Family Unit: Level 2 Name: Directions: Look at the pictures. Read the family words. Label the picture with the correct family words. Grandfather and grandmother Gr_ndm_ther Gr_ndf_ther Gr_ndp_rents Moth_r Fath_r Par_nts Brother and Sister S_ster Br_ther Sibl_ngs Page 1
Reading: Directions: Finish writing the story below. Read the story with a partner. Copy the family words in the box. Family FAMILY WORDS My name is Eric. I have a small fam _. I have a grandmo and a grandfa. I have a mot _ and a fat _. I have one brot _ and two sis. We have one dog. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Page 2
Matching: Directions: Finish writing the family words. Match the pictures with the correct family words. 1. Grandm _ 2. Grandf _ 3. Grandp 4. Mo Brother and Sister 5. Fa 6. Par 7. Sis 8. Bro 9. Sib _ Grandfather and grandmother Page 3
Reading: Directions: Fill in the missing letters. Read about Eric s family with a partner. This is my g father and my grandmo. My grandfa s name is Joe. My g mother s name is Nancy. They are my gr _ p ents. Grandfather and grandmother Mother and This is my b er and my _ters. Father My b er s name is David. My si_ters names are Alisa and Anita. They are my sib s. This is my m _er and my f _er. My m r s name is Sandy. My f r s name is Rick. They are my p ts. Page 4
Writing: Directions: Look at the picture. Complete the sentences. Joe Nancy Rick David Alisa *Eric* Sandy Anita Directions: Write about Eric s family. Who is Sandy? Who is Alisa? Example: Sandy is Eric s mother. Page 5
Grammar: Adjectives and Nouns (What do they look like?) Directions: Look at the pictures. Read the new words. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Physical Characteristics tall short young old pretty handsome --------------------------------------------------------- Hair Eyes bald straight curly wavy glasses big small long short beard mustache ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colors (hair and eyes) green brown blue red yellow black grey (blonde) Page 6
Grammar Activity 1: Find Someone Who Directions: Look at your classmates. Find someone who has brown eyes, short hair, is tall, etc. Write the name of the person and an answer using complete sentences in the boxes below. Find someone who Name of Person Answer is _ His name is Aaron. Aaron is short. is tall is is handsome is _ is old has a _ His name is Aaron. Aaron has a beard. has a mustache has hair has short hair has _ hair has wavy hair has straight hair has brown hair has _ hair has grey hair...has red hair...has blonde hair has _ eyes has small eyes has blue eyes has _ eyes has green eyes wears glasses Page 7
Grammar Activity 2: Describe Your Family Directions: Draw a picture of your family. Talk about your family with your group. Directions: Write about your family. Do you have siblings? Do you have children? Do you have grandparents? What do they look like? Page 8
Dialogs: Directions: Practice reading the dialogs. Work with a partner. Man:Do you have a sister? Woman:Yes, I do. She is older than me. Man:What does she look like? Woman:She used to look like me. Now she looks a lot different. Man:Did she look different before? Woman: Yes, she just cut her hair. Man: Was it really long? Woman: Yes, it was very long and now it s really short. Woman 1: I just got an email from my son. Woman 2: How is he doing? Woman 1: He s great. Look at his picture. Woman 2: Wow! He s really handsome. Woman 1: Yes, I know. He looks like me! Woman 2: Who did he get the green eyes and the brown hair from? Woman 1: My father had green eyes and my mother had brown hair. Girl 1:This is my sister. We are twins. Girl 2:We were born on the same day. Girl 1:We had short, curly red hair when we were younger. Girl 2:Now we have long, straight brown hair. Our hair color changed. Girl 1:We were very short until this year. Girl 2:We grew five inches this year. Girl 1:Now we are tallest girls in our school. Woman 1:This is my mother. Woman 2:This is my daughter. Woman 1:People say I look like her. Woman 2:People say she looks like me. Woman 1:We have the same color eyes. Woman 2:We have the same color hair. Woman 1:Hey! My hair isn t grey yet. Woman 2:You re right. It isn t grey now but it will be grey in a couple of years. ***Write your own dialog in your notebook*** Page 9
