Word for family history

Families are dynamic, and many people make a family unique. It’s no surprise there are a lot of family words that can be used to describe members.

Here is a complete list that can be used to describe the different people who make a family unique.

Family Words Defined

A traditional family has a father, mother, and children. But we know that most families include grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Additionally, many families are non-traditional. This means that there are stepparents, adoptive siblings, and other unique family members who are included in the unit.

Family words are any family members who should be defined when talking about the unit. These include adjectives and nouns.

Remember, an adjective is a descriptive word. A noun is a person, place, or thing.

It is important to know these family words because it adds interest and accuracy to writing. If you are writing something about your family, you will want to correctly identify your family members so that the reader understands who you are talking about.

Since families are so unique, there are many words to describe family members. Use this complete family word list as your resource to write about your own family.

Complete Family Word List

Words to Describe Women	Words to Describe Men	Words to Describe Children
adoptive mother	adoptive father	children
aunt	bachelor	child
birth mother	bridegroom	cousin
daughter	brother	descendant
daughter-in-law	brother-in-law	firstborn
bachelorette	brotherhood	first cousin
bride	dad	first cousin once removed
ex-wife	fraternal twin	foster child
fiancee	grampa	grandchild
foster mother	gramps	grandchildren
granddaughter	grandfather	identical twin
grandma	grandpa	infancy
grandmother	great-grandfather	infant
granny	great-grandson	juvenile
great-aunt	great-uncle	kin
great-granddaughter	groom	minor
great-grandmother	grandson	natal
half-sister	half-brother	offspring
heiress	heir	orphan
ma	husband	quadruplets
maternal	nephew	quints
mama	Mr.	quads
Miss	papa	second cousin
matriarch	pa	quintuplets
mom	paternal	stepchild
mommy	patriarch	stepchildren
mother	pop	teenager
mother-in-law	son	toddler
Mrs.	son-in-law	triplets
Ms.	stepbrother	twins
nana	stepdad	youngster
niece	stepfather	youth
sister	stepson
sister-in-law	twin brother
Mrs.	uncle
Ms.
nana
niece
sister
sister-in-law

Words to Describe Family Units	Words to Describe Family History	Words to Describe Culture
adoptive family	adoption	heritage
blended family	ancestor	multi-racial family
blood relative	clan	bi-racial family
care-giver	genealogy
divorce	hereditary
extended family	history
family	inherit
family tree	inheritance
folks	kinfolk
foster parent	kinship
grandparent	lineage
great-grandparent	maiden name
in-law
nuclear family
parent
partner
senior
sibling
single-parent
unit
spouse
unmarried parent

A Note About Names

Many families have their own names to describe their family members.

Take, for example, father. This name alone could be transformed into Dad, dada, daddy, pops, papa, pa, or even Faja.

This name will vary from family-to-family, so you might not find the specific name you call your father on our list.

Another approach to family words is the cultural names for family members, specifically when it comes to talking about grandparents. Here is a concise list of different family words from different cultures:

Country of Origin	Words for Grandfathers	Words for Grandmothers
French	Grand-pêre	Grand-mère
Italian	Nonno	Nonna
German	Opa	Oma
Spanish	Abuelo	Abuela
Polish	Dziadek	Babcia
Greek	Poppoús	Giagiá (Yaya)
Portuguese	Vovô	Avó
Irish	Seanathair	Mhamó
Hungarian	Nagypapa	Nagymama
Swahili	Babu	Bibi
Danish	Bedstefar	Mormor
Japanese	O jiichan	O baachan
Russian	Dedushka	Babushka
Hawaiian	Tutu	Tutu
Korean	Hal-abeoji	Halmeoni
American	Papa	Nana
Creole	Pawpaw	Mawmaw
Filipino	Lolo	Lola

Using Descriptive Words for Family

In addition to using different words to describe the people in your family, you will also find that you want to use words to describe your family’s personality.

These words will describe how loving, fun, and paint a picture.

Descriptive Words
brotherly	helpmate	nest	sisterly
childhood	home	newlywed	support
close-knit	household	nuptial	tribe
connection	kindred	nurture	trust
devoted	love	posterity	trustworthy
faithful	loyalty	related	value
flesh and blood	marriage	relations	village
foster	mate	relative	wed
friend	matrimony	separation	wedding
grownup	monogamy	single	wedlock

Conclusion

Family words are a great way to talk about your family accurately. When you use the correct words, you can help your reader track and provide valuable insight into your family.

