program Family Unit – Level 3
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They are my mother’s sisters. They don’t look like my mother. Selma has one daughter. She was adopted. Her name is Ling. Ling is my cousin.
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