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Languagegoal>>>>
Inthisunitstudentslearntodescribepeople.Newlanguage
Whatdoyoulooklike?I'mshort.AndIhavecurlyhair.Whatdotheylooklike?They'remediumheight.Andtheyhaveshorthair.
Whatdoeshelooklike?He'sheavyandhewearsglasses.Whatdoesshelooklike?She'sthinandshehaslonghair.
SectionA
Askstudentstonamesomewaysofdescribingpeople.Youcan>>>>startstudentsoffwithexamplessuchastallandshort.Pointoutvariousstudentsintheclassandaskstudentstosayiftheyaretallorshort.
Continuewithexamplesofstudentswhohavelonghairandshorthair.Writethewordsontheboardandaskstudents>>>>torepeatthesewords.Thenpointatdifferentstudents'hairandasktheclass,Longhairorshorthair?Culturenote
Insomecultures,itisimpolitetopointatotherpeopleortotouchotherpeople,particularlyonthehead.laThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary.
Unit7:Whatdoeshelooklike?
Focusattentiononthewords.Askstudentstoreadthelistofwords.Thensayeachwordandaskstudentstorepeatit.
Ontheboard,makeasimpledrawingtoillustrateeachofthewords.Asyoucompleteeachdrawing,pointtoitandask
studentswhatitshows.Iftheydon'tknow,saythewordandaskstudentstorepeatit.Forexample,drawastickfigurewithverylonglegsandalongbody,Whenyoupointtothefigure,studentssaytall.
Callattentiontothepicture.Pointtothelettersnexttothepeopleinthepicture.
Say,Usetheletterstomatchthepeopleinthepicturewithoneofthenumberedwords.Writeeachletternexttoanumberedword.Youcanusesomelettersmorethanonce.Point
outthesampleanswer.Checktheanswers.
1bThisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.
Callattentiontothespeechbubblesinthepicture.Readthedialogue,sayingblankwhenyoucometoablankline.
>>>>Say,YouwillhearaconversationbetweenAmyandherfriend.Fillintheblanklinesintheirconversation.Thenlookat>>>>thepictureandfindtheboyAmyistalkingabout.
Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistime,studentsfill
intheblanksinthespeechbubbles.>>>>Say,Whoaretheytalkingabout?Correcttheanswers.
1cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.
Callattentionto>>>>thevariouspeopleinthepicture.Say,Oneofthesepeopleisyourfriend.
Pointoutthesampleconversation.Asktwostudentstoreadittotheclass.Thenasktheclasstopointtothegirlinthepicturewhohaslonghairandamediumbuild.
Sayadialoguewithastudent.Havethestudentaskyouthequestion.Youthenansweritusingadescriptionofoneofthepeopleinthepicture.Askthestudenttopointoutthepersonyoudescribed.
Say,Nowworkwithapartner.Askandanswerthequestions.
Thenhavestudentsworkinpairs.Astheytalk,movearoundtheroommonitoringtheirwork.Offerlanguageor
pronunciationsupportasneeded.
2aThisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.
Pointtothelistofninephrasesandaskastudenttoreadthemtotheclass.
Say,Nowyouwillhearthreeconversations.Thepeoplearetalking