Here are a few things to remember about family words:

• They are traditionally nouns and adjectives.
• There are hundreds of words to describe your unique family.
• Pay attention to the names that your family uses. This is often tied to your family history and culture.
• Sometimes family names are a reflection of the region where you live.

What words do you use to describe your family? Let us know in the comments below!

Use your research in new and creative ways! The editors of Family Tree Magazine have compiled this list of family history writing prompts to help you get inspired. The answers you provide can be shared on a family history website, put into a book or kept with other genealogy records.

Family History Writing Prompts

Imagine you are one of your descendants, far in the future, writing about your present self. Write about an event from your own history from that perspective

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter and write an article about an event in your family history based on your research. Remember to include the who, what, when, where and why if you can!

Imagine your family represented as a literal “tree.” What kind of tree best represents your family’s story? What does it look like and why?

Did you grow up with any family traditions? What is the history behind the tradition? Do you practice any family traditions now?

Choose an event from your family’s history and write an alternative ending to it. Perhaps someone made a different choice or didn’t survive something; how would the course of your family’s history have changed?

Pick two ancestors from your family’s history who didn’t know each other, then imagine a scene where the two meet. What would they talk about, and what would their first impressions be of each other?

Imagine a holiday celebration your ancestor participated in. Narrate it as accurately as possible.

Write a thank-you-note to an ancestor. Who are you thanking? What did they contribute that you are thankful for?

What types of meals did your ancestor eat? Describe a mealtime scene from your family’s history.

Choose a favorite couple from your family’s history (or imagine one) and write a love note or poem they might have shared. Take the historical period into consideration!

Write one or more “six word stories” about your family’s history. Channel your inner-Hemingway.

Write about surname origins. Do your findings lineup or conflict with what you know or believe about your ancestors’ homeland? If not, highlight the puzzle and try to piece together a plausible answer to it.

What’s the whackiest or most interesting story you’ve heard passed down in your family or discovered in your research?

What types of clothes did your ancestors wear? Pick and ancestor and describe them in detail; what are they wearing and why?

Are there any naming traditions in your family? Write the story of how that tradition started or the stories of ancestors with that name.

Imagine your ancestor encountering something for the first time (new place, new food, new invention, etc.). Describe their first impression in detail.

Write a letter as if you are one of your ancestors. Who is the letter for and what does it say?

Imagine your ancestor making a big decision and narrate how they arrived at their conclusion.

Ask a child, grandchild or sibling what one thing they would like to know or learn about their family history. Ask them why they want to know that piece of information.

Looking at your family history, write down five life lessons you feel you’ve learned from your ancestors. Write an essay for the benefit of sharing with your children, grandchildren, and future descendants.

If you were to write a book about your family history or an ancestor’s history, what genre would it be and why?

Do you have a favorite quote or family saying from your history? Write the story of how that quote or saying came to be.

Imagine your ancestor had social media during their lifetime. Write a Facebook post or series of tweets describing something they’re witnessing in real-time.

Select a family heirloom (watch, quilt, Bible, etc.) and write a narrative from its perspective. Where has it been? How did your ancestor acquire it, and what would it have encountered throughout the years? What important family milestones might it have witnessed?

Imagine a typical day for a female ancestor. What time did she wake up, and what did she do throughout the day?

Select two ancestors who lived in different time periods, and describe a scene of the two interacting with each other over dinner. What do they talk about? What do they have in common?

Imagine and describe an event in your family’s history from an outsider/observer’s perspective. What was it like to be there? How did the event make them feel?

If your family history/ancestor’s story was a novel, what would the theme be?

Imagine a route your ancestor took frequently in his or her daily life. Describe that route in detail. What did they see? What noises could they hear? Where were they going?

Think of your ancestor as a character in a story; describe them as an author would. Go into as much detail as possible: what do they look like, how does their voice sound, what are their strongest personality traits?

Record a memory of one of your ancestors that you want to pass down to future generations—a parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. Set the scene: How old were each of you at the time? What happened? Why is this a memory you treasure?

Write a brief biography of yourself—everything an ancestor might want to know about you. After all, someday your ancestors will want to know as much about you as you do about yours!

Come up with a pitch for your ancestor’s biography. Is it a sultry tell-all, or a just-the-facts? What major theme(s) does it cover? Be sure to give the bio a title and sub-title, and write the book’s summary as it would appear on the back cover.

