the explanation of lesson plan

1. DESCRIBING PEOPLE
L E V E L A 2
A D R I A N A M A R Í A R O D R Í G U E Z C R U Z

2. Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Describe people using
adjectives
-Describing someone’s personality.
-Describing someone’s appearance.
Time: 120 minutes
Target Language:
What’s he like? He seems friendly and outgoing.
He’s serious and hardworking.
What does he look like? He’s tall and has dark, curly hair.
Materials: Computer, speakers, mp3 file of the song, teacher photo, vocabulary
flashcards, pictures of famous people, whiteboard, color markers, Cardboard.
LESSON PLAN
Learning Rights: Describes people, activities, events and personal experiences orally
using simple phrases and sentences previously rehearsed with his/her classmates and
teacher.
Grade: 7 English level: A2

3. 1. Warm Up (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxsWI8C30TE
ESL Song - "She's Tall" Describing People
I will perform a warm-up activity to engage my students, my students like music, I consider music is an
extraordinary motivator for any class, so I'm going to play a song to get all the energy out of my
students. Students will sing and dance the song with me. The song introduces vocabulary about the
physical appearance of people.

4. 2. Activate student´s schemata (5 min)
- I will show students my family photo and I will present to my
students my family members.
- I will ask students to say any words they know to describe
people on the photo (The way that someone looks and
characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving).
- I´ll give some examples if needed:
He is tall, He is serious, He is polite, He has short hair.
She is young, she is funny, she is friendly. She has Brown eyes
Baby girl is short, She is happy, she has black hair,
She seems smart, shy, extrovert.
- I´ll write student ideas on the board.

5. Memory game (20 min)
How to play: Each player takes a turn by turning two
cards over (word car and a picture card). If the cards
match, then the player picks up the cards and keeps
them. If they don't match, the player turns the cards back
over.
- I´ll have some new vocabulary.
- I´ll explain that there are two kinds of adjectives for
describing people, those that refer to appearance, and
those that refer to personality.
- I´ll ask students what is the difference between
personality and appearance?
- I´ll divide the board in two parts and I´ll ask students to
separate the words into the two categories of
personality and appearance.
3. Present the new vocabulary
Appearance Personality
black hair
Tall, short, old young
Pretty
long, dark hair
brown eyes
curly hair
Slim, fat
has glasses
short hair
has a beard/
mustache
Kind
Smart
funny
hardworking
quiet
sweet
intelligent
friendly
outgoing
serious

6. Activity 1: Talking and Drawing (20 minutes)
- Students will work in couples. l´ll give one student some pictures about famous people (student´s
favorite singer, actor, footballer), and I´ll give the partner a blank sheet of paper.
- The students with the pictures will describe the photos to their partner. And students with the blank
papers will draw what they hear. Afterwards, students will compare the drawings and photographs
and they can change roles. This can be very funny.
4. Practical Activities
( ) Anthony Stark has glasses and has a beard and a
mustache.
( ) Shakira is a beautiful young woman with long curly
hair.
( ) Bruno Mars has dark sunglasses.
( ) Neymar is a young man with short hair and black
eyes.
( ) Doctor dulittle is a old man with curly hair and
glasses.
( ) Infanta Sofía of Spain is a pretty girl with blond hair
and blue eyes.
( ) The wonder Woman is tall and Slim woman with
red earings
( ) Gloria Stuart is an old woman with glasses.

7. Activity 2: Guess who is? (20 minutes)
I´ll lay out all of pictures on the floor. (Football players of Colombia) l´ll choose a picture and Start by
saying "My friend has (short, brown) hair, he is (tall) and he has (green) eyes". Students will ask
questions to try to figure out who the person is. Examples: Is it a man? Is he tall/ handsome/ kind?
Does she have black hair? Does he seem intelligent? The student who guesses correctly get extra
points.

8. Activity 3: Find someone who… (20 minutes)
Students will ask one classmate one question and
the answer is written in the box. After a mutual
interview exchange, students can move on to find
another classmate to speak with. When the chart is
filled students share the information they collected.
Finally, elicit any especially interesting information
your learners may have discovered. Has a shy brother
Is funny friend
Is very serious
Has a extrovert
boyfriend/girlfriend
Has a hardworking
mother
Is polite
Is Smart in maths
seems friendly
and outgoing
Seems quiet
seems quiet.

9. Talking about photographs
1. Students will choose a photo which they have on their mobiles. In
pairs students can talk about their own photographs using appearance
and personality adjectives.
2. Students will make a poster with a picture and a short description (50
words) about their own photo. I will Monitor and feed in vocabulary as
necessary.
This lesson gives students the chance to talk about their photos and
then write a description of a favorite photo.
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5. Production (30 min)
Extension activity: Describe your Best friend or your
classmate next to you.
My Family photo
Describing people:
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