Lesson 6.

Writing
Act 1. Discuss the meaning of the saying below.
Act 2. Read the text and complete the chart
 Mending things around the
house, cleaning the
bathroom

Doing most of the cooking

and grocery shopping
Doing the laundry, taking out the rubbish and
cleaning the fridge, laying the table for meals,
sweeping the house and feeding the cat (share w
sister
Helping mum prepare meals and washing the
dishes, laying the table for meals, sweeping
the house and feeding the cat (share with
brother)
 Act 3. Read the text again and answer the questions
1. How many people are
there in Lam’s family? There are 4 people in Lam’s family
2. Why are they very busy? Because both parents work and the children
3. How do they split the spend most of the time at school
housework in the family? They split the housework equally in
4. What household chores the family.
does each member of the
family do? The father mends things around the house and
clean the bathroom; the mother does most of
the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does
the laundry, take out the trash and cleans the
fridge once a week; An helps her mother to
prepare meals and washes the dishes; Lam and
5. Do the family members
enjoy the housework? An take turns laying the table for meals,
6. What are the benefits of sweeping the house, and feeding the cat.
everyone in the family Yes, they do. They do it willingly
sharing the housework?

The burden is less, so everyone has time to

Act 4. Make your family chore chart
 Family Chore Chart
Name: Mum Name:__________________________

Chore list Chore list

________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________

Name:__________________________ Name:__________________________

Chore list Chore list

________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
 All the household chores Meanings

Prepare dinner Chuẩn bị bữa tối

Cook = do the cooking Nấu ăn
shop Mua sắm
Clean the house Dọn nhà
Take out the rubbish Dọn rác
Do the laundry Giặt ủi
Do the washing up Dọn rửa
Do the heavy lifting Bê nâng vật nặng
 All the household chores Meanings
Be responsible for the Chịu trách nhiệm
household finances tài chính gia đình
Mop/sweep/tidy up the Lau/quét/dọn nhà
house
Bathe the baby Cho bé tắm
Feed tha baby Cho bé ăn
Water the houseplants Tưới cây
Lay the table for meals Chuẩn bị bàn ăn
Iron/fold/put away the Là/gấp/cất quần
clothes áo
 Act 3. Read the text again and answer the questions
1. How many people are
there in Lam’s family? There are 4 people in Lam’s family
2. Why are they very busy? Because both parents work and the children
3. How do they split the spend most of the time at school
housework in the family? They split the housework equally in the family.
4. What household chores
does each member of the
family do? The father mends things around the house and
clean the bathroom; the mother does most of
the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does
the laundry, take out the trash and cleans the
fridge once a week; An helps her mother to
prepare meals and washes the dishes; Lam and
5. Do the family members
enjoy the housework? An take turns laying the table for meals,
6. What are the benefits of sweeping the house, and feeding the cat.
everyone in the family Yes, they do. They do it willingly
sharing the housework?

The burden is less, so everyone has time to

 Act 3. Read the text again and answer the questions
I live in a family of four: My parents, my There are 4 people in Lam’s family
younger sister and I. We are all very busy
people: both my parents work, my sister Because both parents work and the
and I spend most of the time at school., so children spend most of the time at school
we split the house hold chores equally. They split the housework equally in
the family.
The father mends things around the
My dad is responsible for mending things
around the house. He also cleans the house and clean the bathroom; the
bathroom twice a week. My mum does mother does most of the cooking
most of the cooking and grocery shopping. and grocery shopping; Lam does the
Being the elder child in the family, I take up
a large share of housework. I do the laundry, take out the trash and
laundry, take out of the rubbish, and clean cleans the fridge once a week; An
the fridge once a week. My younger sister helps her mother to prepare meals
An’s responsibilities include helping mum
to prepare meals and washing the dishes. and washes the dishes; Lam and An
My sister and I take turns laying the table take turns laying the table for meals,
for meals, sweeping the house, and sweeping the house, and feeding
feeding the cat. the cat.
We do our share of housework willingly as
we know that if everyone contributes, the Yes, they do. They do it willingly
 Lesson outcome
1. What have we learn today?
2. What can you do now?

I’ve learnt how to write a paragraph about

family chores and now I can write how each
member of my family contributes to doing
housework.
 Vocabulary
Take up (pv) : Gánh vác

Burden (n): Gánh nặng

Take turns doing st : Thay phiên nhau làm

việc gì
Be willing to do st = be happy to do st
 Mend – Repair - Fix
1. mend: clothes, relationship
vá, chữa; cải thiện; hồi phục, bình phục; tu tỉnh
be on the mend: phục hồi sức khoẻ

- My mom is going to mend my shirt.

- Erica and Andrew are trying to mend their
relationship.
- Evelyn is mending her broken heart.
2. repair:  
to fix something that is damaged, broken or torn (1)
say something to improve a bad situation (2)

~ renew, renovate or restore

- I am taking my car in for repairs. It doesn’t seem to be

working right.
- We need to repair the leaking pipe in the basement
- Repair a relationship
2. fix:
sửa chữa, lắp đặt; ổn định; thu xếp

to repair or correct something (1)

- We need to get the TV fixed
decide on a date, or a time for something (2)
- The prices are fixed
Fix something up: arrange or organize something (3)
- I’ll fix a meeting
 Homework
- Learn new words
- Do Writing (workbook), p.12
- Do extra exercises
 Q&A (speaking)
 Do you have a large or small family?
 How much time do you spend with your family?

 What do you like to do together as a family?

 Do you get along well with your family? Who
are you closest to in your family?
 Q&A speaking
 Do you have a large or small family?
I come from a quite small family. Although I have a lot
of uncles, aunts and cousins, I only live with my
younger brother, my parents and my grandmother.   
 Q&A speaking
 How much time do you spend with your family?
At the moment, I live by myself because of my work
but my parents are 45 minutes away so I always visit
them on the weekend.
 Q&A speaking
=> What do you like to do together as a family?
My family enjoys cooking together and afterwards
having special meals when everyone is invited. We
catch up on news and talk about our lives. We enjoy
music as well. So, when we get together, we play
several musical instruments and sing along.
 Q&A speaking
 Do you get along well with your family?
I get along with my family just fine. We do fight
sometimes, me and my mom were not always on
good term but when we started to listen to each
other, it worked out. Beside, they are always there to
listen when I have problems.
 Q&A speaking
 Who are you closest to in your family?
I am the closest to my brother because we don’t have
a generational gap between each other like our
parents so we share the same ideas and opinions
about many things and he always support me.