TP3
Elementary A1/2 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification, practice and review of adjectives to describe physical appearance in the context of tour group
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist listening practice using a dialogue where a woman describes people's appearance to a person who works in a tour company
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To provide accuracy on position of adjectives in the sentence through a pairwork discussion
Procedure (33-51 minutes)
Stick two magazine pictures of man and woman on the w/b Ss tell about them Write on w/b how many descriptive words they know Follow-up activity: Give each pair of Ss a picture Ss describe the picture in pairs
Stick pictures on the walls Give Ss a set of sentences describing peoples appearance Ss match the sentences and pictures Monitor Ss After Ss have finished, give Ss a HO2 Ss work in pairs to put words in the right category While Ss are on the task stick pictures of people on the board (middle-aged, medium - height), (slim, thin) (ugly, average looking, pretty, attractive, handsome, beautiful) Check the answers with the class Nominated Ss go to the board and stick the correct word next to the picture
Clarify the meaning of vocabulary using pictures on the w/b Draw a cline to show difference between the following words (ugly, average-looking, pretty, attractive, handsome, beautiful), show the picture for the word (fair) Point out that the words (ugly,fat and thin) have negative connotations and are very rude Elicit synonyms from W/C (e.g - overweight, slim, not a good-looking) Put positive adj for men and women together. Ss work in pairs to discuss which are used for women(beautiful,attractive, good looking and pretty) and for men( handsome, good-looking and attractive) Drill the pronunciation of the words and sentences. He's - /hiːz/ - use finger technique
Ss work in pairs to make adjective-noun phrases (HO3) Peer check /Get FB from W/C Ss circle the correct rule Peer check /Get FB from W/C (clarify the rule if necessary) Ss think of a famous person for each category and write their names in the circle (HO4) Peer check/ Get FB from W/C Ss work in pairs. Take turns to say names and guess categories.
Ss describe the man in the picture in pairs Elicit descriptive adjectives from W/C
Ss listen to the dialogue and answer the questions Peer check / Get FB from W/C
Before listening Ss work in pairs to describe 4 people in the picture. Ss listen again and match the people to the pictures Peer check/ Get FB from W/C
Ss play a guessing game 'Who is it?' in small groups