Select an ancestor who served in the military, and write a letter to him or her from the perspective of a loved one on the home front. Ask about his or her health, or the conditions in the war. Read real-life wartime letters for inspiration.

Write a paragraph describing three items your ancestor would never leave home without. Why are these objects so important to your ancestor? Where did they come from?

Identify a major event that happened during your ancestor’s lifetime, and (as your ancestor) write a first-person journal entry describing it. What would your ancestor have thought about it? Would he have found it exciting? Frightening? Frustrating?

Write a paragraph or two about your ancestor and their best friend. Imagine an adventure they had (real or imagined) based on what you know of their childhood and the time period and place they lived.

Imagine one or more of your ancestors as the characters in a fairy tale or fable. What role would they play, and what is the setting? What would be their fate?

Pick an ancestor from the 1800s, drop him into today, and (as your ancestor) write a letter to family members still in the 1800s. How would he describe today? What surprises him? What questions would he have?

Write a diary or journal entry that details your immigrant ancestor’s journey. What are their impressions of their fellow passengers? Research passenger lists and ship descriptions to make your description more accurate.

Describe your ancestors’ wedding. Study marriage certificates, wedding banns and photos, and contemporary clothing and rituals to fill in details.

Describe the first meeting between two of your ancestors who would later get married. What are their first impressions of each other? Include any details you know about your ancestor’s appearance, occupation, age at that time, etc.

Pick an ancestor’s hometown and do some research on how it was during your ancestor’s time. Use historical pictures/postcards and city directories to learn about the town, then write a brief tourism ad for the locale highlighting the town’s attractions.

Imagine the first time your ancestor got to vote. Write a letter from them to a relative detailing their impressions. Where was their polling place? What was the process like? What about the other people in line?

Select two ancestors who lived in different centuries, and describe a scene of the two interacting with each other. What do they talk about? How are they different from one another?

Select your favorite family photo, and write about the moments just before and/or after the photo was taken. Why was it taken? Was your ancestor happy to be in it?

Write a letter to an ancestor you’ve never met. Include questions you’ve always wanted to ask him or her, plus some that reflect what you’ve already learned about your ancestor (for example, “Do you enjoy your new job?” or “How are you coping with your father’s death?”).

Share these ideas with your students, writing group or genealogy group!

Related Reads

I. Организация
класса на урок. 

Good
morning, boys and girls. Glad to see you again. Who is on duty  today? The
pupil tells (about himself,  day, date, weather)

How
are you?  Are you OK?  Are you all right?

How
are you getting on?

What
about your mood?      

 Fine
day today, isn’t it?

 There 
is a lot of snow on the ground, isn’t there?

What
is your favourite season?  

By
the way, what is the temperature today?

I
see,  it is frosty today. Winter is coming.

Fine,
everything is OK                       

II.Вызов.

It’s
high time to start our lesson. Watch the film and give your proposals about
our talk today.

 ( 
film about  family )

 What 
are they? Who are these people?

Thus,
what are we going to talk about  today ?

What
members of the families are we going to speak about ?

What 
are we going to speak about  in family life?   ( family history, relations,
activities, duties, relatives, traditions, family holidays)

III. Осмысление.

1.
Речевая подготовка. Высказывания учащихся  о понятии «семья»

Дети
угадывают, и на слайде
появляется слово   «Family». (слайд 2)

How
do you think what is a family?  Try to give your definition.

 P1
,P2, P3

  
By the way, do you know  what  every letter means  in the word «Family»   (slide)

F
— father

A
— and

M
— mother

I
— I

L
— love

Y 
— you

-Where
can we find some more definitions?   P-dictionary)

OK.
Read  some of them.

Slide  
   The
American Heritage Dictionary

family:

 —
parents and their children ;

 —
a group of persons related by blood or marriage ;

 —
the members of the household;

 —
a group of things with common characteristics;

 —
biological; a group of related plants or animals ranking between a genus and
an order.

 Collins
Essential English Dictionary:

a
group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their
children.

    
When people talk about their family, they can also mean:

 —
their children ;

 —
one line of their ancestors .

  You
can use family to describe :

 —
things that belong to a particular family;

 —
things that are designed to be used or enjoyed by both parents and children .

    
A family of animals or plants is a group of related species.

