TP 1
Pre-Int level

Description

In this lesson students learn and practice appearance and personality vocabulary through a guided discovery approach. To introduce the topic, the Teacher shows pictures of family members and elicits known vocabulary and encourages students to notice the questions used to ask about personality/appearance. In the next stage, the MFP of appearance and personality vocabulary are clarified through two different matching activities. Next, students will do a controlled practice activity to match questions (about personality/appearance) and answers. Finally, students will interview each other using the questions from the previous stages.

Materials

Abc Listening Picture 1A
Abc Listening Picture 1B
Abc Listening Audio 1B
Abc Handout
Abc Q&A Slips of paper
Abc Projector
Abc Whiteboard
Abc Sticky Tack
Abc Family Picture
Abc Listening Audio 1A
Abc Speakers

Main Aims

  • To provide Ss with clarification, review and practice of adjectives to describe appearance and personality in the context of describing friends and family members.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To give Ss practice in listening for detail. To give Ss practice in speaking for fluency.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

*Teacher shows a picture of family. T points to picture and says, "This is my family." *T points to one person and asks, "What does she look like?", "What does he look like?". T writes down adjectives as sts describe T's pictures. *T praises good language and notes any language for FB stage later in lesson.

Exposure (5-7 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a listening exercise

*T projects the image from p 6, exercise 1A. *T says, "Describe the three women in the picture with your partner. You have 1 minute." *T monitors and notes language *T elicits one description for each woman from three different pairs. *T says, "My friend Luke is going to describe his girlfriend. Listen and decide which one is his girlfriend." Sts listen and decide which one is his girlfriend. *T asks, "Which woman is Luke's girlfriend?" and sts respond, "Picture 1".

Highlighting (5-8 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

*T writes on board (to the right), "She has short dark hair.", "She's really nice." To the left, T draws a line with a "?" at the end. >>> _________________? "She has short dark hair." *T points to the board and says, "Listen again for the questions." *T plays recording again and sts listen for questions. *T elicits the questions, "What does she look like?" and "What is she like?" and praises good language. *T erases, "She has short dark hair." and "She's really nice." but leaves the questions written and adds, "he/she". *T points to, "What is he/she like?" and asks, "Do I want to know his or her hair color?" Sts respond. "Do I want to know his or her eye color?" sts respond. "Do I want to know if he or she is friendly?" Sts respond. *T writes "Talk about personality" next to, "What is he/she like?" *T points to, "What does he/she look like?" and asks, "Do I want to know his or her hair color?" Sts respond. "Do I want to know his or her eye color?" Sts respond. "Do I want to know if he or she is friendly?" Sts. respond. *T writes "Talk about physical appearance" *T elicits more adjectives for each category by pointing to sts and asking the questions, then telling sts to ask another classmate. *T praises good language and notes language for FB

Clarification 1 (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the MFP of appearance vocabulary

*T erases, "What is he/she like?" and says, "Now, let's focus on, "What does he/she look like?" *T displays pictures of nine people (in color). T holds up handout and says, "There are 9 sentences. Work with your partner and match the sentences to the pictures. You have 1 minute." *T monitors and provides assistance if necessary. *T tells sts to check with another pair then points to each picture and elicits the correct answer. *T drills for pronunciation as necessary and presents points of good language and any language which needs reformulation/correction.

Clarification 2 (8-10 minutes) • To focus on MFP of personality vocabulary

*T clears board and writes, "_________________? He/She's talkative." T elicits question, "What is she like?" *T refers sts to handout and says, "Match the words in the box with the phrases in groups of 3 (T signals groups if necessary). You have 5 minutes. Try not to use your phones." *T monitors, provides assistance if necessary, and notes down any language for FB. *Time permitting, T asks sts to check answers with another group then checks as a whole class. *T drills for pronunciation as necessary and presents points of good language and any language which needs reformulation/correction.

Controlled Practice (if time permits) (8-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

*T gives sts the questions and answers from WkBk p 6, exercise 2B on slips of cut up paper. *T says, "Work in pairs to match the questions and answers. You have 4 minutes" *T monitors and provides feedback as necessary. *As questions are numbered (answers are not numbered), T nominates sts to stick questions and answers on whiteboard. One pair sticks one question and answer. Pronunciation is drilled as necessary.

Semi-controlled & freer Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

*T writes, "What's your _____________ like?" and "What does your _____________ look like?" *T elicits different people that can go in the blank: mother, father, sister, brother, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, daughter, son, etc. *T nominates a student and asks, "What does your mom look like?" Student responds. T nominates another student and asks, "What is your father like?" Student responds. *T signals that the same student should ask their partner one of the two questions. Student asks another student one of the two questions and the other student answers. *T says, "work with your partner and ask them 2-3 questions. Remember your answers. *T monitors and notes any language as necessary. *T elicits answers from 4-5 groups as time allows. T praises good language and presents any language that needs reformulating/correcting.

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