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Lesson Plan
Topic: Describing People
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LESSON OUTCOMES - Describing People
Introduction 1. Warm up questions
2. Vocabulary
Describing Appearance Functions & Structures 1. Structures for describing appearance
2. Description Order
3. Modifiers: very, quite, really …
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Introduction 1. Vocabulary
Describing Character Grammar 1. Adjective order
Extension Grammar 1. Compound adjectives
To give a description of a person, your student needs to understand the vocabulary to u, what details are important, and the order in which to give the details. Pictures are very uful to teach appearance vocabulary.
Pha 1: Describing Appearance
Warm-up Questions
1. Who’s your favourite movie star?
2. What does he/she look like?
3. How do you describe yourlf?
4. Do you look like your brother/sister?
5. Who do you look like, your mum or your dad?
Vocabulary
1. Take down the description words ud in answers to Question 2 & 3. Ask
your student to put them under the correct heading (e attachment 1 at the end).
2. Introduce more vocabulary using the pictures available from
www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm
Structures
1. Structures for describing appearance.
What does he/she look like?
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Age He/She is young / middle-aged / elderly / old.
a baby/ toddler / teenager.
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in his/her 20s / 30s …
in his/her early / late 20s.
Height He/She is 165cm tall.
万圣节英文介绍of average / medium height.
tall / very tall / rather tall.
short.
Build He/She is fat / overweight / plump /chubby
skinny /thin / slim / plump.
well-built.
muscular.
Hair/face He/She has (got) black, straight hair.
a round / long / square face. Clothes He/She wears a hat / earrings.
is in black.
Distinguishing Features He/She wears glass / contacts / braces.
has (got) a tattoo / a piercing.
2. Description Order
Study the descriptions in Vocabulary 3 and work out the order information is given.
1) General characteristics: age, height, build and gender.
2) Details such as hair and any other distinguishing features, like the eyes or the no, a beard, a moustache, glass, etc. For example,
Anna is quite young, she is in her twenties. She’s very tall and thin. She has long brown and curly hair and beautiful blue eyes.
Exercis
1. Look at the pictures and descriptions
1) Match the descriptions with the pictures.
2) U the information to describe the people, first orally, then in written.
around 20 / tall / slim / beautiful / long straight hair in his 40s
/short /
stocky /
mustache
really cute /
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big beautiful
eyes
around 60
years old /
short curly
hair /
glass
a wide face
/ dark-
skinned /
muscular
young / of
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height / a
ponytail
For example,
1) She is around 20 years old. She is tall, slim, and beautiful. She has long straight hair.
2. U Attachment 1 to introduce more vocabulary
General beautiful, pretty, handsome, xy, cute, good-looking
Face Shape square, oval, round, triangular
Skin freckled, fair complexion, tanned, wrinkled, silky, baby-soft, glowing, dry, callud, rough, dark-skinned, olive-skinned
Eyes almond-shaped, squinty
Lips thin/full lips, purd lips, pouting lips
Hair texture wavy, curly, straight, spiky, buzzed, shaved, neatly-combed, cropped Lots of hair: thick, bushy, coar
Little hair: think, scraggly, limp, flat, balding, bald, bald spot, has
receding hairline
Hair Styles braids, ponytail, pigtail, bun, twist, flip,
layered, chopped, spiked, slicked down
Treated hair: permed, dyed, bleached, highlighted, weavedstuffed
英国中学留学费用Facial hair beard, goatee, mustache, sideburns
bearded, unshaven, clean-shaven, trimmed, neatly-trimmed
Cultural note
Help your student to become aware of words that people usually find offensive. For example, we often say a bit overweight instead of fat.
Vocabulary exerci: Reply with the opposite description.
no bullshitExample A: I thought you said he was the short, chubby one.
B: No, no, no, not at all, he’s the tall, thin-faced one.
1) A: Was that his brother, the dark-skinned, wavy-haired one?
execution
B: No, completely the opposite, his brother’s …
2) A: So Charlene’s that rather plump, fair-haired woman, is she?
B: No, you’re looking at the wrong one. Charlene’s …
3) A: So, tell us about the new boss; good looking?
B: No, I’m afraid not; rather …
重庆造价师培训4) A: I don’t know why, but I expected the tour-guide to be middle-aged or elderly. B: No, apparently she’s really …
3. Describe the people in the pictures below (Alternatively cut out some pictures of
people from magazines). It is also a good opportunity to go over the clothes vocabulary and structures.
3. Modifiers
We u modifiers with adjectives to express the degree or extent of the quality described by the adjective they precede.
1) really: Her hair is really long; I love it.
2) very: John is a very happy boy – always smiling.
3) rather: Her eyes are rather small but her face is very pretty altogether.
4) quite: My boss is quite tall.
5) quite a: She is quite a pretty woman in her forties.
6) not very: Mary is not very intelligent, but she works really hard.
7) a little/ a bit: She is a bit shy, don’t you think so?
There are two other words that can be ud to modify the quality of the colours.
1) light: She has beautiful light blue eyes.
2) dark: Her hair is dark brown, but not as dark as yours.
Practice
1. www.britishcouncil/kids-games-face-match.htm
Listen to the descriptions and find the right person. This is a great way to practi listening for key words and to reinforce vocabulary learning.
2. Talk about your ideal of a handsome man / a beautiful woman.
3. Who’s your favorite move star? Can you describe him/her in more details now?
Pha 2: Describing Character
Vocabulary
U the words below to describe yourlf, your best friend and someone you dislike. For example,
My little sister is really sweet.
My friend Maria is very responsible and polite. My mum loves her.
Susan is not only intelligent, but also very hard-working.
Peter is quite shy and quiet, but he’s very friendly.
ambitious
bossy
capable, caring, cheerful, clo-minded, confident, (in)considerate, creative
dull
easygoing, emotional, empathetic, energetic
friendly, funny
generous, gentle
hard-working, (dis)honest, humorous
imaginative, independent, intelligent
kind
lazy, loyal
mature, mean, modest, moody
naïve, narrow-minded, naughty, nice, noisy
open-minded, optimistic, outgoing, organid
patient, pessimistic, polite
(un)reliable, (ir)responsible, rude
lfish, nsible, nsitive, rious, shy, sincere, smart, sociable, strong-minded, stubborn, stupid, sweet, sympathetic
thrifty, tolerant
Exercis
1. what are the antonyms of the following words?
1) responsible ----
2) intelligent ---
3) optimistic ---
4) generous ---
5) humorous ---
6) polite ---
7) mature ---
8) hard-working ---
9) outgoing ---
10) reliable ---
2. Choo the best answer to complete the ntences.
1) I really like people who are ______________ becau they always believe
that things will work out in spite of difficult challenges.
a) dependent b) humble c) optimistic
2) Monica is very ______________ and always gives her time and resources to
help tho who are in need.
a) ambitious b) generous c) reliable
3) To be honest, my father can't stand coworkers who are ______________ and
won't consider new ideas or ways of doing things.