 Longman
Dictionary of English Language and Culture   family :

 —
one’s parents, grandfather and grandmother, brothers and sisters, uncles,
aunts etc;

 —
a group of one or usually two adults and their children living in the same
home ;

 —
all those people descended from a common person (ancestor);

 —
children ;

 —
a group of related animals, plants, languages etc

Tell
me, please what definition about the family is closer to you? Why? . P1 ,P2,
P3

 
Thus,  during  the  lesson  we’ll  try  to  answer  the  following 
questions

(
on  the  blackboard )

1
What   is  family?

2
What  do you know about the past of your family?

3
What  is an  ideal  family 
like?                                                               

2.Фонетическая зарядка

To
read and speak well we should practice our photetics.Tell, please what sounds
we should remember?

You
are quite right, these are the sounds we need for the lesson and practice
them in the poem.

Slide
[w]-what,
where , why , when ,we, work , world, wife, twin

        
[æ]-family, dad, granddad, that, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson

        
[ð]- father, mother, brother, godmother, godfather

Let’s
remember the poem

Film
“Our
family”

Read
the poem —  P1 P2 P3  ( sheets of paper).

What
is a family?

Who
is a family?

One
and another makes two is a family

      
Baby and father and mother: a family

      
Parents and sister and brother : a family

All
kinds of people can make up a family

All
kinds of mixtures can make up a family.

      
What is a family?

     
Who is a family?

     
The children that lived in a shoe is a family!

     
A pair like Kanga and Roo is a family!

     
A carf and cow that go moo is a family!

All
kinds of creatures can make up a family

All
kinds of numbers can make up a family

All
of your family plus you is a family  

3. Введение  и закрепление прилагательных в устной и
письменной форме

We
are going to characterize our families. What parts of speech we  should
recall?

Nice! 
The adjectives can be very helpful for us.

(Stress
is the length with which syllables are pronounced. The number of syllables
depends on the number of vowels. English words with more than one syllable
mostly have fixed pattern .You have to learn the stress pattern together with
the meaning , spelling and pronunciation. There may be 4,3,2 syllables   and
stress may be on the 1st , 2nd, 3d  )Look through the rule and do.

Ex.
3 p. 54

Ex.
4 p. 54

Keys
slide     Repeat after me (CL)

4.
Развитие речевого умения

А)
Ознакомление с  пословицами о семье и высказывания учащихся о смысле
пословиц.

A)
In 
English  and  Russian   languages  there  are  a lot  of  proverbs about the 
family. Read the proverbs, connect  them with the Russian equivalents.

Slide
соединяем стрелкой

Like
father, like son. Many
sons take after their fathers, not only in looks but also in character.

 Каков отец,
таков и сын.

A
tree is known by its fruit.

 Дерево
познается по плодам.

Many
a good father has but a bad son.

 У многих хороших
отцов плохие сыновья.

There
is a black sheep in every family.

 «Паршивая
овца» есть в каждой семье.

Blood
is thicker than water.  Family relationships are usually stronger than any
other ones .

 Кровь
гуще воды.

Charity
begins at home.

 Милосердие
начинается со своей семьи. (Кто думает о родных, не забудет и чужих.)

One
father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

 Один отец лучше,
чем сто учителей.

Treat
your family like friends and your friends like family.

 Относись к
семье, как к друзьям, а к друзьям, как к семье.

Every
father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead
of his advice.

 Каждый отец
должен помнить, что однажды его сын последует его примеру, а не его совету.

Blood
will tell.

 Кровь
скажется.

What
is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.- P3: Отец рыбак и
дети в воду глядят. We inherit certain characteristics from
our ancestors and those characteristics will be inherited from us by our
descendants.

B)—  Высказывания учащихся о смысле пословиц.

Tell
us, how do you understand them. Choose any  proverb you like   ( P1 P2 P3)

Высказывание
учащихся о понимании смысла пословиц.

C)
Mузыкальная пауза

Song 
by Madness “Our House”

(text)

D)
Выполнение  лексического теста

OK.
Let’s see how well you know the family relations.