Word Scramble: Directions: 1. Find the words. 2. Write all the words on the lines. Example: findthewords. Find the words. 1. sdlngrandfathervmkwkgrandmotherbvkwngrandparentsfqw (3 words) 2. wotnvnmothervvkwojvfathervlaowjtparents (3 words) 3. oqjtnbrothervlwojsistervblkqothjsiblings (3 words) 4. qirngvauntvlqputunclevgkwircousinvkwour (3 words) 5. qorjgfamilygpwhusbandgpwopjtwifegolwjsonbewdaughteryi (5 words) Page 10
The Simpsons: Family Tree Directions: Help Bart! Look at the pictures. Write the family words in the boxes. Who is a mother? Who is a father? Talk about the Simpsons family with a group. Aunt Uncle My name is Bart Simpson. I can t remember my family. Please help me remember who they are. Thank you very much for your help. Cousin Page 11
The Simpsons: Family Tree Directions: Look at the Simpsons family tree. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. 1. Lisa is Bart s. 2. Maggie is Bart's. 3. Lisa and Maggie are Bart s. 4. Lisa, Maggie and Bart are. 5. Homer is Bart's. 6. Marge is Bart's. 7. Homer and Marge are Bart s. 8. Patty is Bart's. 9. Selma is Bart's. 10. Ling is Bart's. 11. Herb is Bart's. 12. Jackie is Bart's. 13. Clancy is Bart's. 14. Mona is Bart's. 15. Abraham is Bart's. 16. Jackie, Clancy, Abraham and Mona are Bart s. Page 12
Story: Bart s Family Directions: Find a partner. Look at all the strips of paper. Read them together and put them in the correct order on the table. Directions: Copy the story on the lines below. Read the story to your partner. Take turns reading the story to each other. Page 13
Story: C-Test Practice Directions: Listen to your partner read the story. Fill in the missing letters. My name is Bart Simpson. I ha a bi_ family. I ha two sist _. Their nam are Li and Mag _. Lisa an_ Maggie ar_ my youn _ sisters. I ha a mot _ and a fat _. Their nam are Mar and Hom. They ar_ my pare _. My mot _ has cur hair an_ my fat _ is ba. I ha two grandm. My grand _ names ar_ Jackie an_ Mona. Th are ol_. I ha two grandf. My grandf names ar_ Clancy an_ Abraham. Th are ol_ too. I ha one unc. His na is He. He loo like m_ father. I ha two aun. Their nam are Sel and Pat. They do_ _ look li my mot _. Selma ha_ one daug. Her na is Li. Ling is my cousin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Directions: Answer the questions with COMPLETE sentences. 1. How many sisters does Bart have? 2. Who is Herb? 3. Who are Mona and Jackie? 4. How many aunts does Bart have? 5. Does Bart have a big family? 6. Do you have a big family? Page 14
Word Search: Directions: Find and circle the words in the puzzle. H S M C L B R S Y K O Z R I R R T R N U G W K A I U O E F Z E N R S T N E R A P R M R P S H E S I B D N A A G Y G E W K T R S M R L U F B P Z D H L Y A A I M O N M G A E M N T A V F P B O T I G R R N N I O Q I D D L N H N D E Y W K S M E M N N I P E I T Z P S R U D L Y A A N M R S L I T Z H O N C T R R G E I M M M L R K C A N J G G S S C C Y D G C P W R U W S O S H O M R E H T O M G T L H aunt brother cousin father grandfather grandmother Word Bank grandparents mother parents siblings sister uncle Page 15
Sentence Strips for the Story: Page 13 Teacher: Cut them out and give to pairs of L2 students. My name is Bart Simpson. I have a big family. I have two sisters. Their names are Lisa and Maggie. Lisa and Maggie are my younger sisters. I have a mother and a father. Their names are Marge and Homer. They are my parents. My mother has curly hair and my father is bald. I have two grandmothers. My grandmothers names are Jackie and Mona. They are old. Page 16
I have two grandfathers. My grandfathers names are Clancy and Abraham. They are old too. I have one uncle. His name is Herb. He looks like my father. I have two aunts. Their names are Selma and Patty. They don t look like my mother. Selma has one daughter. Her name is Ling. Ling is my cousin. Page 17