Reading & Writing: Dear Daughter
English Grade 8 (Super Goal 2) · Unit 14: Could You Do Me a Favor? · Lesson 14-3 · Term 2
Also known as: Dear Daughter · Reading and writing
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Lesson idea
Reading a mother's note asking her daughter Farah for favors during a family emergency; writing short messages and polite favor notes.
Key points
- Emergency: Farah's grandmother fell down the stairs and may have a broken hip; Mom has to go to the hospital. Hameed (her brother) will drive her there.
- Mom asks Farah to: make dinner (cook the chicken with rice), make a salad, wash Hameed's football uniform, iron her father's clothes.
- Father will be home at about 7 o'clock – late because of a meeting. Hameed will call later about grandmother's condition.
- P.S.: Mona and Imad should help wash up and finish homework before TV; ask Father to help Imad with math.
- Writing: be polite (please), apologize and explain if you can't, always thank people.
Vocabulary
Lesson questions (13)
- What is the emergency?
Answer: Farah's grandmother fell down the stairs and may have a broken hip. - Who is going to drive Mom to the hospital?
Answer: Hameed, Farah's brother - What does Mom want Farah to cook for dinner?
Answer: the chicken with some rice - Where is the chicken?
Answer: in the fridge - What time will Father be home?
Answer: at about 7 o'clock - Why will Father be late?
Answer: He has a meeting after work. - Why must Hameed's football uniform be washed?
Answer: His team has a big game tomorrow. - Why can't Hameed wash his uniform himself?
Answer: He is taking Mom to the hospital. - What did Mom NOT have time to do?
Answer: iron Father's clothes - Who will call Farah later about grandmother's condition?
Answer: Hameed - What should Mona and Imad do after dinner?
Answer: help wash up and do all their homework - Who should help Imad with his math if Farah doesn't have time?
Answer: Father - When you can't do a favor, you should ____.
Answer: politely apologize and explain why
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Questions about this lesson
What is the emergency in the text?
Farah's grandmother fell.
What does emergency mean?
Emergency means a situation that needs quick action. In the text Farah's grandmother fell on the stairs and her hip may be broken, so she needed to go to hospital.
How does a note or letter begin?
We begin with Dear and the name, and end with the writer's name.
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No. The teacher shares the lesson link; the student types a first name and plays on a phone or computer, and the score reaches the teacher.
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