Lexical
Test “My Family”

1.
She is the daughter of my mother. She is my…

a)
aunt                           c) grandmother

b)
sister                         d) cousin

2.
He is the father of my father. He is my…

a)
grandfather                c) uncle

b)
grandson          d) cousin

3.
He is the father of my brother. He is my…

a)
uncle                          c) father

b)
son                   d) grandfather

4.
He is the son of my uncle. He is my…

a)
cousin                        c) grandfather

b)
father                         d) brother

5.
She is the sister of my mother. She is my…

a)
grandmother              c) aunt

b)
daughter           d) cousin

6.
He is the son of my brother. He is my…

a)
cousin                        c) uncle

b)
nephew            d) father

7.
He is the brother of my mother. He is my…

a)
nephew            c) uncle

b)
son                   d) cousin

8.
He is the husband of my aunt. He is my…

a)
uncle                          c) cousin

b)
father                         d) brother

9.
She is the mother of my mother. She is my…

a)
aunt                           c) daughter

b)
niece                          d) grandmother

10.
She is the daughter of my sister. She is my…

a)
niece                          c) mother

b)
aunt                           d) cousin

11.
She is the wife of my uncle. She is my…

a)
mother             c) aunt

b)
daughter           d) niece

12.
She is the daughter of my aunt. She is my…

a)
cousin                        c) mother

b)
niece                          d) grandmother

 Let’s
check it. Well done!

Keys;1b
2a 3c 4a 5c 6b 7c 8a 9d 10d 11c 12b

E)
Reading for general information – 4 minutes

Read
the text  about the family   and do the task.

 Прочитайте
тексты (1-5) и установите их соответствие заголовкам A-G. Каждый заголовок
соответствует только одному тексту, при этом один из них лишний.

1.
Building new relations

2.
Rent a granny

3.
Care and support

4.
Keeping
family together

5.
Playing favourites

6.
Going out together

7.
Family violence

8.
Difficult relative

A.
Of course, as your children grow, marry and have children of their own, it is
not as easy to spend each holiday together. Be flexible and either alternate
holidays or pick a few specific holidays where the entire family will be
together. Sometimes it sounds like an overwhelming feat, especially if you
have a large family, but as I said, children, even when they become adults,
need those special occasions and traditions and they will go out of their way
to make sure they happen.

B.
If you are lucky enough to have a sister, you already know that is a special
bond unlike any other. Many factors can affect your relationship with your sister
as you get older, however, such as age differences, geographic location, new
family responsibilities — even sibling rivalry!

C.
If your sister-in-law is much younger than you, then it will be very easy for
you to win her over. Little girls love spending time with their big brother’s
girlfriends, and you’re this little girl’s big brother’s wife, so she’s going
to be elated to spend time with you. Play together with Barbie dolls, or ask
her to help you decorate some Christmas cookies. Become her friend, and take
an active interest in her, and she will love you forever.

D.
When parents are surveyed on the subject of favoritism, nearly all
respondents say that despite their best efforts to the contrary, they have
favored one child over another at least occasionally. “I see the frustration
and behavior problems in our oldest child resulting from the favoritism their
father shows our youngest child,” said one parent in response to a recent
Vision survey on the topic. “It is a very serious problem in our family.”

E.
A new «grannies-for-rent» service in Poland brings together elderly
people without families, and people who miss having real grandparents. A
local University for the Elderly set up the programme, which aims to benefit
people from all generations.

F.
Unfortunately for many, home can be anything but a safe haven. Men and women
alike may find their home a fierce battleground. For children it may be where
they are most vulnerable to assault, misuse or deprivation, ironically at the
very hands of those who have a duty to safeguard and nourish them. Even the
elderly may have reason to fear those who should be their caretakers.

G.
Parents give an enormous amount to their children, and as a result they’re
extremely invested in them, in helping them grow and thrive. They look out
for their interests, stay up with them when they’re sick, clean up their
messes when they’re sick — all of that investment helps the child grow and
feel secure.

Check
your works

текст	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
	4	8	1	5	2	7	3

F) Talking. Диалоги о
семье .

 Thus
we’ve come to the main point of our talk –the formation of your family. Most 
people  have  happy  memories  of  their  parents, grandparents, close and
far relatives or simply saying ancestors . Play the roles of correspondents from
different newspapers or magazines, friends , relatives,  ask some questions
about the  family, what the families  do together,  family traditions, family
archive, how the family helps you. Ask each other if you consider your 
family ideal. Is your family doing anything to support you?  Has your family
already done anything to support
you?                                                                                                                                                                       
                                 First of all, introduce yourselves, while
asking him questions be POLITE

 (
cards).    P1-P2

On
the screen:       

                        
I’d like to say that…

                        
Personally I can say that…

                        
To begin with…

                        
Well, you see, I’m going to be…

 G) Высказывания
учащихся о самых важных ценностях в жизни .

