Talking About My Family

45-minute lesson plan

Younger learners & adults

LevelA1

Lesson aim

Students can name family members and say who they have, using “have / has”.

You will need

A photo or quick drawing of your own family
The My Family A1 worksheet (printed or on screen)
A projector or shared screen for the class game

Use with

Speaking worksheet: My Family (A1)
Class game: Memory Match on the same worksheet
Toolkit: Flashcards or Spinner Wheel (optional)

Time	Stage	What to do · what to say
5 min0–5	Warm-up	Show your family photo and say “This is my mother. She is kind.” Point to each person and let students guess “Who is this?” Write the family words that come up on the board. “Who is this? Is it my mother or my sister?”
8 min5–13	Present the words	Go through the eight pictures in “Look and say”: say, students repeat, then students say alone. Write two examples on the board: “I have one brother.” / “She has two sisters.” and underline have / has. Ask students to point to a picture and say the word without you. CCQ: “I have a sister — one person or two?” (one)
10 min13–23	Controlled practice	Students complete “Choose and complete” alone (4 minutes). Check in pairs, then as a whole class with the answer key. Ask: “Why has? Why have?” and point to the board. “Now compare with your partner. Do you have the same answers?”
10 min23–33	Class game	Open the Memory Match game for this worksheet and split the class into two teams. Teams take turns to flip a picture and its word — they must say the word out loud. A match scores a point and keeps the turn. “Say the word before you flip the next card!”
9 min33–42	Freer speaking	Students do “Ask and answer” in pairs. After three minutes, they change partners. Walk round and listen; note errors with have / has on a piece of paper. Optional: they fill in the class survey while talking. “Ask three questions. Write one thing you learn.”
3 min42–45	Wrap-up	Each student says one sentence: “I have ___ brothers / sisters.” Write two anonymous errors on the board and correct them together. “Good job! What is one new word you learned today?”

On the board

have / has
I have one brother. She has two sisters.
Family words: mother · father · brother · sister · grandmother · grandfather

If students find it hard

Let students point and say single words first; use only the picture side of the Look and say task.

If students want more

Ask students to describe each person: “My mother is kind and funny.” using the “Useful words”.

Homework

Draw your family and write three sentences: “I have… He / She is…”.

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