Year 2
Lesson 25
My family.
Grammar
Identifying family
members
Learning family lexis
Revising asking and
answering Is this ...?
Yes, it is. No, it isn't
They're my ...
Vocabulary
Family words
Mother, father, sister,
brother, grandmother,
grandfather, parents,
grandparents
Checklist
It's me!
Contents
Aims
Vocabulary
Students’ family
photos, if not
possible, Ss
drawings / paintings
of their closest
family
2 master handouts
for individual work
(Family vocab)
Is this your (sister)?
Yes, it is./No, it isn't.
Language Analysis
brother (BrE) /ˈbrʌðə/ (AmE) /ˈbrʌðər/
children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
father (BrE) /ˈfɑːðə/ (AmE) /ˈfɑːðər/
grandfather (BrE) /ˈɡræn(d)ˌfɑːðə/, (AmE) /ˈɡræn(d)ˌfɑːðər/
grandmother (BrE) /ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌðə/, (AmE) /ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌðər/
grandparents /ˈɡræn(d)ˌpeərənts/
grandparents
mother (BrE) /ˈmʌðə/ (AmE) /ˈmʌðər/
grandmother
grandfather
parents (BrE) /ˈpeərənts/
sister (BrE) /ˈsɪstə/ (AmE) /ˈsɪstər/
parents
mother
father
children
sister
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brother
Procedure
Warm-up Off the screens
1.
2.
3.
Ask students to bring a photo of their family to the class.
Ask students to show their pictures to their classmates and tell about their family.
Initially, students should give the relatives’ names and how old they are.
e.g. This is Tom, he is eight years old.
This is Anna.
Screen 2
Lucy: Look at my photos, Pat.
Pat: OK. Is this your mother?
Lucy: Yes, it is.
Pat: And is this your father??
Lucy: Yes, it is. They're my parents.
Pat: Is this your grandmother?
Lucy: Yes, it is.
Pat: Is this your grandfather?
Lucy: Yes, it is. They're my
grandparents.
Pat: Oh! Is this your brother, Lucy?
Lucy: No, it isn't! It's my sister!
Pat: Is this your brother?
Lucy: Yes, it is.
Pat: Is this your sister too?
Lucy: It's me, silly!
Pat: You've got a nice family, Lucy!
Lucy: Thank you, Pat.
Exploit the scene by asking the Ss to describe
what they can see. This will help students with
pronunciation
Ask students to listen and watch.
Drill the family words with the class.
Note: Ask questions about different family members.
Personalise the topic by asking the children to take out the photos of their family and
present their family members to the class. Now use the words: brother, mother, father etc.
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Screen 3
Audio 1:
Male: Is this your brother?
Female: Yes, it is.
Audio 2:
Male: Is this your mother?
Female: Yes, it is.
Audio 3:
Male: Is this your grandfather?
Female: Yes, it is.
Audio 4:
Male: Is this your sister?
Female: Yes, it is.
Audio 5:
Male: Is this your father?
Female: Yes, it is.
Audio 6:
Male: Is this your grandmother?
Female: Yes, it is.
Key: see order above (from left to
right)
Note: Students can practise pointing to the images and asking and answering Is this
the/your (father)? Yes it is.
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Additional activity: Handout 1. Ask students to match the boys and the girls.
Key:
mother + father
sister + brother
grandmother + grandfather
Screen 4
Audio :
This is my mother.
This is my father.
This is my grandmother.
This is my grandfather.
This is my brother.
This is my sister.
Key:
Note: Students should call the words as the
pictures/words flip over.
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Additional activity: Handout 2. Ask students to complete the family tree with the missing
words. For stronger groups, cut the bottom of the handout so that they do not see all the
possible answers.
Key:
grandparents
grandmother
grandfather
parents
mother
father
children
sister
brother
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Screen 5
Key:
Screen 6
Audio:
Is this your mother?
Yes, it is.
They're my parents.
Give the Ss these instructions for the ‘Listen
and say’ activity. The aim is to practice a short
natural dialogue.
1. Look at the picture and read the
dialogue.
2. Click on the audio and listen to the
question. Think about how to answer it.
3. Answer the question so it is true for you.
You can press ‘pause’ at any time and
listen again.
4. Repeat as many times as you want to.
Now it’s your turn.
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This is a free practice stage. The aim is
personalization. Tell Ss to work in pairs and ask
and answer the questions.
Organise students’ photos before lesson – ask
student to bring their family photo to the
classroom.
Alternatively, children can use the photo on
screen and pretend it's their own family.
Alternatively, they can draw/paint their family.
1. Listen to the dialogue.
2. Ask students to drag and drop the
correct answers. Check it with students.
3. Students practise in pairs or small
groups with the photo on the screen or
(ideally) with photos of their own family.
They take turns asking Is this your ...? or
Who's this? and answering the
questions.
4. If they don't bring real photos, they can
draw a picture but this will take up some
time.
5. Then they can present their family to the whole
class by saying This is my mother/father, etc.
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Handout 1
mother
brother
sister
grandfather
grandmother
father
Handout 2
grandfather
parents
mother
children
sister
brother, grandparents, father, grandmother
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