Class 1

Topic: family
Aims:
- to present a famous family to introduce the topic.
- to encourage students to review and learn vocabulary related to members of the family.
- to introduce the use of the possessive

Objectives:
- To review and learn vocabulary related to the family.
- To recognize members of a family (mother- father- son- brother- sister- wife – husband-
grandfather- grandmother – parents - grandparents ).
- To learn the possessive case and use it to express family relationships.
Preparation: the teacher will show an image of a famous football player (Lionel Messi). Then
one by one she will show photos of the members of his family in order to review vocabulary
related to it. They will complete Messi’s family tree all together through oral interaction. The
teacher will write on the board the new vocabulary. At the same time, she will teach the use
of the possessive case. At first,explaining the use of the possessive in the title (Messi’s
family) and then she will show and explain some sentences: Maria Sol is Messi’s sister /
Messi is Antonella’s husband. She will encourage them to use it orally asking questions as
Who is Messi’s father? Who is Antonella?...
Core task: the students will be given a text in which they will find information about Messi’s
family. We will read the text all together and after that they will do the activities. At first, they
will have to complete a chart with the information from the text.
Lionel Messi is thirty years old. He is a football player. Messi’s family are from Argentina.
Now he lives in Barcelona, Spain with his wife and his children. Messi’s wife is Antonella
Roccuzzo. She is 30 years old.
Thiago, Ciro and Mateo are Messi’s children. Thiago is five years old. Mateo is two years old
and Ciro is two months old.
Messi’s parents live in Argentina. Messi’s father is sixty years old. His name is Jorge.
Messi’s mother is fifty-eight years old. Her name is Celia Maria Cuccittini. She is a
housewife.
Messi’s sister is Maria Sol. She is twenty-four years old. She is a student.
Messi’s brothers are Matias and Rodrigo. Rodrigo is thirty-three years old and he works at
“Leo Messi” foundation. Matias is thirty-one years old and he works in a gym.
Read the text and complete the chart.

NAME AGE RELATIONSHIP

ANTONELLA

MESSI’S SISTER

THIRTY-ONE

JORGE

FIFTY-EIGHT

RODRIGO

MESSI’S SON

MATEO

Follow up: The students will have to recognize Messi’s family members and complete the
sentences.
Complete the sentences about Messi’s family using the following words:

1- Lionel Messi’s father is __________.

2- ________ and __________ are Messi’s parents.
3- Antonella is Messi’s ____________.
4- Maria sol is Messi’s __________. She is a ___________.
5- Messi is ___________ husband.
6- Maria Sol is Ciro’s_________.
7- Matias is Thiago’s _______.
8-_______ and _________ are ______ brothers.
9- Celia Maria is Mateo’s ________. She is a __________.
10- _____ parents live in Argentina.
11-Maria sol is Jorge’s _________.
12- Jorge is Thiago, Ciro and Mateo’s __________.

Extra activity:
Write TRUE or FALSE.
1- Mateo is Messi’s brother.
2- Messi is Antonella’s father.
3- Rodrigo is Ciro’s uncle.
4-Maria Sol is Jorge’s wife..
5-Celia Maria is Mateo’s aunt.
6- Thiago is Messi’s son.
7-Maria is Messi’s daughter.

Class 2.
Aims: to teach and review vocabulary related to members of the family and the possessive
case.
To encourage students to use the vocabulary learned and the possessive case.
Objectives:to practise vocabulary learned from the previous class and use the possessive
case to express family relationships.
Preparation: the teacher will start the class sticking on the board an image of the Cousteau
family tree in order to review the vocabulary learned the previous class. She will ask them
some questions related to members of the family and encourage them to use the possessive
case: Who is Alexandra’s mother? Who is Jean-Michel’s daughter?...
Then she will give the students true or false cards. She will say some sentences aloud and
they will have to choose true or false according to the Cousteau family tree. She will also ask
them to correct the false ones.

Core task: the students will do an activity from the book in which they will have to add grand-
to six words to make words for more family members.

Look at the words. Add grand- to six of the words to make words for more family members:

Then the students will go to the board to complete the circles according to Cousteau family
Follow up: the students will do a listening activity from the book. At first, they will have to tick
the words they hear.. After that they will listen and match.

4-Listen and match:

1- Alexandra Cousteau is… a- Philippe’s children.
2- Jean-Michel Cousteau is… b- Jean-Michel’s children.
3- Fabien and Celine are… c- Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter.
4- Alexandra and Philippe Jr are… d- Alexandra’s brother.
5- Philippe Jr is…. e- Jacques Cousteau’s son.

Extra activity:
Complete the chart with information about your family
 NAME AGE RELATIONSHIP

MY

MY

MY

MY

Class 3
Aims: - to encourage students to recognize vocabulary related to family members through a
listening activity and a video.
- to persuade students to use the vocabulary learned and the possessive case.

Objectives:- to listen and watch a video in order to recognize members of a family and the
use of the possessive case
- to use the vocabulary related to family relationships and the possessive case.

Preparation: the teacher will start the class presenting a listening activity related to the
previous class. They will listen to the activity twice. At first, the students will have to tick the
words that they hear. Then they will share these words with the teacher.

Listen to the information about the Cousteau family. Tick the words you hear:

After that, they will listen

again, and this time they will
have to match some
sentences.

