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TV Families Lesson Plan OBJECTIVE: SWBAT list the four types of families, define each type, and cite a tv example for each

MATERIALS: Tv family graphic organizer Tv family Chart Chalk or White board Overhead projector

PROCEDURE: 1)The class will begin with a drill which will ask: Make a list with your table of TV families. They can be real or cartoon, but you MUST know who are the members of the family (ie, is there a mom, dad, sister….) 2)The teacher will hand out both the TV family chart and graphic organizer and will work with the chart first. She will ask students to name the families they have brain stormed and on the overhead she will place each family in a category without telling the students what the categories are yet. 2)Then, once she has a good number of examples in each quadrant, she will ask the students what each category has in common. Expected answers will be: “Those families all have just one parent” or “Those families have a mom and a dad” 3) The teacher will have the students fill in the Tv families graphic organizer and will define each category as well as give a tv example, and will discuss each family’s strengths and challenges.

**Family Types Graphic Organizer **

Family Type Tv Example Definition Challenges Strengths



= = = = = = Graphic Organizer for 5Cs Lesson Lesson: TV Families


 * **The 5Cs** ||  **Your Lesson Information**  ||
 * Compare || Students are asked to come up with as many “Tv families” they can think of in a three minute time span ||
 * Contrast || After a list is established, students are then asked to differentiate between each family: What makes them different? Expected answers would be one family (The Simpsons) has a mom, dad and three biological children vs. another family (The Brady Bunch) has a mom and a stepdad and step brothers and sisters ||
 * Conceptualize || Students need to think of other families they know like this, could be their own. How do these families differ? They are then asked to use their graphic organizer which is basically a paper divided into four different quadrants. As the teacher categorizes each group (she doesn’t tell the students what the category names are yet) students are asked what each category has in common ||
 * Comprehend || The categories are revealed by the teacher. This lesson teaches about the Blended, Extended, Nuclear and Single parent family and definitions for each type of family are given. A graphic organizer with categories such as “TV Example”, “challenges” and “strengths” are listed. ||
 * Combine || Students are then asked what type of family they have, and is it possible to have more than one type. Class discusses more about the issues with behavior and respect these types of families face. ||

I thought the TV Family lesson is a perfect example of how a lesson plan follows the 5C’s because it takes a subject students are very familiar with (TV families) and incorporates all aspects of the 5C’s. After students compare and contrast what they know about these families, they are given a graphic organizer to help them to conceptualize how like families are similar, and then helps them to comprehend the definition of each type. Finally, group discussion serves to help the student combine what they know about their own families with the new knowledge they have gleaned about other types of families.

This lesson is one of my favorite, because it takes something students are so passionate about (TV) and helps then conceptualize some core definitions required of FACS curriculum. For a student with ESL or ELL, the group part that includes naming tv families is completely doable, I pass out notes for those students including the graphic organizer that the class has to fill out, already completed so they can follow along and not worry about taking notes.