UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP
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Lesson 2: SPEAKING
Aims: - provide vocabulary relating to physical characteristics
-describe physical characteristics and discuss personalities
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
- Talk about a famous friend.
- Enhance the amount of vocabulary concerning to appearance and the shape of man
Anticipated problem: Some Ss may be too shy to share ideas with others.
Solution: Teacher encourages Ss to talk and he can give them extra marks as reward
Teaching aids and materials: books, pictures, blackboard, cards
Estimated time 45 minutes
Time Content Teacher and Ss’ activities
4 mins
10 mins
I. Warm-up :
Description of the pictures :
- Lead-in questions: Hang up 2 pictures and ask Ss
some questions
-T guides the ways to play
Elicit pictures
Use WH-questions to elicit 2
pictures. Show 2 pictures and
demonstrate with one student
Lead in: Today I’ll help you
how to describe someone’s
physical appearance
- T writes the title of the
new lesson on the black board
-Ss answer T’s questions
-Ss can stand up and describe
Unit 1: SPEAKING
DESCRIBING
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
- Ask Ss to think of the
adjectives used to describe
people’s appearance.
15 mins
Who is she?/ What does she look like?
This is............... She is very beautiful, isn’t she?
Does she has a long hair? .........
One is foreigner and another is Vietnamese
II. Pre-Speaking
*Brainstorming:
* Match the words from the box with the parts of the
body you can be used to describe.
short broad straight tall tallish
oval round flat overweight plump
medium height young brown slim
large wide wavy dyed long
curly glossy shoulder-length sleek thin
parts of the body adjectives
face
height
forehead
nose
hair
III. While-Speaking
TASK 1:
-
Ex: - She has long blond hair.
- (S)he is pretty tall with ......................
- Game: Guessing WHO IS (S)HE?
* Example:
S1: This person is short and thin. She has long blond
hair.
Ss: Is this ............?
S1: Yes/ No
TASK 2:
- Setting situation:
- Ask Ss fill in the table, then
read aloud them.
- Explain the meanings if Ss do
not understand.
- T gives a sample
Tina is very tall, and she has
long black hair. She’s about
20. Oh, and she’s very slim.
She looks like a film star.
-Show Ss pictures in the
textbook and ask them to
describe his/ her hair/ body
build.
- Call on a S to describe a
friend in class, the others have
to guess who (s)he is.
- Go on until Ss guess right.
- T and Ss read these words in
chorus and make sure that Ss
know the meanings and the use
of theses words.
- Game: Rub out and
remember.
- Get Ss to work in pairs to
number the personalities
above in order of importance
in friendship, then compare
with the other pairs.
- Give feedback
- Questionnaire: Ask Ss to
complete the following table.
- Feedback: Check the
questions
- Ask Ss to make a list of
questions that are used to
describe people’s physical
characteristics and
personalities
15 mins
T: Who is good at English in our class?
S: ............................
T: (S)he is good at EL. (S)he is willing to help
friends. And (s)he never tells about himself/ herself.
(S)he is a ...........student.
* If Ss cannot answer, T can elicit some words and Ss
choose the correct answer.
IV. Post-Speaking
TASK 3:
Name
Date of birth
Physical
characteristics
What does (s)he look like?
Hobbies
personalities What is (s)he like?
Ex: Why .......is interested in ........?
How much time do(es) .........spend on
........everyday?
- Setting situation: Lan is a good student in our class.
She has just won the first prize in EL. Imagine you are
a journalist. Interview one of your friends about her.
IV: Homework:
- Write a paragraph about one of your best friend.
- Prepare section 3: LISTENING
- T introduces more difficult
questions and some useful
language in the text book.
- Role play: Ask Ss to work in
pairs and then compare the
information with the other
pairs.
- Choose some Ss to present
their reports in front of class.
Ss write down
caring hospitable modest
sincere generous
helpful pleasant
understandings honest
friendly humorous quick-witted