Family Relationships. Polish Lesson Plan. Purpose and requirements: Lesson objectives: By the end of this lesson students will: Material: Bridge-in

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1 Purpose and requirements: During this lesson the teacher introduces the genitive case of Polish names, which is used mainly for describing family relationships and expressing possession. All of the activities are aimed at pre-intermediate students and give the students an opportunity to learn how to talk about their families in Polish. Lesson objectives: Vocabulary - to review family-related vocabulary and introduce some new words as well Grammar - to introduce the genitive forms of Polish names Communication - to practice describing family relationships By the end of this lesson students will: be able to use the genitive case of Polish names have learned or revised vocabulary about family be able to talk about family relationships have become acquainted with a variety of Polish names Material: small pieces of paper (used in Vocabulary Practice); 6 photos: a man and woman around their thirties, a little boy and girl, a man and woman around their sixties (used in Introduction To Genitive Case); simple family trees with Polish names (one per each pair of students, used in Follow-up). Bridge-in Pre-intermediate students 1. Vocabulary Revision The teacher writes RODZINA (family) on the board and elicits topicassociated vocabulary from students. Tips: This activity should result in a neatly organized vocabulary tree which students can draw in their notebooks. (Please check out an example below). This is an occasion to review vocabulary and introduce some new words as well. Suggestions for other levels The number of words in a vocabulary tree depends on students level. With beginners, the teacher will probably introduce only a few basic ones. With more advanced learners other parts of speech (such as verbs and adjectives) and phrases may be added as well. (e.g. być w ciąży to be pregnant, rodzina wielopokoleniowa extended family, etc.)

2 2. Vocabulary Practice Teacher asks each student to write 3 sentences about people in his/her family on a piece of paper e.g.: Moja ciocia jest piosenkarką. (My aunt is a singer.) Mój brat ma 6 lat. (My brother is six.) Mój ojciec lubi grać w kręgle. (My father likes bowling.) Students should be asked to not show what they have written to others. When students are ready, the teacher collects all pieces of paper. (S)he draws one set of sentences at random and asks students to guess whose family it describes. If students are encouraged to write about interesting facts, this activity can be great fun. Tips: Depending on students level, different answers will be given. Beginners will simply reply with a student s name; others may try to use the correct form of genitive. No matter how students respond, teacher should reply using genitive, e.g. Tak, to jest rodzina Marka. (Yes, this is Mark s family.) Nie, te zdania nie opisują rodziny Izy. (No, these sentences do not describe Iza s family.) This activity is more about vocabulary than grammar but the teacher should make sure that his/ her students can write some basic sentences in Polish. Otherwise, they may feel discouraged and the activity won t work. With more advanced students it is a good idea to ask them to focus on some specific topics such as likes and dislikes or experiences, e.g. Mój kuzyn był w Hiszpanii w zeszłym roku. (My cousin was in Spain last year). It will prompt them to write sentences which reflect their level.

3 Grammar Focus 1. Introduction To Genitive Case The teacher draws an outline of a family tree on the board. (Please check out an example below.) There are only two names and the task is to fill in the gaps. Teacher shows a picture to students and says: To jest mąż Grażyny. W którym miejscu mam napisać jego imię? (This is Grażyna s husband. Where should I write his name?) The activity goes on until the tree is complete. Then, the teacher picks the photo of Edyta (the youngest girl in the family) and writes a set of sentences about her family relationships e.g. To jest córka Izy. (This is Iza s daughter.) To jest siostra Filipa. (This is Filip s sister.) To jest wnuczka Grażyny. (This is Grażyna s granddaughter.) To jest córka Konrada. (This is Konrad s daughter.) Tips: To jest+nominative+genitive structure should be used if teacher wants to focus solely on genitive. Sentences beginning with a name e.g. Edyta jest córką Izy. (Edyta is Iza s daughter.) require instrumental case as well and it will probably be too difficult for students at a pre-intermediate level to grasp two grammatical cases at once. 2. Eliciting rules Pointing to the four sentences about Edyta (written on the board during the previous activity) the teacher elicits basic facts about the genitive case of Polish names from students. At this stage the teacher should help students to discover grammar rules using examples. It is important that (s)he ask relevant questions e.g.: How does a Polish name change when it is used in its genitive form? (Some names change their last letter; others need an additional one). Do boys names have the same genitive ending as girls names? (No, the former typically end with a and the latter with y). What is the word order of sentences beginning with To jest? Is it different from its English equivalent or the same? (It is different. In English a name comes first; in Polish it is the last word in a sentence e.g. To jest brat Mileny. This is Milena s brother. With more advanced students the teacher will probably want to introduce more sophisticated sentence structures such us Edyta jest córką Izy. (Edyta is Iza s daughter.) The name+instrumental+genitive structure requires both genitive and instrumental forms. As to materials, teacher can use a family tree as well (perhaps with some more names) or a photo of his/her own family. If the teacher doesn t want to introduce or review the instrumental case at this stage, it might be a good idea to focus solely on To jest. However, instead of practicing only one usage (as with preintermediate learners), the teacher can draw students attention to other situations where this structure is used, e.g. to introduce people (To jest Marzena. This is Marzena.), to express possession (To jest książka Marzeny. This is Marzena s book.) Worksheet 1 and Quiz 1 focus only on the genitive case of boys names ending with a and girls names changing their last letter from a to y. With more advanced students, other names can be used as well. Please check out an example below and Worksheet 2. Tips: The teacher will probably want to tell students there are some exceptions to the rules mentioned above.

4 3. Practice 1 The teacher asks students to describe other people from Edyta s family using To jest structure. They should be encouraged to write as many sentences about each person as possible. 4. Practice 2 The teacher distributes Worksheet 1 with a number of exercises on the genitive case of Polish names. Depending on structures and cases presented earlier, the teacher can ask students to write sentences beginning with To jest or a name using either a family tree or a photo (his/hers or students ). Adapting Worksheet 1 for other levels requires more names and more sophisticated sentence structures. Follow-up The teacher distributes family trees (one per pair) and asks students to act out short dialogues. Pointing to a chosen name in a tree, Student A asks Kto to jest? (Who is this?), and Student B has to give an answer picking out any relationship (s)he likes (e.g. someone s daughter is also somebody s granddaughter). With more advanced students the teacher can ask them to draw their own family trees or bring some pictures of their families to class and describe them to other students using a variety of words and structures. Examples Vocabulary tree for the warm-up:

5 Grammar Focus Introduction Grammar Focus examples of other names for more advanced students Boys names ending with a and with the penultimate vowel dropped e.g., Marek, Jarek, Darek, Przemek, Irek. Girls names changing their last letter from a to i e.g., Agnieszka, Dominika, Basia, Kasia, Monika. Copyright Internet Order, LLC. All rights reserved. Stroll and Internet Order are trademarks of Internet Order, LLC. Internet Order, LLC sells Pimsleur products but is not an affiliate of Simon & Schuster, Inc. (the publisher of Pimsleur products) or of Beverly Pimsleur (the owner of the Pimsleur trademark, which is licensed exclusively to Simon & Schuster). Any use of the Pimsleur name or associated marks is solely to identify the products sold by Internet Order, LLC. Internet Order, LLC is solely responsible for the contents of this document.