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Vocabulary :

• Helicopter parent
  "is a colloquial, early 21st-century term for a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her child's or children's experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions...
  An extension of the term, "Black Hawk parents," has been coined for those who cross the line from a mere excess of zeal to unethical behavior,
  such as writing their children's college admission essays. "
  (Wikipedia)

• Surrogate Mother
  = "A woman who carries and gives birth to the child of another woman, who is usually infertile, by way of a pre-arranged legal contract."
  (glossary.adoption.com)
  
  

• family relationships - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• The family - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  

• Happy Families (Learn English Online) :
  Introducing your family - Pronunciation - Interactive activities - The family poem

• Romance, Marriage - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  

• Marry, Get Married, Be Married - "Read an explanation then choose the correct word." (5minuteenglish.com)
  
  

• Babies - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  

• Baby vocabulary worksheet (englishlanguagespacestation.com)
  Click on TOPIC LESSONS (on the left) / Babuies and Families

  

• ANIMAL NAMES : Male - Female - Baby - Group of Animals - Family (windlegends.org)

• Traditional anniversary gifts by year (pubquizhelp.34sp.com) :
  1 Paper 2 Cotton 3 Leather 4 Linen 5 Wood 6 Iron 7 Wool 8 Bronze 9 Pottery 10 Tin 11 Steel
  12 Silk 13 Lace 14 Ivory 15 Crystal 20 China 25 Silver 30 Pearl 35 Coral 40 Ruby
  45 Sapphire 50 Gold 55 Emerald 60 Diamond
  
  

• American wedding customs (ia.essortment.com)
  
  
  
• International Wedding Customs (hudsonvalleyweddings.com)

• World wide wedding traditions (www.eng.umu.se)

Listening :

• My Dad - a short story (Présent simple + Présent BE + ing)
  "Lottie is 10 years old. She lives in England with her dad and her sister.
  Read and listen to Lottie telling us about her dad. Is your dad like Lottie's dad?"
  + Activities
  (British Council)

  

• 2 activités audio proposées sur SOUNDGUIDE
  a) Parler de l'endroit où l'on habite
  b) Parler de sa famille.
  Niveau 4° et 3°
  (soundguideweb.com)

• Family Characters
  Ruth discusses the personalities in her family.
  - with SUPERLATIVES
  + AUDIO
  (elllo.org)

• Modern British Families
  "The past 20 years have seen enormous changes in the lives and structures of families in Britain, and the traditional model is no longer true in many cases."
  (BBC)

• Family Life and Divorce - activities created by Renée Maufroid
  "Being a single mother is not easy, watch this little video and learn about Mrs Grimme's point of view.",
  then watch a second video to get her son's opinion.

• The family - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  

• Happy Families (Learn English Online) :
  Introducing your family - Pronunciation - Interactive activities - The family poem

• Romance, Marriage - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  

• Babies - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  

• Family relations - Click to hear the words (cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary)
  

• family relationships - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• Family Life and Relationships (with exercises) - (esl-lab)
  - Families (E)
  - Spending Money(E)
  - Talking About Families(E)
  - Dinner Time (M)
  - Making Invitations(M)
  - Our Family Roots (M)
  - Dating Woes (M)
  - First Date (M)

• Meet the Creeps - a poem - Listen to it. (BBC)
  
  

Facts :

• SIN BINS FOR WORST FAMILIES
  "THOUSANDS of the worst families in England are to be put in “sin bins” in a bid to change their bad behaviour.
  The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.
  They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals..."
  (express.co.uk)

   

• Forced Marriage (Upper Intermediate A1-B1)
  "Pupils will talk about the problem of forced marriage in Britain," listen to an interview with a British police officer and create their own dialogues.
  View the poster from Every Child Matters (choose Poster - Young People),
  and read true stories of forced marriage experiences."
  (newstandpoints.com)
  
  

• Teen would give her life to save her dad
  "A TEENAGE girl in east China was struggling for her life last night after taking more than 200 sleeping pills in an attempt to kill herself
  and donate her liver to her seriously ill father."
  (shanghaidaily.com)

  

• GPS wristwatch helps parents track children (The Guardian)
  - with a VIDEO
  

  

• Nigerian man to divorce 82 wives
  "A Nigerian religious leader with 86 wives has accepted an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them, local authorities say...
  The former teacher and Islamic preacher lives in Niger State with his wives and at least 170 children."
  (BBC)