4-Listen and match:

1- Alexandra Cousteau is… a- Philippe’s children.
2- Jean-Michel Cousteau is… b- Jean-Michel’s children.
3- Fabien and Celine are… c- Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter.
4- Alexandra and Philippe Jr are… d- Alexandra’s brother.
5- Philippe Jr is…. e- Jacques Cousteau’s son.

Core task: The teacher will show a video of a Mongolian family. The teacher will ask the
students to write the members of the family they listen.Then through oral questions, they will
complete the family tree all together on the board. The students will go to the board and stick
the name of each character in the correct place.

After that, the teacher will stick a poster with some questions on the board The answers will
be stuck on different posters on the board. The students will go to the board and they should
associate question and answer according to the video.

Follow up: The students will watch the video again and they will have to choose the correct
option.
1- Where is Ochkhuu’s ger?
a- In Ulaanbaatar. b- In the country. c- In the mountains.

2- How old is Ochkhuu’s daughter?.

a- Two years old. b- Six years old. c- Ten years old.
3- How old are Norvoo’s parents?
a- Fifty-five years old. b- Sixty years old. c- Sixty-five years old.

4- What is Norvoo’s father’s job?

a- A taxi driver. b- A farmer. c- A teacher.

5- What is Ochkhuu’s job?

a- A taxi driver b- A farmer. c- A teacher.

Extra activity:
Match the names with the people:

1- Anuka. a- Ochkhuu’s daughter.

2- Norvoo. b- Chantsal’s husband.
3- Ochkhuu. c- Norvoo’s mother.
4- Jaya. d- Anuka’s father.
5- Chantsal. e- Ochknuu’s wife.

Class 4
Aims: to introduce new vocabulary related to weddings.
to present a wedding in order to practise the new vocabulary and review members
of the family.
To introduce weddings from different countries.
Objectives: to learn vocabulary related to weddings and use it.
to practise the vocabulary learned the previous classes.
Preparation: the teacher will show a picture of Messi’s wedding. She will introduce
new vocabulary such as bride, groom, godmother godfather through a text. Then she
will stick on the board posters with information about different weddings.The teacher
and the students will read information about all the weddings all together. Then they
will have to match the texts with the corresponding images.After that, the teacher will
do some questions according to the different texts in order to practise the new
vocabulary. For example: Who is the bride?

This is Messi’s wedding in Argentina in June 2017. The bride is twenty four years
old. Her name is Antonella.Her dress is white and long. The groom is thirty years old.
His name is Lionel.The godmother is Messi’s mother Celia Maria, and the godfather
is Antonell’s father. The party is in the city center.It is new

This is a wedding in Scotland in September 2010. The bride is thirty-two years old.
Her name is Sara. The groom is forty-five years old. His name is Robert. The
godmother is Robert’s aunt, Maria. The godfather is James. Their wedding is in the
countryside.

This is a wedding in Hawaii in May 2001.The groom’s name is John. He is twenty-

nine years old. The bride is twenty-four years old. Her name is Julia. The godfather
is Julia’s father. His name is Peter. The godmother’s name is Susan. Their wedding
in on the beach.

This is a wedding in Ireland in January 2006. The bride is thirty-five years old. Her
name is Ann. The groom is thirty-eight. His name is Patrick. The godmother is
Patrick’s sister and the godfather is Ann’s brother, Paul. Their wedding is at Belfast
Castle.
 Core
task: the students will be given a copy with the different texts to complete a chart with
information of the weddings.At the end we will correct the activity orally all together.

1- This is a wedding in Scotland in September 2010. The bride is thirty-two years old.
Her name is Sara. The groom is forty-five years old. His name is Robert. The
godmother is Robert’s aunt, Maria. The godfather is James. Their wedding is in the
countryside.
2- This is a wedding in Hawaii in May 2001.The groom’s name is John. He is twenty-
nine years old. The bride is twenty-four years old. Her name is Julia. The godfather
is Julia’s father. His name is Peter. The godmother’s name is Susan. Their wedding
in on the beach.
3- This is a wedding in Ireland in January 2006. The bride is thirty-five years old. Her
name is Ann. The groom is thirty-eight. His name is Patrick. The godmother is
Patrick’s sister and the godfather is Ann’s brother, Paul. Their wedding is at Belfast
Castle.
4- This is a wedding in Japan in July 2007.The bride is twenty-three years old. Her
name is Naomi. The groom is twenty-seven years old. His name is Aoki.The
godfather is Aoki’s uncle.His name is Kisho.The godmother is Naomi’s sister,
Miyuki.The wedding is at St. Regis hotel.

Wedding 1 Wedding 2 Wedding 3 Wedding 4

Country

Date

Bride

Groom

Bride’s age

Groom’s age

Godfather

Godmother

Wedding’s
place.

Follow up: the students will do a crossword related to Messi’s wedding.

Extra activity:
Read about the wedding.
This is a wedding in Thailand in October 2010. The bride is 23 years old. Her name
is Sunisa.The groom is 30 years old. His name’s Jao. Their family and friends are
at the wedding. Jao’s cousin Deng is there with his wife and his children.

Complete the sentences with five of these words.

bride - cousin - groom - husband - wedding - wife.

1- This is Jao and Sunisa’s ____________.

2- The _______’s name is Sunisa.
3- The _________’s name is Jao.
4- Deng is Jao’s ____________.
5- Deng’s ________________ is at the wedding.