final version of the didactic unit-my family

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DIDACTIC UNIT

BY

ALEJANDRO LANDINEZ

MY FAMILY


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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

AI/ ACTI$ITIES3 TAS1S TI/IN

G

RESOURCES S1ILLS

'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

9 min

9 min

9 min

9 min

9 min

Ta"let

Hideo "eam

Sea&ers

-andouts

Listening

and

sea&ing

LESSON 5


G

RESOURCES S1ILLS

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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RESOURCES S1ILLS

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


G

RESOURCES S1ILLS

'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

AI/ ACTI$ITIES3 TAS1S TI/ING RESOURCES S1ILLS

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.

9 min

:9 min

LESSON 9


G

RESOURCES S1ILLS

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


G

RESOURCES S1ILLS

-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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