HEALPING AT HOME

6TH

Helping at home

GOAL FOR THE CLASS:

• learning vocabulary for jobs they can do at home • talking about things they have to do • asking and answering about a classroom schedule • considering life in unusual homes or on a farm • learning what castle homes were like in the past

TEACHER: These children are helping at home. Do you help at home? What do you do, Carla? CARLA: Well, I clean my bedroom, and I make my bed. TEACHER: Good. EMMA: And I cook dinner! TEACHER: Wow! How often do you cook dinner, Emma? EMMA: Sometimes. My dad helps me. And my brother sets the table. TEACHER: That's good. What about you, Carla? CARLA: Well, I always dry the dishes. And sometimes I sweep the floor. TEACHER: And do you sweep the floor, Emma? EMMA: No, I don't. But sometimes I clean the bathroom. TEACHER: What about washing your clothes? Do you wash your clothes, Carla? CARLA: No, I don't. My parents wash our clothes. But I take the trash out. TEACHER: How often do you take the trash out? CARLA: Every day. TEACHER: Good. What else do you do, Emma? EMMA: I water the plants. That's an easy job!

1. GIRL: What's he doing?BOY: He's taking the trash out. 2. BOY: What's he doing? GIRL: He's sweeping the floor. 3. GIRL: What's he doing? BOY: He's cooking dinner. 4. BOY: What's she doing? GIRL: She's watering the plants. 5. GIRL: What's she doing? B Y: She's cleaning the bathroom. 6. BOY: What's he doing? GIRL: He's washing his clothes 7. GIRL: What's he doing? BOY: He's drying the dishes. 8. BOY: What's she doing? GIRL: She's setting the table. 9. BOY: What's she doing? GIRL: She's cleaning her bedroom. 10. BOY: What's she doing? GIRL: She's making her bed.

LISTEN

Tuesday Ellen – please clean your room and set the table. Alfie – please make your bed and water the plants. Max – please take the trash out and sweep the floor. Thanks, Mom 1. I have to water the plants, and I have to make my bed. I don't have to take the trash out. 2. My sister has to clean her room, and she has to set the table. She doesn't have to make her bed. 3. My brother doesn't have to clean his room. He has to sweep the floor, and he has to take the trash out.

HAVE TOI have to make my bed. I don't have to take the trash out.

LISTEN

ALEX: What do you have to do today, Pedro? PEDRO: I have to collect the books. What about you? ALEX: I have to water the plants. PEDRO: Who has to feed the fish today? ALEX: Emma does. PEDRO: Lucky her – I love feeding the fish. Who has to feed the fish tomorrow? ALEX: You do. PEDRO: Oh, good!

What do you have to do today? I have to collect the books

Listen.

1. Quiz question. RUBY: Which river flows through Egypt? JACK: It's a palace in ancient Egypt! SOFIA: This must be the River Nile. 2. RUBY: What's wrong? WORKER: The king wants to visit today. We have to finish the palace! JACK: We can help. 3. [Fx only. Children whistling as they work. Add sweeping, scrubbing noises. Capu is also helping.] 4. JACK: It's beautiful! WORKER: Thank you for your help! 5. WORKER: Look! The King is coming. 6. WORKER: Oh, no! Where's the key to the palace? 7. SOFIA: Capu! Stop! WORKER: No, it's OK. He's a smart monkey! 8. WORKER: Welcome, King! JACK: Ha, ha! It was the key! RUBY: Good job, Capu!

Listen.

1. This family has to keep their house very neat and clean! It's called the transparent house, and it's in Japan. The house has a lot of windows, and you can see into every room. Who has to clean the windows today? 2. Or would you like to live in a house without windows? This is the kitchen of a cave house in Egypt. The cave is clean and warm. It has a bathroom and a dining room, as well as bedrooms and a living room. 3. This family likes traveling. They can take their home with them. They live on a houseboat in England, in the United Kingdom. Their houseboat is very long, and they can grow vegetables on its roof! 4. Or how about living at the Giraffe Manor hotel? The family at the hotel has eight giraffes in their garden. The giraffes visit for breakfast every morning. Would you like to give breakfast to a giraffe?

PRESENTER: Sasha Rudd lives on a farm. What does she have to do at home? SASHA: I get up at six o'clock in the morning, and I help with the animals. We have cows, goats, and hens on our farm. I feed the hens every morning before school. I have to collect the eggs, too. This morning I found six eggs. We had them for breakfast. On the weekend, I help with the goats. I have to feed them, and I milk them, too. We make cheese with the milk. I don't have to help with the cows much, but sometimes I have to clean the cowshed after school. That isn't my favorite job! Life on a farm is hard work, but its fun. Come and stay!

In the past, some people lived in castles. Most castles had water and big walls around them. The castle walls had tall towers in them. People climbed the towers to see things far away. Inside the castle there was one very big hall. In this room, families had meals around a long wooden table and talked and listened to music. Castles had very big kitchens, and people cooked food on open fires. People ate a lot of meat and also bread, fruits, and vegetables. Castles had big gardens, and people grew their own fruits and vegetables. It was very dark at night, and there were no lights. People used candles to see in the dark.