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UNIT 2 UNIT

Proficiency

2

Describing family and home Describing your neighborhood Giving directions

Home Life

READING: Family tree A. Read about Ellen’s family. Fill in the family tree with the family vocabulary (mother, grandfather, etc.) and names.

This is my family tree. The first pictures are my grandparents. They are on my father’s side of the family. My grandfather is 76 years old. He is serious but kind. He was a doctor. My grandmother is 72 years old. She is talkative, like me and my mother. She is also very funny. My grandparents have three children. There is my father, Paul. He has an older brother, Steven, and a younger sister, Beverly. Of course, Steven is my uncle. He’s a cook in a nice restaurant. Beverly, my aunt, is a housewife. Her husband, Robert, is an engineer. My father is a scientist. He helps make medicine. This is my mother. Her name is Michelle. She is a manager at a bank. She is very smart and hardworking. There are three children in my family. I am the oldest. I have two younger sisters, Jennifer and Elizabeth. My uncle, Steven, isn’t married and he has no children, but my aunt has two children, Randy and Clarissa. They are my cousins. Clarissa is a few years younger than me. She’s in high school. Randy is in middle school. Clarissa is nice. Randy is not.

Ellen

B. Read again. Fill in the chart. Some information is not given in the reading. Person

Occupation

Description

Grandfather

Doctor

Serious, kind

Grandmother

Doesn’t say

Talkative, funny

Father Mother Uncle Robert Uncle Steven Aunt Beverly Cousin (Randy) Cousin (Clarissa)

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GRAMMAR: Possessive adjectives and nouns Possessive nouns

Possessive adjectives I you he she we they

→ → → → → →

my your his her our their

Maria is my friend. What is your name? This is his book. I am her friend. This is our home. That is their car.

Sam → Sam’s Maria → Maria’s Sam and Maria → Sam and Maria’s

This is Sam’s brother. This is Maria’s sister. That is Sam and Maria’s house.

SPEAKING: How many people are in your family? A. Complete the chart. Use the model sentences to ask and answer the questions.

How many ____________ are in your family? There are _______ in my family.

I have _________ people in my family.

There is only one _______ in my family.

I have only one __________ in my family.

There aren’t any _______ in my family.

I don’t have any _________ in my family.

How many ________ are in your family?

You

Student #1

Student #2

Student #3

Student #4

Student #5

brothers sisters aunts uncles cousins

B. Prepare your report. Follow the examples. Example: Maria has the most brothers. There are four brothers in her family. Vinnie and Maya have the most sisters. There are three sisters in their families. I talked with five people. _______________________ the most brothers. _______________________ the most sisters. _______________________ the most aunts. _______________________ the most uncles. _______________________ the most cousins.

There are ____ brothers in ______ family. There are ____ sisters in ______ family. There are ____ aunts in ______ family. There are ____ uncles in ______ family. There are ____ cousins in ______ family.

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UNIT 2 Home Life

LISTENING: Family portrait A. Listen to Professor Violet describe her family portrait. Complete the chart below with information about five of the seven family members she describes. Relation: _________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________________ Occupation: ______________________________________

27 Age: _____________________________________________ Personality: ______________________________________

Relation: _________________________________________

Relation: _________________________________________

Ana Name: ___________________________________________

Name: ___________________________________________

Occupation: ______________________________________

Occupation: ______________________________________

Age: _____________________________________________

Age: _____________________________________________

Personality: ______________________________________

energetic and curious Personality: ______________________________________

Relation: _________________________________________

Father Relation: _________________________________________

Name: ___________________________________________

Name: ___________________________________________

Marketer Occupation: ______________________________________

Occupation: ______________________________________

Age: _____________________________________________

Age: _____________________________________________

Personality: ______________________________________

Personality: ______________________________________

VOCABULARY: Occupations A. Review the following vocabulary. Look up words you don’t know. B. Add two more occupations to the list.

