1. Unit 3 Family | Loyalty Week 3 | Lesson 1 | Spring 2015 | Instructor: Sulamith Höfer

2. Find Someone Who … (Family) Icebreaker Use complete sentences to find a classmate who has family members matching the description above. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Tell me about them…. Example Find someone who … 1.… is an only child. 2.… has more than one sibling (brother/sister). 3.… has a relative/friend living abroad. 4.… lived with his/her grandparents when he/she was younger. 5.… still has a great-grandparent living. 6.… who has a family member with an unusual job. 7.… who has a parent who has studied or is studying English.

3. Review & Check-Up Homework Write a letter of apology to someone you have wronged in the past. Think about why you are sorry, and how you can avoid making the same mistake in the future. Review Topic: Pronunciation: Function: Idiom: English partner Friendship | Forgiveness /θ/, /s/, /ð/, /d/ Expressing agreement, disagreement, partial agreement; Apologies Know someone/something inside out

4. Idiom 1.I'm happy to stick with the present team. 2.She stuck with him, even when he got so sick. 3.Even though it’s really challenging, I’ll stick with this assignment. To Stick with someone or something Informal: persevere or continue with Examples:

5. Function Clarification Pardon? I’m sorry? Could you please repeat that? What do you mean? What do you mean by…?

6. Function Activity: New Identities Write your name on a piece of paper and fold it. Think of some information you could share about your family Mingle & exchange the information with others. Every time you talk to someone, switch papers (names). Now you become that person, and should repeat the information you just learned about your previous partner to the next person you talk to. Use the function of “Asking for clarification” to make sure get all the information correctly and remember it. 1.How many people are in your family? 2.What do your parents do? (job) 3.Where are you from? 4.Is there anything unique or special about your family? Things you could share about your family

7. Function Restating/Rephrasing Restating 1.In your opinion, is it better… 2.Do you have in thoughts/ideas about this question? 3."The question was, ‘Is it better to have siblings or be an only child?' Did I get that right?" Rephrasing 1.Is it better to have brothers and sisters or not? 2.Are there any benefits to having brothers and sisters, over having none? So what do you think: is it better to have siblings or to be an only child? (Repeat the same) (Repeat in your own words)

8. Function Activity 1.Choose taskmaster, timekeeper, writer, presenter. 2.Choose several questions. 1.Restate or rephrase each question (3 different ways). 3.Choose one of the questions, and the presenter will read the re-phrased version of the questions.

9. Function Questions 1.What kinds of things do you do with your family? 2.What makes friends different from family? 3.What does it mean to love someone unconditionally? 4.Are friends more important than family? 5.Who do you get along with better your mother or your father? 6.What is the most important thing your parents taught you? 7.Who in your family do you think understands you best?

10. Homework The Courage of Queen Esther Esther was a Jewish girl born in Persia around 500 BC. Her parents had died, so she was raised by her uncle Mordecai. At that time Ahasuerus was King of Persia. After searching throughout his empire for a new queen, he chose Esther. Esther, the Jewish orphan, became Queen Esther. She did not tell the King she was a Jew. Meanwhile, Mordecai had refused to honor an evil official named Haman. Haman hated Mordecai for this and looked for a way to kill him and all his people, the Jews. Haman deceived the King into issuing a decree to kill all the Jews throughout the Persian Empire. No one could save the Jews except Esther. But no one, not even the queen, could enter the King’s presence unless the King first called for someone. The penalty for approaching the King without his summon was death. Esther faced a great challenge. If she did nothing, her people would be murdered. But if she tried to speak to the King, she would likely be executed. She decided her people were more important than her own life, so she went to the King without being summoned. Fortunately, the King was willing to listen to her. Esther presented her case. The King was sympathetic. He issued a new decree, which saved all the Jews. He also ordered the execution of the wicked Haman. Queen Esther’s courage saved the lives of her people. Adapted from Speaking Beautiful English, p. 137