Appearance Lesson
B1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Students will be able to describe physical features using diverse vocabulary.
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Students will be able to practice their reading comprehension skills by reading the provided novel excerpt.
Subsidiary Aims
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Students will be able to infer certain information through the previously read content and vocabulary.
Procedure (42-61 minutes)
T asks for volunteers to come to the front. T provides cards with the name of one of the Ss. Ss try to guess who is the person they got by describing their classmates' physical features. If there is enough time, the activity can be repeated with another Ss.
T provides an excerpt of a novel to the Ss. T gives instructions and 2 minutes to read. Ss read the text for gist. T asks for a lexical field that Ss may found. T gives 1 minute for the Ss to think about it. Ss brainstorm the possible answers. T presents the actual vocabulary to explain.
T presents a series of words divided in a set of options, T also presents images related to the vocabulary. Ss arrange the meaning, type of word and pronunciation in the correct way next to its image. Ss drill the vocabulary along with the T.
T reveals a group of sentences with blank spaces, along with this a bank of words about physical appearance will be provided. Ss fill the gaps with the word bank. T shows the correct answers. T gives feedback if needed.
T gives each S an image with different characters. T explains a scenario where all the Ss were robbed and they have to describe the person on the image to the police. Ss have time to come up with a description of the physical features. Ss divide into pairs to share their descriptions. T is the police and asks some Ss to say their robber's features aloud.