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Writer Architect Student

Manager Scientist Doctor Programmer Engineer Nurse Artist Graphic designer Accountant Salesperson Banker Musician Technician Secretary

___________

___________

Teacher Homemaker Marketer

UNIT 2 LISTENING: Occupation review A. L  isten to the students discuss their career plans. Write the name of the occupation each student is interested in. Some students have more than one answer. Ann: ________________________________ Sam:_____________________________________ Tom: ________________________________ Ellen:_____________________________________ Rachel: ______________________________ Carlos:___________________________________

SPEAKING: Introducing family members A: Fill out each box giving information about four people in your family (grandmother, mother, father, brother, etc.). Review vocabulary for occupations and personality in Unit 1. Follow the examples. Relation: Mother

Relation: Brother

Name: Julia

Name: Mark

Occupation: Salesperson

Occupation: High school student

Age: 47

Age: 16

Personality: Kind and talkative

Personality: Smart and stubborn

Relation:

Relation:

Name:

Name:

Occupation:

Occupation:

Age:

Age:

Personality:

Personality:

Relation:

Relation:

Name:

Name:

Occupation:

Occupation:

Age:

Age:

Personality:

Personality:

B: Using your notes, describe your family members to your partner. Speak in complete sentences. If you have a picture of the family member, show it to your partner. Example: This is my mother. Her name is Julia. She’s a salesperson in a company. She is 47 years old. She is kind and talkative.

Unit 2: Home Life

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UNIT 2 LISTENING: Sam’s family picture A. Listen to Sam and Ann talk about Sam’s family. Complete the chart with the missing information. Who is he/she?

Occupation

Age

Appearance

personality

Martin

Sam’s brother

High school student

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Short handsome

Intelligent Funny

Michael

Sam’s ___________

Paul

Sam’s ___________

Judith

Sam’s ____________

VOCABULARY: Home

D

A H

F

I

G E

B C

J

A. Label the places

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_______ bedroom

______ kitchen

______ bathroom

______ yard

_______ upstairs

______ downstairs

______ living room

______ stairway

_______ driveway

______ garden

UNIT 2 SPEAKING: Describing your home A. Describe your home or apartment to your partner. Talk about all of the rooms (bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom, etc.) and places outside the home (yard, garden, etc.). Use the following sentences: There is one _______________________ . Example: There is one kitchen. There are _________________________ . Example: There are two bathrooms. There isn’t a _______________________ . Example: There isn’t a garage.

VOCABULARY: Household items

A. Identify the following things in the pictures. Kitchen: counter, refrigerator, oven, microwave, chairs, garbage can Bedroom: bed, pillow, nightstand, dresser, desk, pictures, floor, lamp Living room: couch/sofa, coffee table, bookshelf, window, door Bathrooms: toilet, bathtub, mirror, shower, sink

GRAMMAR: Prepositions of location

The bird is in the birdhouse

The bird is on the birdhouse

The bird is next to the birdhouse.

The bird is in front of the birdhouse.

The bird is behind the birdhouse.

The bird is above the birdhouse.

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UNIT 2 LISTENING: Room description A. Listen to Sam describe his room. Draw the items that are not in your picture. The items should be in the right place.

SPEAKING: Information transfer A. Partner A turn to page 131. Partner B turn to page 133. There are five things in your partner’s picture that are missing in your picture.  escribe your picture and ask questions to find the missing items. Draw the missing items in D your picture. Use the following language: In my picture, there is a _______________. In my picture, there are ______________. Is there a ______________ in your room? Where is the _________________?

How many _______________ are in your room?

Where are the _______________?

It’s (next to, between, on, in front of) ___________________ the ___________________.

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UNIT 2 WRITING: Describe your bedroom A. Describe your bedroom. Example: In my bedroom, there is a bed and two pillows. There is a nightstand next to my bed. There is a desk and a chair next to the closet. On the desk, there are books and ... ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

LISTENING: Places in town A. These words are used to describe a neighborhood. Listen to the conversation between Tom and Ellen. Circle each word that you hear in the conversation. Apartment Bus Stop East Fire Station Library North Park Pool South University West

Grocery Store Restaurant

House Shop

SPEAKING: What is in your neighborhood? A. Read the examples below. Singular Plural

In my neighborhood, there is a library. In my neighborhood, there is a pool. In my neighborhood, there isn’t a fire station. In my neighborhood there are three bus stops. In my neighborhood, there are many restaurants. In my neighborhood, there aren’t any parks.

B. Following the examples, create sentences to describe your own neighborhood. Read your sentences to a partner. Singular Plural

In my neighborhood, there is a_____________________________________. In my neighborhood, there is a_____________________________________. In my neighborhood, there isn’t a___________________________________. In my neighborhood there are______________________________________. In my neighborhood, there are_____________________________________. In my neighborhood, there aren’t any_______________________________.

