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DIDACTIC UNIT
BY
ALEJANDRO LANDINEZ
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GENERAL ASPECTS
Title: My family
Level: Sixth graders
Term: Third
Temporalizatio: 8 lessons of one hour and forty minutes eachA!t"or: Javier Alejandro Landínez S.
INTRODUCTION
The main toic of this didactic unit is The !amily Mem"ers# it gives enough tools to the students$ not
only to learn the voca"ulary related$ recognizing it from %ords$ ictures and sounds# "ut also to ma&e
%ritten and oral roductions$ at the same time that they are a"le to use it in their daily routines.
JUSTI#ICATION
Through this didactic unit ' %ant to give imortance to the family. 't can "e said that the family is the
first school in charge of giving a good formation to the human "eing$ and may"e it is the most
imortant one "ecause in this environment is %here eole get their first exeriences and values. The
family gives shae to its mem"ers# and here it is %here they learn values$ attitudes$ "ehaviors and
rinciles$ %hich %ill allo% them to live in society.
OBJECTI$ES
Comm!i%ative: 'ntroducing the mem"ers of the family to others$ tal&ing a"out family mem"ers# for
examle their li&es$ disli&es$ rofessions$ etc.
Li&!i'ti%: (xressions li&e) *this is my$ he+she is a+an$ %ho is he+she, ' %ould li&e to introduce you
my family$ ho% many "rothers and sisters do you have, -e+she is years old# he+she is from .
Vocabulary: father, mother, parents, brother, sister, siblings, son, daughter, children, kids,uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousins, grandfather, grandpa, grandmother, grandma,
grandparents, grandson, granddaughter, grandchildren, grandkids, great grand father / mother / parents / son / daughter / children / kids; god father / mother / parents / son /
daughter / children; step father / mother / son / daughter / brother / sister; father / mother / son / daughter / brother / sister in law; boyfriend, girlfriend, fiancée, fiancé,
groom, bride, husband, wife, widow, widower.
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Attit!(ial: Sho%ing interest for the different activities roosed$ tolerating others in the diverse
exercises done in grous$ having resect for the classmates/ oinions$ sho%ing resect$ resonsi"ility
and unctuality in the class%or&.
CONTENTS#!%tioal %otet: as&ing and ans%ering 0uestions a"out family mem"ers$ introducing them to
others$ tal&ing a"out their ho""ies$ etc.
Grammati%al %otet: su"ject ronouns$ ossessive ronouns$ ossessive adjectives$ reflexive
ronouns$ resent simle$ resent erfect$ ast simle$ resent erfect.
Le)i%al %otet: family mem"ers# father$ mother$ etc.
So%io*%!lt!ral a'pe%t': recognizing diversity and multiculturalism in the other students$ ta&ing into
account that every student is different and %orthy of resects and having ositive interersonal
relationshis %ith classmates.
Tra'ver'e t"eme': 12L'L3 2ontent and Language 'ntegrated Learning$ in connection %ith geograhy
"y studying nationalities and countries.
Previo!'l+ a%,!ire( -o.le(&e: to develo the activities correctly$ the students should have learnt
"asic voca"ulary related to the family mem"ers.
/ET0ODOLOGY
4egarding methodology$ ' refer to use the 5irect Method# it is the most suita"le "ecause it allo%s
students to erceive meaning directly through the target language$ %hich in this case is (nglish. To
guarantee understanding$ ' %ill use visual and hearing aids %ith students# at the same time ' %ill
include antomime to give a "etter idea a"out the voca"ulary and concets. The goal is to get students
to communicate as if they %ere in real situations. !our s&ills are emhasized and grammar is learnt
inductively. 6ith this method students must thin&$ use and "e involved in the (nglish language#
sea&ing is the most imortant a"ility and reading and %riting come later %ith some time and ractice.
There are interaction "et%een teacher and students and "et%een students themselves$ "ut mainly it is a
method that is teacher7directed.
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RESOURCES
Leavitt, C. (2007) The Kids' Family Tree. New York !terli"#$ %e&ri"t editio".
T%o Minute (nglish$ 19:;$ March :
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from icturesand audio
trac&s.
Tal& a"out
family
mem"ers/
ersonal
information$countries and
nationalities
students. They dra% family and %ritethe names of each mem"er.
!amily mem"ers are resented to the
class saying some of their ersonal
information$ li&e names$ rofessions$
etc.
>uestions a"out the toic are made to
chec& the students/ current &no%ledge.
9 min
9 min
LESSON 4
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'dentify
family
mem"ers
from thefamily tree.
4evie% of the family mem"ers "y ans%ering
0uestions li&e) *%ho is your uncle/s son, 6ho is
your mother/s hus"and, etc.$ including all the
mem"ers studied during the first lesson.
Fext$ the students %or& individually "y solving
a %ord search %ith all family mem"ers studied.
Students sing the song *The !amily Song "y
Kusy Keavers.
Activity %here students %or& in grous and
guess family mem"ers/ rofessions "y the
mimics done "y one of the mem"ers of the
grou.
