Vocabulary about describing people lesson
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide vocabulary about appearance and describing people in the context of celebrities
Subsidiary Aims
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To present the TL through reading activities in the context of celebrities
Procedure (37-49 minutes)
- Show SS a picture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the WB - Ask SS if they know who they are - Show SS the question 'What do they look like?' - Ask SS to discuss in pairs for 1 min what things we could talk about when answering this question (ICQ: Are you working alone in pairs, How long will you talk for?) - Write some of the SS answers on the WB and error correct if needed
- Chest HO with pictures and definitions of useful vocabulary - Tell SS they will match the picture to the word in pairs - SS have 1 min to match the picture to the word (ICQ: Will you work on your own? How long do you have?) - Tell SS to turn over page for the AK and pair check - Monitor for any problems and error correct if needed
- Put SS in pairs A-F - Chest HO with information on the appearance of 6 famous people - Tell SS they will read their section (A-F) for 30 seconds individually - SS will decide if the person is a man or woman (ICQ: Are you reading fast or slowly? Are you reading all the boxes?) - SS pair check their answers - Show HO on WB and write the SS ideas next to the sections
- Chest HO at the front of the class to show the SS that they will do a matching task - SS will match the word in bold in the sentence with the meaning in the next column individually for 3 mins (ICQ: Will you work in pairs? How long will you work for? Demo one example for the SS) - Pair check the answers - Go through the answers with the SS then show them the AK - SS answer the Q about what type of words they think the are (adjectves) - Show TL on the board and drill pronunciation correcting any errors
- SS will read their text again individually for 2 mins and underline any words they think describe appearance (ICQ: Will you underline words about looks?) - SS pair check the words they underlined - Put SS in a larger group (1 A-F) the SS will share the words the underlined with the rest of their group (ICQ: Will you talk about all the parts? Will you underline the words the other SS tell you?) - Put HO on the WB and SS come and underline the words that they have shared with their groups - Give FB to the WC to see if they have found the correct words - SS will return to their pairs - Tell SS there are 6 pictures around the class and that they will try to match the texts to the pictures. Tell them to look at all the pictures to be sure (ICQ: Will you choose more than 1 picture? Will you check all the pictures?) - SS come to the WB to write the name or number of the person they think was in the description - Check answers with the class
- Ask students to write notes about the appearance of a famous celebrity in Turkey (Not the ones they have seen) for 2 mins (ICQ: Will you write about their life?) - Tell students they will talk to a partner about the person they written about for 1 min then the other person will guess who it is, then they will switch who is speaking. (ICQ: Will you talk about a person we have seen on the walls? Will you guess the name of the person?) - Error correct any problems on the WB after the first SS have talked to each other - SS will talk to more partners about their celebrities - Ask SS who guessed the most correctly to decide who gave the best description