1
Our family comes
From around the world
Our hair is straight
Our hair is curled
Our eyes are brown
Our eyes are blue
Our skins are different colours too.
2
We’re girls and boys
We’re big and small
We’re young and old
We’re short and tall.
We’re everything
That we can be
And still we are
A family.
3
We laugh and cry
We work and play
We help each other
Every day
The world is a lovely place to be
Because we are a family.
Mary Ann Hoberman
Read the introduction and say what her problems may be.
Sasha is 14 and lives with her mum, dad, an elder brother and a younger brother and sister.
She doesn’t get on well with any of her family and plans to leave home as soon as she is old
enough.
Expressing probability
She may … | Her dad might … | She probably …Read Sasha’s letter to a youth magazine and compare your answers with it. Fill in the
gaps in the Information Pyramid.
One of the worst things about my house is the lack of privacy. If I disappear into my
room for some peace, it’s guaranteed that someone will come after me, wanting to know
what I’m up to. The thing is because I share a room with my little sister, I can’t just shut the
door, and keep everyone out. She’s always complaining that it’s her room, too. Even worse,
it means nothing is safe. I guess she goes through all my stuff and eats the sweets I keep in
my room. If I want to keep anything secret, I have to use a lock and key on my cupboard.
I don’t know who I argue more with, my elder brother, who is sixteen, or my younger
one, who’s eleven. My elder brother is always making nasty little comments about me. I hate
being in the house alone with him. My little brother is always showing me up in front of my
mates. If I’m on the phone to one of my friends, he picks up the extension and listens in.
Although I’m nearly fifteen, my mum and dad treat me like a baby. They don’t let me
stay out late during the week and if I want to go to a friend’s house at the weekend, they
phone up her parents first and arrange what time I have to be home by. Dad keeps nagging
me about homework and studying. He just thinks I’m being lazy when I sit watching telly at
night.
I have to do a lot of homework: do the dishes, help with the ironing … I wouldn’t
object to this if everyone in the house did their fair share, but my brothers only keep their
rooms clean, and my little sister does next to nothing. Mum tells me that she needs the help
and I’m the best at doing housework, but still I get very tired of it.
I’m thinking of leaving home as soon as I’m old enough. It’d be great if I could be
independent when I leave school, but that’s not very likely. Or I could apply to a college
that’s far away from my town. But I’m still not sure. What should I do?Name (1 word): _________________
Age/appearance/character (2 words): ______________________
Place of events (3 words): ____________________________
Problems (4 words): __________________________________
Reasons (5 words): _______________________________________
Events (6 words): _____________________________________________
Decision (7 words): __________________________________________________
Your opinion (8 words): ______________________________________________________Continue the sentences. Say which of them could belong to Sasha?
IS IT ALWAYS GOOD TO BE ON YOUR OWN?
To be on your own is bad because … To be on your own is good because …
... there is no lack of privacy
… there is nobody around you
… nobody wants to know what you’re up to
… nobody feels jealous of you
… nobody is interested in you
… you don’t work for others
Continue the list.Read Sasha’s letter and compare your answers with it. Fill in the Fishbone.
PROBLEM CAUSES CONCLUSION
FACTS
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