Unit title: 家 Family and Home
Area of interaction focus
Significant concepts
Which area of interaction will be our
focus?
Why have we chosen this?
What are the big ideas?
What do we want our students to
retain for years into the future?
Community and Service
• Exploring the concepts of
self, culture and identity.
Family life in other countries
can differ to that of our own
country.
• Reflecting on the
similarities and differences
between my community
and other communities
around the world
Differences in the way families
exist in other countries can
affect the social norms of that
country.
MYP unit question
How is family life in China different to
the UK?
My family
LO:
•Understand the use of ‘and’ in
Chinese
•Use a measure word to talk about the
total amount of people in your family
rén
人
person/people
kǒu
口
m.w. people in
family
wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
我家有五口人
My family has five people
There are five people in his family
wǒ jiā yǒu sān kǒu rén
我家有三口人
My family has three people
There are three people in his family
hé
和
and
Only links nouns, NOT sentences

bà ba hé mā ma
爸爸和妈妈
Dad and Mum

bà ba jiào Simon hé mā mā jiào Sarah
爸爸叫Simon和妈妈叫Sarah
Dad is called Simon and Mum
is called Sarah
大家说！
爸爸和妈妈
爸爸叫Robert, 妈妈
叫Selina
Task 1 - 写
Write out the new words into your vocabulary book.
rén
kǒu
hé
人
口
和
person/
people
m.w. – people
in family
and
Task 2 - Grammar 和
Write out the grammar note in your exercise book.
和 only links nouns, NOT sentences (verbs)
e.g. 爸爸和妈妈
Task 3 – Complete ex. 4
EXT: Write a sentence in Chinese characters describing how many people are in
each family using 口 e.g. Derry family has ….. people.
听力
• 第二十一页， 练习五
• EXT= What family members
doesn’t he have?
说
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén
你家有几口人？
Your family has how many people?
How many people are in your family?
wǒ jiā yǒu ...kǒu rén
我家有...口人
My family has … people
There are …people in my family
阅读
Read the sentences and decide if 和 can be used in the blank.
Write  for yes and  for no.
EXT: Translate the sentence into English.
一。 爸爸四十三岁， ______ 妈妈四十岁。
二。 我有一个姐姐______ 一个妹妹。 
三。 姐姐叫Amy, ______ 妹妹叫 Zoe。
四。 我家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，哥哥 ____ 我。

五。 我有弟弟____ 我没有哥哥。
René: aged 11,
4 people in her
family
Harry: aged 12,
5 people in his
family
Lisa: aged 9,
7 people in her
family
Cody: aged 13,
6 people in his
family
Dongdong: aged 10,
3 people in his
family
Look at the profiles of these five children. Write a
sentence for each one.
e.g. 我叫……，我….岁， 我家有…口人。
EXT: Describe who is in their family based on the total number give –
you can make it up!
Bingo
• Use family members to complete your
bingo sheet.Use two members twice.
• Write in English.