What is a family? Who is a family? One and another makes two is a family. Baby and father and mother: a family Parents and sisters and brothers: a family All kinds of people can make up a family All kinds of mixtures can make up a family. What is a family? Who is a family? The children that lived in a shoe is a family! A pair like Kanga and Roo is a family! A calf and a cow that go moo is a family! All kinds of creatures can make up a family! All kinds of numbers can make up a family All of your family plus you is a family.

FRIENDS

"The year of the family"

Match the words and phrases with their definitions To support To work out To betray To ignore To envy To feel jealous To deserve To quarrel To appreciate smth To avoid To observe the law of co-existence To make a fuss about smth To spoil the impressions To have a chance to escape from

Complete the sentences with the words : to ignore, to appreciate. to support, to envy, to quarrel, to feel jealous, to deserve. 1. Real friends must ………… you in difficult situations. 2. Sometimes we dont agree with friends and we can …………., though it doesnt last long. 3. He always gives me silly advices and I try to.....…… them. 4. He is not a real friend because he ….…… my success at school. 5. Dan was good at studying and he ……….. this holidays. 6. Pete just ………… because he wanted you to be with him all the time. 7. I …………. your advice and your wish to help me.

Find the equivalents to the following sentences. Blood is thicker than water. I find their arguments quite convincing. The only things they care about are their jobs and making money. Real friends are very rare. A unity of people who support each other in different situations. Sometimes we quarrel. Family means people who are ready to help each other in different situations. Family relationships are much stronger than relationships among friends and thats why family is more important than friends. They worry only about their jobs and earning money. We sometimes say angry and rude words to each other. Their arguments make me think that they are right. You cant find real friends easily.

My family

Helens mother was angry with her because … 1. Helen had failed her English test; 2. Helen had not passed her Maths test; 3. she was tough.

Helen has to stay at home for a whole week because… 1. she is ill; 2. she doesnt want to go to the cinema; 3. she has to do all of her Maths homework.

Helen didnt do her Maths because of… 1. her laziness; 2. Sarahs birthday; 3. essay for English.

On Tuesday they are going to go to … 1. Sarahs birthday; 2. the cinema; 3. the park.

Helens mother makes her work hard because … 1. she doesnt want her to go to Sarahs birthday; 2. she wants her to be successful in future; 3. she wants her to pass her Maths test.

The 1 st of October The Day of Elderly People

Brainstorm What must We do for our grandparents? We must...