Lesson plans : 
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Haiti and its strength : past present and future
"Les documents qui suivent font partie d’une recherche que j’appelle le Positive Piece of News Project..."
(Marie André-Milesi - lewebpedagogique.com)
A tour of an orphanage in Haiti 
"God's Littlest Angels is an American-run Christian mission set up in 1994 in the hills above Port au Prince to look after Haitian orphans and match them with adoptive families.
The earthquake meant they received many more children.
Melissa Friesen, who has volunteered there for the last year, gave a tour."
(BBC)
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Grandparents Increase Risk of Obesity in Children 
- a lesson plan
WARM-UPS : GRANDPARENTS / GRANDMA KNOWS BEST / OBESITY / OVERWEIGHT / WEIGHT
(breakingnewsenglish.com)

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Séquence
: Meet Kevin's Family - Niveau 6ème (Ac.
Lille)
"Dans cette exploitation, nous nous sommes efforcés
de mettre en relief des stratégies d'apprentissage
et d'évaluation de la compréhension orale qui
soient transférables à d'autres supports.
Il s'agit d'un dialogue extrait de la méthode Step in
de 6ème intitulé Kevin's Family qui est accompagné
d'une image.
Les principales capacités visées dans notre exploitation
sont relatives à l'anticipation, au repérage du
connu et des mots accentués, à la mise en relation
des différents éléments et à l'inférence...
La totalité des activités proposées dans
cette séquence relève des niveaux A1/A2 tels qu'ils sont définis dans le Cadre Européen
Commun de Référence."
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Parents
tried to sell baby on eBay
- a lesson plan 
(Breaking News English)

- 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.
Poems :
- Happy
Families (Learn English Online) :
Introducing your family - Pronunciation - Interactive activities
- The family poem
- Animal Families
- (poetryclass.net)
"If the people in your family were animals, what animals
would they be?"... Write a poem
Conversation Questions :
Games TO PRINT :
- Crossword
- family
(answers in French) - (discoveryeducationalsoftware.co.uk)
- My First Cross Word Puzzle (tlsbooks.com) :
"Write the name of the baby
animal next to each clue.
Then write the baby animal word in the puzzle."
Songs :
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man 
(YouTube)
+ the LYRICS
"Mama told me when I was young
Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say.
And if you do this
It will help you some sunny day..."
(lyrics007.com)
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The Mom Song - with subtitles 
"The Mom Song, a light-hearted ditty describing everything Mom says in a 24-hour period."
(YouTube)

- Cats in the
Cradle by Harry Chapin or Ugly Kid Joe :
"And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me."
- Father
and Son by Cat Stevens :
"You're still young...
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy."
- Animaniacs "I'm Mad" Song : the
lyrics (rogerwatersonline.com)
- Ladies
first by Queen Latifah :
"Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention"
- Living
for the city sung by Stevie Wonder
"Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
To find a job is like a haystack needle
Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
Living just enough, just enough for the city..."
(azlyrics.com)
- the VIDEO (YouTube) 
- 'Route 23' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from
the Crystal Cave)
- Seasons
In The Sun by Westlife :

"Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family"
Crafts :
Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)
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3 generations
1950 / 1975 / 2000
(antoineerrasti.files.wordpress.com)

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Superstitions :
Idioms and Proverbs :
- Ladies
first by Queen Latifah :
"Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention"
Animations Flash : 
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Look at the little
movie, then tell the story
Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
"Un petit film en flash qui permet de faire travailler le récit
avec prolongements possibles bien sûr:
imaginer la conversation entre le père et la fille,
imaginer la fin,
faire raconter l'histoire par la petite fille, etc"

- Adam
- a FLASH animation by Bozzetto
(pagesperso-orange.fr/prof.danglais)

Videos : 
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Shocking scenes
Behind Closed Doors 
"Troubled by his conflicting parents and haunted by the monster that dwells in his bedroom closet, Gregory, an anxious timid young boy must confront his demons and defeat the true threat that exists behind closed doors."
(YouTube)

TV series :
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Desperate
Housewives - an American television series (Wikipedia)
"The tone and style of the series combine elements of
drama, comedy, mystery, satire, and soap opera."

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