• Nostalgia Clouds Our Thinking About The Family - An article by Mary Sanchez
  (caglepost.com)

  

• Parents blamed over gang culture
  "A senior police officer has called on parents to take more responsibility after 10 teenagers were sentenced over the murder of two schoolboys."
  (BBC)
  
  

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Mothers - interactive quiz (BBC)
  
  

• Families
  
  

  "There are 7 pages and 7 coins to win in this game, fill-in the gaps or pick the right answer in the pop-up boxes."
  Activity created by Renée Maufroid.
  Niveau : 6ème / 5ème
  "Il y a 7 pages avec une animation, une chanson, une video, un enregistrement audio, le vocabulaire de la famille et le génitif."

  

• Child development - interactive quiz - 6 questions
  (BBC)
  
  

• VOCABULARY with PICTURES and EXERCISES to print or interactive (liis.lv)
  - Family and Family Life

• The Family
  "Using the family tree, type the relationships in the boxes..."
  (members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc)

  

• Grow a tree
  "Build a fab family tree to showcase your one-of-a-kind family!"
  Site signalé par Renée Maufroid
  (pbskids.org)

  

• A Busy Day
  - utilisation du vocabulaire de la famille et du present BE + ing
  (Primary Resources)

  

• Family Ties (college-em.qc.ca)
  - with a Timed Flash quiz/game.
  
  

• Family Life and Divorce - activities created by Renée Maufroid
  "Being a single mother is not easy, watch this little video and learn about Mrs Grimme's point of view.",
  then watch a second video to get her son's opinion.

• Happy Families (Learn English Online) :
  Introducing your family - Pronunciation - Interactive activities - The family poem

• When will daddy come home? - Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  "Ecoute et lis attentivement cette petite histoire puis complète les phrases...."
  
  
  
  
• The Simpsons - Gap-fill exercise - activity created by Renée Maufroid
  
  
  
  
• Who's Who in the Royal Family - interactive exercise (absolutenglish-972)
  
  
• Have fun! Enjoy the games and learn English (R. Maufroid) : Family and Pets
  
  
• The Family Tree Exercise - Fill in all the blanks (prof2000.pt)
  
  
  
  
• Birth, marriage and death - a quiz (BBC)
  
  
  
• Marry, Get Married, Be Married - "Read an explanation then choose the correct word." (5minuteenglish.com)
  
  

• Exercices : The family
  The Simpsons - exercises
  The Royal Family - exercises (skyblues67)

• La famille - toute une série d'exercices (Hervé Humbert)

• Family - (British Council)
  "Below there is a family tree. Above the tree are the names of different family relations.
  Below the tree are some phrases that describe the relationship between the different people.
  Can you put the names in the right boxes?"
  
  

• Fill in the family members' names (nonstopenglish.com)

• Relations (kaleidovox.hu)
  ex : "My mother's father is called Bob. He is my ______ .
  grandfather / daughter / father / grandchildren / granddaughter"

• Family relationship words. (20 questions) - utilisation du cas possessif (a4esl.org)

• Family Relationships - texte suivi de 10 questions (juntadeandalucia.es)
  
  

• All in the family! - a quiz - difficult (BBC)

• Family - a quiz - difficult (BBC)

• Babies - (about.com)
  "Put each of the following words or phrases in the correct gap :
  birth, child, preschool, kindergarten, bottle, stroller, diapers, pacifier, crawl, parents, maternity ward, labor, gynaecologist, godparents, pampers, relatives"
  
  

Exercises TO PRINT :

• The Simpsons - a worksheet - Vocabulary : the family
  Sent by Bettina Ghobrial (Ac. Versailles)

  

• Family Tree Chart
  "holds up to 6 generations in a tree shape.  You can follow ancestral lines by following the branches.  The mother and father's names are placed on the large branches with the children on the trunk.  All the ancestors are placed on the leaves in the upper tree.  The fathers are placed on the shaded leaves and the Mothers are placed on the white leaves."
  (misbach.org)

  

• Family Tree Chart
  "great for anyone who hates having to fill in charts by hand. Just type in the blanks from your computer, and then save or print."
  (genealogy.about.com)

  

• VOCABULARY with PICTURES and EXERCISES to print or interactive (liis.lv)
  - Family and Family Life

• Weddings - activity to print
  (Primary Resources)
  
  

• Animal Families (tlsbooks.com)
  "Draw a line from the animal in the center column to the name of their young in the first column and to the name of their animal group in the third column."