FAMILY PROJECT.

1. FAMILY PROJECT
Full names: ____________________
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Group: ____________________
Subject: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Goal: To comprehend and to produce oral and written texts about my family and my classmates’.
1. Read the following questions and discuss them with your team. Be ready to share your answers with the class.
a. Where do you come from?
b. Where are you (originally) from?
c. Are there any other countries or nationalities you do not feel comfortable with, get along with or just do
not like?
2. Watch the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7FhU-G1_Q
3. After watching the video in number 2, would you like to add something to your answers in number 1? Discuss
with your team and be ready to share your answers with the class.
4. Read the following questions and discuss them with your team. Be ready to share your answers with the class:
a. Do you like your family?
b. Is family important for you?
c. Do you love your family?
d. Do you miss your family sometimes?
5. Watch the following movie:
http://www.watchanimemovie.com/sub-dub/grave-of-
fireflies.html?url=http://embed.yourupload.com/8Be1wq

2. 6. After watching the movie in number 5, discuss the following questions with your team and be ready to share
your answers with the class:
a. Did you like the movie in number 5? Why?
b. Did it make you think about your family or any particular member or situation in your family?
7. Match the words in column A with the definitions in column B. See the example:
A B
Grandparents Someone’s grandfather and grandmother.
Parents A man who works in business, especially for a company.
Nurse Someone’s father and mother.
Uncle A person who takes care of ill or injured people.
Thin The opposite of fat.
His Photograph.
Her The possessive for of he.
Businessman Good looking.
Divorced The opposite of married.
Handsome The possessive of she.
Picture Someone’s father or mothers’ brother.
8. Fill in the gaps with the words in number 7. See the example:
Hi! My name is Sebastian, I am Colombian, I am fourteen years old and I am a student. This is a __picture__ of
my family: they are my ____________, my mother, my sister, my ____________, and my cousin. My father is
not in the picture; my ____________ are ____________. My grandparents’ names are Juan and Maria; they
are my mother’s parents. They are kind and lovely. My mother’s name is Alejandra and she is a ____________.
She is ____________ and beautiful. She is lovely too. My sister’s name is Juanita. She is ten years old. She is
short, ____________ hair is black and her eyes are brown. She is funny. My uncle’s name is Carlos. He is forty
years old and he is a ____________. He is tall and ____________. My cousin’s name is John; he is Carlos’s son.
He is twelve years old. He is blond and ____________ eyes are blue. He is funny. He is Canadian; his father is
Colombian, but his mother is from Canada. We are celebrating mothers’ day. I love my family!
9. Use the website https://www.familyecho.com/ to design Sebastian’s family tree.

3. 10. Write “T” (true) or “F” (false). Correct the false sentences. See the example:
a. Sebastian is Canadian. __F__
Sebastian is Colombian_______________________________
b. Sebastian is fifteen years old. _____
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c. Sebastian is a teacher. _____
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d. Sebastian’s grandparents are in the picture. _____
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e. Sebastian’s father is in the picture. _____
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f. Sebastian parents are married. _____
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g. Sebastian’s grandparents’ names are Juan and Maria. _____
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h. Sebastian’s grandparents are his father’s parents. _____
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i. Alejandra is tall and beautiful. _____
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j. Sebastian’s sister and cousin names’ are Juanita and John. _____
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k. Carlos’ son name is Julian. His hair is brown and his eyes are green.
He is American. His mother is from United States. _____
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11. Ask or answer the questions based on the text in number 8. See the example:
a. What is Sebastian’s Nationality?________________________
Sebastian is Colombian.
b. How old is Sebastian?
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4. c. Where is John’s mother from?
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d. __________________________________________________
He is a student.
e. __________________________________________________
No, he is not in the picture.
f. What is John’s father name?
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g. Is Sebastian’s mother short?
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h. __________________________________________________
Yes, his sister and uncle’s names are Juanita and Carlos.
i. __________________________________________________
No she is not a doctor, she is a nurse.
j. Is Carlos an engineer?
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k. Is Juanita tall and beautiful?
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12. Read the following text. It is full of errors. Correct them; use a different color. See the example.
hi; my name are Sebastian. i is colombian, i is fourteen years old but i am student, this are a picture of my
family; we is your grandfathers. your mother. your sister. your ankle. but your cousin, my father are not in the
picture: My fathers is divorced, my grandparent’s names is juan and maria: They is your mothers’ fathers, they
is kind and lovely, my mothers’ name are alejandra but she are nurse, she are thin but beautiful, she are lovely
too, my sisters’ name are Juanita, she is ten years old, she are short. his hair are black but his eyes is brown,
she are funny, my ankles’ name are carlos, he are forty years old and He are engineer, he is tall but handsome,
my cousins’ name is John: He is carlos son, he is twelve years old, he are blond but her eyes is blue, he are
funny, he is Canadian: His mother is from united states, we is celebrating mothers day, i love my family,

5. Hi! My name is Sebastian._____________________________________________________________________
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13. Listen to the audio recording. Transcribe what you listen.
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14. Use the website https://www.familyecho.com/ (individually) to design your family tree. Then, write a ten line
text introducing yourself and describing a picture of your family; it must have cohesion and coherence, proper
use of capitalization and punctuation, and include a headline, and at least a negative and an interrogative
sentence. E.g. “he is not in the picture” and “do you have any brothers or sisters?”. Also, use correctly:
a. Personal pronouns, e.g. “I”, “you” and “he”.
b. Verb to be in present (affirmative and negative), e.g. “am” and “am not”.
c. Countries and nationalities, e.g. “Colombia” and “Colombian”.
d. Cardinal numbers, e.g. “fourteen” and “forty”.
e. Occupations and/or professions, e.g. “student” and “nurse”
f. Possessive pronouns, e.g. “my”, “your” and “his”.
g. Anglo-Saxon genitive, e.g. “grandparents’ names” and mother’s name”.
h. Family members, e.g. “grandparents” and “mother”.
i. Family relationships, e.g. “grandparents’ mother” and “uncle’s son”.
j. Adjectives to describe physical appearance, e.g. “thin” and “tall”.
k. Adjectives to describe personality, e.g. “kind” and “lovely”.
l. Conjunctions “and” and “but”.
m. Celebrations, e.g. “birthday” and “mother’s day”.

6. 15. Do an oral presentation of your family pictures descriptions. You must:
a. Use ICTs, e.g. audio with especial effects, animation, video, prezzy, story bird, etc. Power Point
presentations are not allowed.
b. Greet formally, e.g. Good morning, good afternoon, etc.
c. Introduce yourselves formally, e.g. let us introduce ourselves; our names are...
d. Make transitions between the readers, e.g. one of the members of the group can ask the questions and
the others can answer them, thank the student who previously talked or ask questions as: is it clear?, do
you have any questions?, etc.
e. Use a proper tone of voice, project your voice, make pauses based on the punctuation on the written
report, breath, keep visual contact with the audience, change your position during the presentation, use
your body language appropriately and strategically.
f. Ask the audience if there are comments or suggestions and thank them, e.g. do you have any questions,
comments or suggestions? Thank you very much for listening, etc.
g. Use the app VoxDox to practice pronunciation.
h. Learn your lines; reading is not allowed.
Family picture taken from https://thenounproject.com/
Designed by MICHAEL YEPES. May, 2017.