lesson plan

ENGLISH – III CYCLE – 8Th GRADE

TARGET CONTENT N° 2: DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE’S PHYSICAL appearance *


OBJECTIVES

LANGUAGE EXAMPLES

PROCEDURES

VALUES /ATTITUDES
AND CULTURE


EVALUATION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES

LISTENING
§ Identifying pictures about famous people.
§ Understanding longer passages made up of familiar language.

SPEAKING

§ Talking in simple language about personal physical appearance.
§ Taking part in short conversations.

READING
§ Understanding short texts and dialogues made up of familiar language.
§ Skimming.
WRITING
§ Composing or adapting a simple dialogue.
§ Writing sentences to convey simple familiar factual information
Description of people.
What does he /she look like?
He’s got big brown eyes.
What’s he/she like?
He’s young / old.
She’s got green eyes.
She/he looks like ______.
Wavy (hair) straight, blond, height, average height /weight /slim, tall, chubby, etc.
Body parts, etc.

Functions:
Describing physical appearance.
Asking for and reporting what people look like.
Classifying physical characteristics.
§ Warm up

§ The teacher shows and describing pictures and the students will recognize different kinds of people.
§ Presentation

§ The teacher talks about her or his personal appearance and describe some students.

§ The teacher will describe some important places.



§ Practice

Listening
§ The students will produce one paragraph according to the pictures.
§ The students will adapt and substitute some unfamiliar words or phrases in familiar contexts.
§ The students will describe of pictures, places, people or objects.

Speaking

§ Students will be participation in role-playing or simulations.
§ Students will describe theirself.
§ Students will talk about their favorite places into and outside the house.


Reading
*The students will read short dialogues with personal descriptions.
*The students will produce a summary.

Writing
*The student will produce a dialogue between him or her and some famous person.
*The students will make ten sentences about the topic.

§ Love for other people
§ Tolerance for other people
§ Respect of others’ physical features personality traits, and opinions
§ Self-esteem in everything done.
§ Self care for own health and physical appearance

CULTURE
§ Expressions used in both languages to describe people.
§ What to say / what should not be said.
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§ Completion of a short passage.
§ Oral and written description of pictures.


§ Production of short written descriptions or comparisons.
§ Fast recognition of terms by reading different types of texts.

§ Oral reaction to a situation.

§ Showing appreciation for diversity, gender and affiliation in classroom activities.

Homework: Students describe all family members.