2.1 How do we work together at home?

✓ Analysis ✓ Communication

1 Talk about what you do to help at home.

2 Discuss these two charts with your partner. In the Patel family, every child has a job to do at dinnertime. This is the chart that Mrs Patel has on her fridge. Chart 1 The Patel family Dinnertime chores for the children Set the table Amit Clear the table Priti Wash the dishes Ratnesh Dry the dishes Manish Chart 2 The Abadi family’s dinnertime chores Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Setting table Sami Shamila Sami Shamila Sami Doing dishes Shamila Sami Shamila Sami Shamila Sample Pages The children in the Abadi family also help. But they have a different chart. • What jobs does each of these children have? • Which children are doing the same jobs in the two different families?

• Why do you think Sami and Shamila help more than the children in Chart 1? • Why should we help each other?

3 Talk to your partner about how you can help at home.

• Do you have chores to do every day? What are they? • What other job could you do to help? • How would this make your grown-ups feel?

4 Complete the worksheet about how you can help at home.

What do you help with at home? I wash the dishes. How often? Does anyone help you? Sample Pages

Talking point

• What happens if you don’t help at home?