And
now I’d like to draw your attention again to the screen. There are words
which are very important for us.

  
friendship, family life,
money,
 entertainment, holidays, education

Answer
the question “Which  of these 3 things are the most important to you?
Why?  Use these phrases:

                                        
In my opinion…

                                        
As far as I see it…      

                                        
Personally I /don’t/ think that…

                                 
       Speaking about the most important things for me I choose…

               
                         _______ is more important than ______ because…

                                        
_______ isn’t as important as _______ because…  

V. 
Рефлексия

What
have we learnt today?

P:
 We have spoken about our families,  relations in the family,   relatives,
our attitude towards the family.  And we’ve appreciated the family’s  support
and  choose among 6 necessary things first our family. Thus we gave answers
to 3 questions of out lesson.

Please make up a word web of the lesson
today.

 
I would like to draw your attention to the proverbs  we had taken, remember
them in any situations of your life. They will help you to live in harmony
with your nearest and dearest.

Homework:

Make
up the situation answering the questions;” What will you remember about your
family and your home when you get older?”          

Solve
the puzzle.

       
There are four sisters in the family. Each girl plays one musical instrument
and speaks one foreign language. Bess plays the piano. The one who speaks
French, plays the violin. The one who plays the organ is not Ann. The girl
who speaks German is not Linda. Bess speaks Italian. Mary does not play the
violin and does not speak Spanish. Ann does not speak French. Linda does not
play the harp. The girl who plays the organ does not speak Italian. What
language does Ann speak and what musical instrument does she play?

Заключительное
слово учителя:

No
matter how much you argue your family never let you down. They will always
stay with you. No matter what happens in the world there are at least 3,4,5
persons who you can rely on.

Try
to avoid conflicts as far as you could but if you get into a conflict try to
be the first to pronounce:

I
am terribly sorry

I
beg your pardon

It
is my fault

I
am so blame for it all

Forgive
me

I
am really sorry

And
you will hear in response:

No
harm done

Never
mind

It
doesn’t matter

That’s
OK.

Forget
it

РУССКОЕ НАЗВАНИЕ

ENGLISH

семья             

family

родственник           

relative, relation

родители      

parents

мать (мама)            

mother (mom, mum, mama,
mamma, mummy, ma)

отец (папа)  

father (dad, daddy, papa,
pa)

жена  

wife

муж    

husband

супруг(а)    

spouse

ребенок, дети        

child, children

дочь  

daughter

сын     

son

сестра            

sister

брат    

brother

единственный ребенок             

only child

близнец        

twin

близнецы, двойняшки    

twins

брат-близнец         

twin brother

сестра-близнец      

twin sister

однояйцевые близнецы            

identical twins

тройняшки  

triplets

бабушка и дедушка         

grandparents

бабушка       

grandmother (grandma,
granny, grandmamma)

дедушка       

grandfather (grandpa,
granddad, grandpapa, gran-dad)

внуки             

внучка           

Grandchildren

granddaughter

внук    

grandson

прабабушка            

great-grandmother

прадедушка            

great-grandfather

прабабушка и прадедушка      

great-grandparents

правнуки      

great-grandchildren

тётя     

aunt

дядя  

uncle

крестный (отец)   

godfather

крестная (мать)      

godmother

отчим, приемный отец  

stepfather

мачеха, приемная мать             

stepmother

сводный брат         

stepbrother

сводная сестра       

stepsister

брат по одному из родителей             

half-brother

сестра по одному из родителей       

half-sister

приемный, усыновленный сын          

adopted son

приемная, удочеренная дочь             

adopted daughter

приемный ребенок          

adopted child

патронатная семья, приемная семья           

foster family

приемный отец     

foster father

приемная мать      

foster mother

приемные родители       

foster parents

приемный сын     

foster son

приемная дочь      

foster daughter

приемный ребенок          

foster child

неполная семья (с одним родителем)      

single-parent family

родня            

the kin, the folks

племянница            

niece

племянник  

nephew

двоюродный брат          

cousin (male)

двоюродная сестра         

cousin (female)

двоюродный брат (сестра), кузен
(кузина)            

first cousin

троюродный брат (сестра)        

second cousin

четвероюродный брат (сестра)          

third cousin

родня со стороны мужа или жены    

in-laws

свекровь       

mother-in-law (husband’s
mother)

свёкор           

father-in-law (husband’s
father)

тёща  

mother-in-law (wife’s
mother)

тесть  

father-in-law (wife’s
father)

