Topic 5 lesson 7 An American family thing

 Homework correction. Ex.1 p.64

1. The whole family is coming for Thanksgiving this year!

2. Grandpa Jim and Nanna Kate will arrive on Wednesday, their plane lands at 9 p.m.

3. We will cook our favourite Thanksgiving dessert: pecan pie!

4. Dad is going to buy the turkey and decorate the house. You will all help me.

5. Jack, you are going to share your room with your cousins.

6. Jess, you what are you doing tonight? Nothing? Come and help me, we‘ll make a list of everything we
need!

 Complete/correct your answers. Document 2 p.59

1. What did you learn about this family?

• -it is a single-parent family, a dad and a son. The boy wants to be a football player like a lot of boys. This boy
has a character. This dad is a courageous man. He does his best to educate his son.

2. What can make their situation difficult?

• -being a single-dad can be trying/demanding because the daily routine can be stressful: drag out of bed- get
up-make breakfast- pack lunch-send the child to school-go to practise –get back home- do homework-
prepare a snack-read a story – go to bed. Besides, he has to be good cop bad cop.

3. What adjectives do they use to describe their everyday life?

• -hardest, hectic, exciting, rough.

4. What is positive in their situation?

• -they are very close. It is a team, nothing is going to break them up. They are growing up together. The boy is
seeing his father grow as a man. They are gonna be there for each other.