WARM-UP COMMUNICTION
Uni
tLIST THE BENEFITS OF SHARING HOUSEWORK
2 teams
Take turns to run to the board and write the advantages of sharing
housework
The highest score: the winner
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Other benefits of children doing
housework.
• Become responsible and self-reliant
+ Be responsible for their own duties
+ know how to organize a family
• Have a sense of community and connection
+ Value teamwork
+ Learn to help and ask for help
• Contribute to self-esteem
+ Feeling of accomplishment
+ Receive recognition and praise
Unit
1 Uni
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1 FAMILY
FAMILY LIFE LIFE
LESSON 4 SPEAKING
Why should / shouldn’t
children do housework?
PRE-SPEAKING
Below are reasons why children should or shouldn't do housework.
1 Put them in the correct column. Add some more if you can.
1. Doing housework helps them develop life Should Shouldn’t
skills.
2. Doing housework teaches them to take Doing housework Kids should be given
helps them develop plenty of playtime
responsibility. life skills. when they are
young.
3. Kids should be given plenty of playtime when
Doing housework They may break or
they are young. teaches them to damage things when
take responsibility. doing housework.
4. They may break or damage things when
Doing housework They need more
doing housework.
helps strengthen time to study and do
5. Doing housework helps strengthen family family bonds. homework.
bonds.
PRE-SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Complete the conversation between Anna, Nam, and Minh using
2 some ideas from 1. Then listen to the conversation and check your answers.
Anna: Nam, why do you think children should do housework?
Nam: Because (1) __________________________________________
doing housework helps them develop life skills.
Anna: It’s true. Life skills such as cooking, cleaning or taking care of others are
really necessary for kids when they grow up.
Nam: Yes, we should all have these basic life skills to be adults.
Anna: Now Minh, why do you think children shouldn’t do housework?
Minh: I think kids are kids.
(2)_______________________________________________________
They should be given plenty of playtime when they are young.
Nam: I don’t agree with you. I’m afraid too much playtime isn’t good for
children.
Anna: Well, thank you both for sharing your ideas. They are very useful for my
project.
EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Complete the conversation with the expressions in the box. Then practise
1 it in groups of three.
Anna: Nam, why do you think children should do housework?
Nam: _____________________ doing housework helps them
develop life skills.
Anna: It’s true. Life skills such as cooking, cleaning or taking care of
others are really necessary for kids when they grow up.
A. I strongly believe that Nam: ______________________ we should all have these basic life
B. I’m not sure about that skills to be adults.
Anna: Now Minh, why do you think children shouldn’t do
C. I have no doubt that
housework?
Minh: _______________________ kids are kids. They should be
given plenty of playtime when they are young.
Nam: I don’t agree with you. I’m afraid too much playtime isn’t good
for children.
Anna: Well, thank you both for sharing your ideas. They are very
useful for my project.
EVERYDAY ENGLISH
2 Work in groups. Have similar conversations exchanging opinions about
whether family members should spend time together.
WHILE-
SPEAKING
Work in groups. Have similar conversations exchanging opinions about whether
3 children should or shouldn’t do housework. You can use the ideas from 1 and the
reading text.
- Why do you think children should do housework?
- Why do you think children shouldn’t do housework?