невестка, сноха      

daughter-in-law

зять     

son-in-law

шурин, свояк, зять, деверь       

brother-in-law

свояченица, золовка, невестка           

sister-in-law

семейное положение     

marital status

холостой, неженатый, незамужняя  

single

женатый, замужняя         

married

брак  

marriage

помолвка     

engagement

помолвленный, обрученный  

engaged

развод           

divorce

разведенный          

divorced

бывший муж           

ex-husband

бывшая жена          

ex-wife

расставшиеся, не разведенные, но не
проживающие одной семьей             

separated

вдова             

вдовец          

Widow

widower

подружка, невеста           

girlfriend

друг, парень, ухажер       

boyfriend

любовник, любовница

lover

ухажер, жених, подружка, невеста,
обрученный            

Fiancé

свадьба         

wedding

невеста на свадьбе        

bride

жених на свадьбе             

(bride)groom

медовый месяц     

Honeymoon

Муниципальное казенное общеобразовательное учреждение

«Средняя общеобразовательная школа №3» с.Хороль

Хорольского муниципального района Приморского края

Открытый урок английского языка по теме

«Family history»

5 класс

Подготовила Лущ Елена Федоровна,

учитель английского языка

высшей квалификационной категории

2017 год

План-конспект открытого урока английского языка по ФГОС в 5 классе

по теме: «Family history»

УМК: «Английский язык. Rainbow English», Афанасьева О.В.

Тип урока: урок обобщения знаний и применения их на практике.

Цели урока:

Обучающие:

1. Во всех видах речевой деятельности повторить ранее изученные лексические единицы по теме «Семья», а также знания, умения и навыки по теме Past Simple, числительные

2. Формировать навыки аудирования с поиском необходимой информации для говорения по изученной теме

Развивающие:

1. Развивать умения сопоставлять действия, которые происходят ежедневно и, которые произошли в прошлом, используя знания по теме: «Past Simple»

2. Учить применять приобретённые знания и умения во время подготовки рассказа о своей семье

Воспитательные:

1. Воспитывать чувство любви и гордости за свою семью, уметь вежливо спросить и ответить на вопросы, касающиеся биографии родственников и распорядка дня.

Планируемый результат:

Предметные умения:

1. Вести диалог по теме, соблюдая нормы речевого этикета.

2. Прослушивать текст с пониманием необходимой информации.

3. Самостоятельно составлять рассказ о членах своей семьи.

УУД:

Личностные УУД: 

•формирование коммуникативной компетентности в общении и сотрудничестве со сверстниками.

• формирование устойчивой учебно-познавательной мотивации и интереса к учению.

Регулятивные УУД:

• осуществление регулятивных действий самонаблюдения, самоконтроля, самооценки в процессе коммуникативной деятельности на иностранном языке;

• формирование  умения самостоятельно контролировать своё время и управлять им.

Учащиеся получат возможность научиться:

• самостоятельно ставить новые учебные цели и задачи; • адекватно оценивать свои возможности достижения поставленной цели.

Коммуникативные УУД: 

• организация и планирование учебного сотрудничества с учителем и сверстниками, • использование адекватных языковых средств для отображения своих чувств, мыслей, мотивов и потребностей.

Учащиеся получат возможность научиться:

• составлять план и работать по нему, учитывая свои возможности и способности

• вступать в диалог, а также участвовать в коллективном обсуждении проблемы.

Познавательные УУД  • построение логических рассуждений, включающих установление причинно-следственных связей;

• освоение аудирования с поиском необходимой информации.

Учащиеся получат возможность научиться:

• ставить проблему, аргументировать её актуальность; • делать умозаключения и выводы на основе аргументации.

Основные понятия:

Лексика по теме: «Семья. Распорядок дня. Порядковые числительные. Простое прошедшее время»

Формы работы: индивидуальная, парная, фронтальная, групповая

Ресурсы: учебник, компьютерная презентация, раздаточный материал.

Ход урока

1 этап – организационно-мотивационный

Цель: Включение в учебную деятельность на личностно-значимом уровне

1. Учитель дает задание вспомнить английские слова по теме «Семья. Порядковые числительные», актуализирует уже имеющиеся у учеников знания по данной теме, мотивирует на дальнейшее сотрудничество

2. Учитель старается снять напряжение; настроить детей на работу; ввести в атмосферу иноязычной речи, погрузить в языковую среду

3. Подготовить учеников к усвоению материала урока

4. Организует беседу, которая помогает обучающимся прогнозировать тему занятия и формулировать цели

Teacher: Good morning, children. I am very glad to see you. What date is it today? What day of the week is it today? What is the weather like today?

