Unit 01. Family Life. Lesson 3. Reading

Welcome to our class
10A3
Designed by Doan Thi Huong Thao
Objectives
Understand more about home life and express their own ideas about home life
Read for specific information about the benefits of sharing housework
Sharing housework
Look at the picture and answer the questions
What are these
People in the picture doing?
2. Do you think they are happy?
Why/ Why not?
Read the three heading (a-c)
Doing Housework Is Good for Children
Husbands Who Share Housework Make Their Wives Happy
Sharing Housework Makes The Family Happier
Do you understand all of them?
Which one is the best title for the text below.
Read the text and decide which one is it
Read the text
In many cultures, doing housework is considered a woman’s duty. The mother is usually the homemaker, who has to do most of the household chores, while the father is the breadwinner, who is responsible for the family finances. However, it is not good for the mother when the rest of the family does not help out. When families share household chores, it is good for them as individuals and good for all the relationships within the family.
According to psychologists, most people do not realise the enormous benefits that come to a family when husband and children share the housework. Children who share the housework with their mums and dads do better at school, become more sociable, and have better relationships with their teachers and friends. They learn good skills, are more responsible, and tend to be overall good people. When men share the housework, they tend to have better relationships with their wives. Women often feel happy when they see their husbands doing housework because it says”He cares about me and he doesn’t want to put all of the housework on me”Women whose husbands do not contribute to the household chores are more vulnerable to illness and tend to think more about divorce
When everyone works together on household chores. It creates a positive atmosphere for the family and sets a good example for the children. This is especially true if mum and dad can find a way to work well together and are not critical of each others
What is the title for the text?
Sharing Housework Makes the Family Happier
Do you understand the word from the text? Tick the appropriate meaning for each word from the text
Sociable
Friendly / b, unfriendly
2. Vulnerable
Able to be well protected
Able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt
3. Critical
Saying that something good
Saying that something bad
4. Enormous
Not very large
Very very large
5. Tend
Likely to behave in a particular way

b. Unlikely to behave in a particular way

Reading comprehension
In this task, students work in pairs, and find out what It refers to in each sentence
4a. What does “it” in line 11 mean….”
Women feeling happy
Women seeing their husbands doing homework
The husbands doing homework
4b. What does “it” in line 14 mean….”
A good example for children
Everyone working together in the house
A positive family atmosphere
Answer the questions
First, you have to read the questions to make sure that you understand what information you need in order to answer the questions. You should underline the keywords in the questions
How do children benefits from sharing housework?
Why do men tend to have better relationships with their wives when they share the housework?
What may happen to women whose husbands do not contribute to the household chores?
How does the family benefit when everyone works together on household chores
Your answer
They do better at school, become more sociable, and have better relationships with their teachers and friends.
Because it shows that they care about their wives and this makes their wives happy
They may fall ill easily or may think about divorce
There is a positive atmosphere for the family
Post reading
You have a chance to apply what you have learnt in the text to express your own ideas about the problems and benefits you actually experience in doing housework.
Let discuss the question freely. Work in group of four
Report your discussion result to the class
Consolidation

What you have learnt today?
After studying this lesson what can you do now?
Suggestion
I’ve learnt about the benefits of sharing housework in the family. Ican read and gat general idea of the text; I can guess the meaning of words in context; and I can make references when reading a text
Homework
Do exercises 1,2 and 3 in part C- reading in page 8 and 9
Prepare the next lesson Part D- SPEAKING
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