Speaking - My Family - Off2Class ESL Lesson Plan

This lesson will help you gauge your students’ vocabulary skills when discussing family. You should encourage students to use the present simple tense to talk about family structure and relationships. You can use this lesson plan to review how to talk about age too. Better yet, this lesson plan is great to review with upper-level students.

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1. My Family Off2Class Lesson Plan ESL Lesson Plan © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
2. © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc. Thank you for downloading your FREE Off2Class lesson plan! This teacher-led lesson plan is designed using the communicative approach - perfect for teaching students online or in any screen-enabled classroom. To access the Teacher Notes and Answer Key, or to assign homework, click here to set up your FREE Off2class account. Don’t forget to join the discussion on Facebook to get access to other great tools for online ESL instruction.
3. My name is James… Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
4. My name is James… Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole mother father sister brother son daughter © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
5. Aunts and uncles Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
6. Aunts and uncles Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole aunt uncle © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
7. Nieces and nephews, brother/sister-in-law Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
8. Nieces and nephews, brother/sister-in-law Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole niece brother-in-law nephew sister-in-law © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
9. Describing family members Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
10. Describing family members Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole married unmarried / single to live together to be … 3 years old © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
11. Can you describe each family member? Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
12. Can you describe each family member? Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole black hair black hair brown eyes wears glasses red/auburn hair © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
13. My name is James and this is my family. I have three brothers. I am 25 years old. Leo is 25 years old. Peter is 27 years old. Peter is studying at university. Jack is my eldest brother. He is 28 years old. Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
14. Jack is married to Sarah. Sarah is my sister-in-law. Jack and Sarah are both doctors. Jack and Sarah have a 3-year-old daughter. Her name is Nicole. Nicole is my niece. She is cute and she likes to talk a lot. My mum’s name is Maria and my dad’s name is Andrew. Mum is 50 years old and Dad is 49 years old. Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
15. Mum, Dad, Leo, Peter and I live together in the same house. Jack and Sarah live about five kilometers away. Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
16. My uncle John comes to visit us each weekend. He isn’t married. My dad and Uncle John play together on a baseball team. In fact, they have been friends for many years. Uncle John introduced my dad to my mum for the first time 30 years ago! That is how my mum and dad met. Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
17. We don’t see Aunt Kate very much because she lives in Italy. She is a teacher at a university and she only comes home during the Christmas holidays. I don’t have any cousins. Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
18. Leo is my twin. It is interesting to have a twin. We look similar, but not exactly the same. We both have dark hair and brown eyes, but I sometimes wear glasses and Leo doesn’t wear them. When we were young, we used to share a bedroom. Now that Jack lives with Sarah, Leo and I have our own bedrooms. Kate Andrew Maria John Leo Me Peter Jack Sarah Nicole © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
19. What about your family? Who are the people in your family? What do they look like? Is your family larger than James’? Smaller? About the same size? Who do you live with? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
20. Now, tell your teacher! My name is… I have… (mother and father) I have… (brothers and sisters) I also have/I don’t have... (aunts and uncles) © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
21. Now, tell your teacher! (Who is married?) (Do you have a brother-in-law or sister-in-law?) (Talk about your cousins) We live… (together or in different houses?) © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.