Beja Nord Secondary School T.
Mrs Jendoubi
Module I / Section 2 : What Makes a Family
3rd Form Economics
I/ Engaging-phase : Speaking
1- Tell us about your families : Type, members, names , occupations, relationships, ……….
2- What are the different roles of the family members ?
3- What makes a family ?
II/ Studying-phase : Listening Comprehension
1- Listen and identify the interlocuters.
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2- Circle the correct answers :
a- The coversation is presented in the form of a : song phone call poem
b- The poet’s tone is : regretful emotional critical
3- Listen and label the pictures with words from the poem :
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4- Circle the most suitable definition of the given words :
a- To cherish : ꙮ to look after ꙮ to dream of ꙮto be fond of / to be attached to
b- To gaze at : ꙮto look fixedly at ………. ꙮTo look attentively and prudently at ……..
ꙮto look carelessly at ……….
c- Trial : ꙮsolution ꙮthe act of testing something ꙮproblem
5- Listen and fill in the blanks with the missing words from the poem.
« Dad, what is meant by ‘a family ?’ Your mother’s lost look on your first day at shool
Is it you and mom, ____________________ and me ? » Learning to live by the Golden _______________
« No, son. It’s more, __________________ more than that. It’s fireside _____________ on many a night
It’s lt’s little Sue’s curls, and mothre’s __________________
The feeling we have that everything’s ___________
Jackie’s face when she ________________ she is able The trials and ______________ the laughter and tears
To help your mother in _________________ the table That _____________ us all, down through the years
Your first little _______________ thatbwe store way It’s all of these things , it seems to me
To cherish and gaze at some future day Which, my son, make a family. »
Paula S. Dickinson
6- Match each verse in column A with its implied meaning in column B.
A B C
1- It’s little Sue’s curls and mother’s new a- Parents value their children’s productions
hat b- Sharing the good and bad experiences 1 ___ --
2- Your first little drawings that we store strengthens family relationships
away c- Family members show interest in one 2 ___ --
3- Your mother’s lost look on your first another ; in everything by saying lovely
day of school words like : ‘you look lovely ! / Oh, how 3 ___ --
4- It’s fireside stories on many a night nice !’
d- Parents are concerned about their 4 ___ --
children when they they are out of sight
Language :
Circle the correct alternative :
Families have to make many decision, often on a daily basis, about who will be responsible (for / to / at) completing
certain tasks (fulfillment / fulfill / fulfilling) a particular responsibility. For example, families must decide who takes
out the trash, who will take the children to school, who will cook (a dinner / the dinner / dinner), who will work and
provide (finance / financially / financial) support (to / in / for) the family.
In healthy families, roles are (assigned / assignment / assignment) in such a way that members are not
overburdened. (share / sharing / shared) roles, such as child care, is an important family task.
Pronunciation : listen and say what the words below have in common.
meant _ which _ first _ through _ right They have _________________
Listen and pick out words having the following souds :
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III/ Activating-phase : Writing
Write a post on your facebook wall in which you define « family » and what qualities mmake up the family.
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