!inally students fill in the "lan&s of a rovided
exercise %ith sentences a"out family mem"ers
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9 min
9 min
9 min
9 min
Ta"let
Hideo "eam
Sea&ers
-andouts
Listening
and
sea&ing
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Tal& a"outcountries and
family
mem"ers/nationalities
2L'L activities are resented. 'ntegratedactivities %ith geograhy. Students chec& the
%orld ma and identify some countries %ith
their corresonding nationalities.
Fext$ students invent and %rite a short lay
including family mem"ers$ countries and
nationalities. They %or& in grous of ; or
students.
Students resent their lays in front of the class.
2oevaluation is done.
9 min
;9 min
;9 min
Ta"letHideo "eam
Sea&ers
(arth glo"e-andouts
Listening$sea&ing
and %riting
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9 min
LESSON 6
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4ead a story
a"out somefamily
mem"ers$
including
grammar
elements li&e
ossessive
ronouns and
ossessive
adjectives.
4evision of the %hole voca"ulary of family
mem"ers. 't includes more than sixty %ords.
6ith the studied voca"ulary students invent a
oem$ a rhyme$ a tongue t%ister or a song.
Fext$ students resent their %or& to the %hole
class.
Gnce more$ Students sing the song *The !amily
Song "y Kusy Keavers.
!inally$ a hotocoy %ith a cross%ord uzzle is
rovided to each one of the students. The firstfive students %ho finish the uzzle %ill receiveextra oints.
9 min
9 min
;9 min
9 min
9 min
Ta"let
Hideo "eamSea&ers
-andouts
Fote"oo&
Listening$
sea&ingand %riting
LESSON 7
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'nvent a
story a"out a
family
6arming u activity @ memory game. Students
match airs of family mem"ers in a game called
*Memorama.
Secondly$ students %or& in airs to invent astory a"out a family. The story must include
most of the %ords %or&ed during all the
revious lessons.
Fext$ the students stand u and share the %ritten
stories %ith the %hole grou.
!inally evaluation and coevaluation are done.
9 min
;9 min
;9 min
9 min
2omuter
Hideo "eam
Sea&ers
Fote"oo&
Listening$
sea&ing$
reading and
%riting
LESSON 8
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5ra% a
family treeand %rite
names of an
invented
family
6arming u activity @ !amily song "y Sesame
street.
Students are rovided %ith "lan& aers to dra%
a family tree and %rite names of eole.
Students share their family trees to their
classmates in front of the class. The students as&
9 min
9 min
;9 min
2omuter
Hideo "eamSea&ers
Fote"oo&
Sheets of aer
Iencils and
colored encils
Listening$
sea&ing$reading and
%riting
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0uestions a"out the family trees.
5ra%ings a"out eole %ho live at home are
made$ these dra%ings exclude ets.
Students give dra%ings and family trees to the
teacher to "e chec&ed.
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LESSON 9
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6rite
sentences in
resent
simle$
including the
voca"ulary
of the familymem"ers andthe
ossessive
adjectives
4evie% of &no%ledge ac0uired during all the
lessons. 't is done through 0uestions to all the
students.
Iresentation of a video %ith a story a"out a
family. This story has the resent simle in
context.
Short exlanation of ossessive adjectives %ith
some examles and exercises.
2lass%or&$ %here each student has to %rite ten
sentences a"out their family using the resent
simle tense. Sentences include voca"ulary of
family and ossessive adjectives.
Students read some of their "est sentences to the
class and coevaluation is done.
9 min
9 min
:9 min
;9 min
9 min
2omuter
Hideo "eam
Sea&ers
Fote"oo&
Listening$
sea&ing$
reading and
%riting
LESSON
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-ave a short
conversation
%ith a
classmate%here family
mem"ers and
reflexive ronouns arethe main
toics.
6arming u activity$ a concentration game
%here each student choses a family mem"er
and reeats a chant "y claing hands.
Students %hoever ma&es a mista&e has toaccomlish a enalty.
Short exlanation of reflexive ronouns %ithexamles and exercises.
Fext$ students %rite on their note"oo&s
0uestions a"out a classmate/s family. 'n the
0uestions they have to include reflexive
ronouns.
Students %or& in airs and use the time %isely
to as& and ans%er 0uestions a"out family.
9 min
:9 min
9 min
9 min
2omuter
Hideo "eam
Sea&ers
Fote"oo&
Listening$
sea&ing$
reading and
%riting
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>uestions include ersonal information$ho""ies$ li&es and disli&es.
6ritten exam of all the voca"ulary and
grammar structures seen during all the given
lessons.
;9 min
ASSESS/ENT; E$ALUATION CRITERIA
As the chosen Method %as the 5irect Method$ the means for evaluation %ill "e testing through actual
use of the language$ li&e oral intervie%s$ articiation in forum discussions and assigned %ritten
aragrahs. Listening recognition and voca"ulary &no%ledge %ill also "e ta&en into account.
BIBLIOGRAP0Y
Kataller$ K. 19:3. -o% to design a 5idactic Dnit) Halencia) Ku"o&.
Leavitt, C. (2007) The Kids' Family Tree. New York !terli"#$ %e&ri"t editio".
The !amily @ from Self7study$ 2am"ridge$ 19:3$ retrieved from
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