English

GRADE 10

UNIT 1: READING

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by Lê Thị Mai Thảo

​Reading about the benefits of sharing housework:

​1/ Language

​Vocabulary related to household chores and duties

​2/Skills

​To promote students to develop their reading skills (for specific information about the benefits of sharing housework)

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​WARM UP

Open Ended

List some household chores you know(at least 2 words)

Open Ended

Do you often do household chores in your family?

​Look at the picture and answer the questions:

• ​What are the people in the picture doing?

• ​Do you think they are happy? Why/Why not?

​READ THE TEXT:

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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 husbands 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.

Multiple Choice

Decide which of the following is the best title for it

• Doing Housework is Good for Children

• Husbands Who share Housework Make Their Wives Happy 

• Sharing Housework Makes the Family Happier

Multiple Choice

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 other.

What does it in the first line mean?

• A good example for children

• everyone working together in the house

• The husband doing housework 

• A positive family atmosphere

Multiple Choice

Sociable

• Friendly

• Polite

• Impolite

• Unfriendly

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Poll

Which household chores do you often do at weekend?

• Cleaning the windows and the doors

• Watering the house plants

• Cleaning the bathroom

• Doing the laundry

• Taking out the rubbish

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​HOMEWORK:

1) ​ Read the passage again.

​2) Prepare speaking skill.