Information collection & exchange

 A sample lesson plan 
Title 
Family Relationships 
 
or 
 
Who's Who in Your Family'' 
Objective
Students will be presented with illustrations of family trees and will be told a 
story. They will be asked to demonstrate their understanding of simple 
instructions and to ask and answer simple questions on family members, 
using the correct forms of possessive adjectives and pronouns. 
Review
Review assignment and materials covered in previous lesson. 
Presentation
A. Teacher tells story of own family and draws a family tree with cartoon 
faces, names, and relationships on the board. 
 
B. Teacher asks questions of one student and draws a similar family tree on 
board. Sample questions will include: 
 
What's your father's/mother's name'' 
 
How many brothers and sisters do you have? 
 
Is your brother Vicente married'.' 
 
What is his wife's name? 
 
Does he have children? 
 
What are their names? 

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C. Teacher checks comprehension of class by asking Yes/No questions 
about the family tree. For example: 
 
Is Juan's mother called Maria?
 
Does Juan have three sisters?
 
Is this Vicente's son?
 
Does Juan's sister Alta Gracia have two sons? 
 
D. Teacher checks comprehension by asking individual students to go to the 
board and: 
 
Point to Juan's sister.
 
Draw a pair of sunglasses on Juan's face.
 
Change the hairstyle of Juan's oldest brother.
 
Draw a big smile on the face of Juan's father. 
 
E. Teacher writes chart of possessive adjectives on board: