The document provides a short description of a boy named Ernesto and his qualities as a friend and student. Ernesto comes from an educated family, gets good grades in school, and inspires his friend Andres to work harder. He is friendly, hardworking, and involved in various activities like sports and music.

1. DESCRIBING PEOPLE.
Objective: Developing reading skills.

2. CHALLENGE
Unescramble the following words:
 ALTL
 YSESM
 AHIR
 IKEL
 MSLAL

3.  MY BEST FRIEND (By Andrés Díaz)
My best friend is called Ernesto, and he is my classmate, we go to school
together.
Ernesto comes from an educated family. His father is a school principal
and his mother is also a teacher. He is punctual, well-educated, and has good
manners. He is friendly, clever and really hardworking. He always does his
homework. He is also well-dressed and well-behaved. All the teachers have
a high opinion of him.
Ernesto has a well-built body, he is tall and slim and has small blue eyes and
curly brown hair. He likes to do different stuffs. He takes part in all sports,
scout and mountaineering activities and he also likes to play the guitar. He
has a good heart. He is truthful, honest and obedient.
Ernesto makes his parents very proud of him. He secures good marks and
is usually top of his class in examinations. He inspires me to work harder.
He keeps me away from bad company. I am happy to have such a friend.

4. KEY WORDS
 School principal: Director.
 Maners: Modales.
 Stuffs: Cosas.
 Truthful: Confiable.
 Parents: Padres.
 Marks: Notas, calificaciones.
 Proud: Orgulloso.

5. PRE- READING
 1. Look at the text and underline the COGNATES.
 2. What is a Best friend?
 3. Do you have a Best friend? What is his/her name?

6. READING
 Look at the text and answer the following questions.
 1. Who is Andrés best friend?
 2. Ernesto’s mother is:
A) a farmer.
B) a teacher.
C) a guitar player.
D) a school principal.
 3. What DOES Ernesto LOOKS like?
A) He is tall and slim.
B) He is tall and fat.
C) He is friendly and honest.
D) He likes to play the guitar.

7.  4. Ernesto has:
A) Curly brown hair and blue eyes.
B) Straight blond hair and blue eyes.
D) Green eyes and curly brown hair.
E) Blue eyes and straight blond hair.
 5. What IS Ernesto like?
A) Tall and thin.
B) He likes sports.
C) He is fiendly, clever and honest.
B) Small blue eyes and curly brown hair.

8.  6. What DOES Ernesto likes?
A) Tall and thin.
B) He likes sports.
C) He is fiendly, clever and honest.
B) Small blue eyes and curly brown hair.
II. Answer TRUE or FALSE:
i) Ernesto is a bossy and rude boy. ______
j) Teachers have a high opinion of Ernesto. ______
k) Ernesto is tall and slim. ______
l) Ernesto doesn’t like to play the guitar. ______
m)Ernesto’s parents are very proud of him. ______

9. III. Match each question with its
corresponding answer:
 1. What IS Ernesto like? ____ He likes to play the guitar
and to do different stuffs.
 2. What DOES Ernesto
likes? ___ He is tall and thin. He has curly
brown hair and small blue eyes.
 3. What DOES Ernesto
LOOKS like? ___ He is friendly, honest,
clever and hard-working.

10. POST-READNG
LANGUAGE FOCUS:
- WHAT DO I/YOU/WE/THEY LIKE? - WHAT ARE I/YOU/WE/THEY LIKE? -WHAT DO I/YOU/WE/THEY LOOK LIKE?
- WHAT DOES HE/SHE/IT LIKES? - WHAT IS HE/SHE/IT LIKE? -WHAT DOES HE/SHE/IT LOOKS LIKE?
LIKES AND DISLIKES DESCRIBING PERSONALITY PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
-I like to study. -You are honest and messy. -They are short and fat.
- She likes to play tennis - He is clever and loving. - It has black curly hair.

11. REMEMBER:
 HE / SHE / IT DOES
 I / YOU / WE / THEY. DO
 HE / SHE / IT
HAS
 I / YOU / WE / THEY. HAVE

12. I. Read the following questions and fill in the blanks:
 What DOES your mother LOOK like?
My mother’s name is ________, she is _______ and
_________. She has ________ and _______ hair, and
________ eyes.
 What IS your mother like?
My mother is _________, __________ and________, but a
little ___________.
 What DOES your mother likes?
My mother really likes to ___________________.