How to raise confident and empathetic children

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LESSON OVERVIEW

In this lesson students discuss the ideas from the article they read at home and do a vocabulary activity.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
C1 / Advanced30 minCritical Reading ClubUnlimited Plan
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This is a Critical Reading Club worksheet. With this format, students need to read an online article at home and do the exercises in the classroom. Learn more about how to use such worksheets and their benefits in our post.

ACTIVITIES

First, students talk about different age groups: infant, toddler, school-aged and teenager. They discuss what difficulties each of the age groups poses for parents and which group is the easiest to teach. Then, students do a vocabulary activity in which they need to come up with suitable words for each gap to create collocations related to the article they read at home (e.g. turn to bribery, meet expectations, explore emotions). Finally, students talk about the tips from the article, they discuss whether advice on raising children should depend on the times we live in. They also brainstorm possible reactions to a child’s challenging behaviour.

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