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UNIT 2 LISTENING: Neighborhood tour A. Listen to Ellen describe different buildings in the neighborhood. Label the missing buildings and places with the words from the box below. Apartment building

Bank

Grocery store

Pool

SPEAKING: Information transfer A. Work with a partner. One of you should look at Map A, on page 131. The other should look at Map B, on page 133. Both of you know where the restaurant and the bus stop are, but not all of the other places. Describe where each building is so that your partner can fill in the blanks on their map. Then have your partner do the same for you.

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UNIT 2 LISTENING: Where is everybody? A. Listen to the students say where they are and who they are with. Fill in the table.

Ann

Where?

With who?

At home in her bedroom

alone

Pete Ellen Tom Carlos Diana

WRITING: Where is everyone right now? A. Where do you think your friends and family members are right now? Write sentences for at least three of your friends or family members. Follow the example. Certainly 100% Probably 70-90% Maybe 50% Example: It is 11:30 AM on a Tuesday. My father is maybe at work. My mother is probably at home. My younger brother is certainly at school. It is ________________________ on a __________________________. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

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UNIT 2 READING: The Changing Family A. Using the following charts, fill in the missing information in the reading below. Chart 1: Average number of children per family 50%

1976

40%

Chart 2: Family living arrangements of children

2015 40%

41%

7% 7%

30%

0%

Livingwith with Living fatheronly only father

3% 3%

1% 1%

Other Other

23%

20% 10%

2016

1960s Livingwith with Living with Living with motheronly only Living mother fatheronly only father

24%

24%

22%

Livingwith with Living motheronly only mother

23% 23%

14%

11% One child

9% 9%

Other Other

Livingwith with Living bothparents parents both

Two children

Three Four or more children children

One child

Two children

Three Four or more children children

83% 83%

14% 14%

Livingwith with Living bothparents parents both

60% 60%

The Changing Family Write your answers to the following questions: 1. How many children did your grandparents have? _________ 2. How many children do your parents have? _________ 3. How many children do you think you will have? ________ If you are like most people in many parts of the world, the answers to those questions are getting smaller with each generation. In the 1970s, most American families had ______ children. About _____% of families had three children, and about 23% of families had two children. Only 10% of families had only one child. These days, most American families have ___ children, and families with only one child have doubled to ____%. In the 70s, about 40% of all families had four or more children, but now only ___% do. Family sizes are shrinking. Is this trend happening in your home country as well? What are the reasons for having fewer children? Money tends to be the most common reason. In most families, both parents need to work, and child care in the United States is expensive. Another leading reason is that parents want more time to spend on the children they have. People have a limited amount of free time, and the more children they have, the less time they can spend with each one. The third most common reason is simply that more parents want to have a little more time for themselves. Raising children takes a lot of time and energy and leaves little free time for parents.

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UNIT 2 Another big change in families is with the parents. Traditionally, most children lived with both parents. Many families also lived with their grandparents in the same house. In the 1960s, most children lived with both of their parents. Only __% of children lived with just one parent. In 2016, ___ of children live with both parents. A total of 26% of children live with a single _____________. That means either the mother or father does not live at home. 14% of ________ do not live with their parents at all. Most of these children live with grandparents or other family members.

Comprehension Match Three reasons for smaller families 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ Not mentioned in the reading: ________ and _________

A. People do not have enough money for more children. B. People do not think the world is (or will be) a good place for children. C. Parents want more time for themselves. D. With fewer children, you can spend more time with each child. E. People are worried about overpopulation (too many people in the world).

SPEAKING: Your future family A. Discuss the following questions with a partner. 1. How many children do you plan to have? 2. What are the reasons you do not want to have more? 3. What do you think about people having fewer children? What are the possible good and bad points? 4. Is this situation in the reading similar in your own country? If yes, what are the reasons why?

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UNIT 2 WRITING & SPEAKING: 5-minute conversations A. Write at least three sentences for each question. Use the following cues to help you think of more things to say on each topic: Wh-Questions What?

Who?

When?

Where?

Why?

How?

Example: Tell me about your dream house in your future. What? My dream house is big. It has many rooms. There is also a swimming pool! Who? There are my future husband and three children in my house. There is also a dog. When? I will have my house in about 10 years. Why? I need a big house so I can have a big family. How? In the future, I am rich! 1. Introduce yourself (name, occupation, family, personality) __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Tell me more about your family. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Tell me about your dream house in your future. ______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________

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UNIT 2 4. Describe your house or apartment. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe your room. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What places are in your neighborhood? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What are some of your favorite places (restaurants, stores, parks, etc.) in your town? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________

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