Look at the screen T: What can you see here?

Pp: It’s a family.

1. Let’s read this poem paying attention to the sounds: [w]with [ 0 ] mother, father, brother, another , [h] here, hand

Read the poem after me line by line. Now you read it.

1. T: What do you think? What is our theme for today lesson?

Учащиеся определяют тему урока.

Pp: “The family”.

T: Today we have the last lesson of our theme. So what are our tasks? These words will help you: to review, to speak about, to sum up our knowledge

Pp: to sum up our knowledge on the theme, to review the words, Past Simple Tense, numerals, to speak about families

T: That’s right. Please, after each stage of the lesson don’t forget to evaluate yourself. После каждого этапа урока не забывайте оценивать себя. За каждый правильный ответ ставите один балл

2 этап – включение в систему знаний

Цель: Готовность к мышлению и сознание потребности к построению нового способа

1. What words do you associate with the word “Family”? Let’s complete our cluster. Let’s work in groups.

Pp: mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, son, daughter, parents

father mother

sister brother

FAMILY

grandmother grandfather

aunt uncle

(дети пишут слова на ватманах, заполняют кластер, затем озвучивают)

One pupil of each group goes to the blackboard and reads the words.

Оцените работу своей группы.

1. Беседа: now answer my questions, please

1. How old are you?

2. When were you born?

3. Is your family big or small?

4. How many people are there in your family?

5. Have you got a sister or a brother?

6. What’s your mother’s (father’s) name?

7. When was he (she) born?

1. Teacher: Now listen and say when the children in Johnson family were born (ex.1p.86) Open your books at page 86. Fill in the blanks. Work in groups again. Who will answer?

2. Teacher: Now remember, please, the forms of irregular verbs, choose the verbs in the Past Simple Tense and don’t forget to translate them. (Дети выбирают глаголы в прошедшем времени)

drive, left, steal, said, meet, hear, become, drove, leave, grew, dream, spent, swim, stole, blew, fly, say, met, heard, became, blow, knew, flew, grow, spend, swam, know, dreamt

Now use the right forms of the verbs to complete the sentences. (slide)Выполняют самостоятельно, затем работают в парах, меняются тетрадями, проверяют по слайду, оценивают друг друга (взаимопроверка, взаимооценка)

1. My great-grandmother (spend) all her life in Moscow.

2. Uncle Tom (feed) his dog in the morning.

3. Jim (meet) his friends yesterday.

4. Yesterday evening they (drive) to the cinema in a taxi.

5. Aunt Polly (grow) roses in her garden last year.

Check up the sentences and put down the balls. Учащиеся контролируют правильность ответов одноклассников, корректируют и оценивают свою деятельность.

1. Минутка отдыха(на слайде) Teacher: Children, let’s have a little rest. Stand up, please. Let’s sing our family song.

Ученики поют песенку «Моя семья».

8. I asked you to bring photos of your families. Now work in pairs, make up short dialogues about your families.

-Is that you? -Who are these 2 children?

-Yes, I am. –They are my brothers.

— Who is that? -Is that your father?

-That is my mother. –Yes, that is my faher.

-What’s her name? —What’s his name?

— Her name is… — His name is…

-How old is she? — How old is he?

-She is… -He is…

9. Now you’ll read the text on page 84. What do you think what this text will be about?

Then you will speak about your families using the beginning of the sentences

3 этап – рефлексия..

Teacher: I enjoyed your work today. Учитель подводит итоги занятия. Предлагает осуществить самооценку достижений,

Учащиеся заполняют листы самооценки

Now I know….

Now I can….

Учитель дает домашнее задание: review the words, the verbs, the numerals, the story about the family-подготовиться к контрольной работе

Приложение песня

I’ve got a mother, a father,
A sister and а brother,
A grandma and grandpa,
And we all love each other.
This is my, this is my, this is my family.

I’ve got a mother, a father,
And two brothers,
A grandma and grandpa,
And we all love each other.
This is my, this is my, this is my family.

I’ve got an uncle named Jimmy,
And an aunt named Jane,
And a cousin named Jenny
Who flies a plane.

I’ve got a mother, a father,
A sister and а brother,
A grandma and grandpa,
And we all love each other.
This is my, this is my, this is my family.

I’ve got an uncle named Ray,
And an aunt named Pat,
And a grandma named Ruby
Who’s got twelve cats.

This is my, this is my, this is my family.
This is my, this is my, this is my family