Unit9WhatdoeshelooklikeLanguagegoalInthisunitstudentslearntodescribepeople.NewlanguageWhatdoyoulooklike?I'mshort.AndIhavecurlyhair.Whatdotheylooklike?They'remediumheight.Andtheyhaveshorthair.Whatdoeshelooklike?He'sheavyandhewearsglasses.Whatdoesshelooklike?She'sthinandshehaslonghair.SectionAAskstudentstonamesomewaysofdescribingpeople.Youcanstartstudentsoffwithexamplessuchastallandshort.Pointoutvariousstudentsintheclassandaskstudentstosayiftheyaretallorshort.Continuewithexamplesofstudentswhohavelonghairandshorthair.Writethewordsontheboardandaskstudentstorepeatthesewords.Thenpointatdifferentstudents'hairandasktheclass,Longhairorshorthair?CulturenoteInsomecultures,itisimpolitetopointatotherpeopleortotouchotherpeople,particularlyonthehead.laThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary.Focusattentiononthewords.Askstudentstoreadthelistofwords.Thensayeachwordandaskstudentstorepeatit.Ontheboard,makeasimpledrawingtoillustrateeachofthewords.Asyoucompleteeachdrawing,pointtoitandaskstudentswhatitshows.Iftheydon'tknow,saythewordandaskstudentstorepeatit.Forexample,drawastickfigurewithverylonglegsandalongbody,Whenyoupointtothefigure,studentssaytall.Callattentiontothepicture.Pointtothelettersnexttothepeopleinthepicture.Say,Usetheletterstomatchthepeopleinthepicturewithoneofthenumberedwords.Writeeachletternexttoanumberedword.Youcanusesomelettersmorethanonce.Pointoutthesampleanswer.Checktheanswers.1bThisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontothespeechbubblesinthepicture.Readthedialogue,sayingblankwhenyoucometoablankline.Say,YouwillhearaconversationbetweenAmyandherfriend.Fillintheblanklinesintheirconversation.ThenlookatthepictureandfindtheboyAmyistalkingabout.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistime,studentsfillintheblanksinthespeechbubbles.Say,Whoaretheytalkingabout?Correcttheanswers.2aThisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Pointtothelistofninephrasesandaskastudenttoreadthemtotheclass.Say,Nowyouwillhearthreeconversations.Thepeoplearetalkingaboutfriends.Theyareusingthesewordstodescribetheirfriends.Someofthesewordsgowith"has"andsomegowith"is".Pointtothecirclearoundtheword"circle".Say,Circlethecorrectword,eitherisorhas,whenyouhearitintheconversation.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Pointoutthattherearethreedifferentconversationsaboutthreedifferentpeople.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistimesay,Circle"has"or"is".Youmaywishtoplaytherecordingathirdtimetoallowslowerstudentstocompletetheirworkandtoletotherstudentschecktheiranswers.Correcttheanswers.2bThisactivityprovideslisteningandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.PointatthechartwithspacefortwowordsusedwithisandtwowordsusedwithhasaftereachnameCallattentiontothesampleanswers.Asyoupointtothewordis,sayasentenceusingthesampleanswertall:He'stall.Pointtothewordhasandsayasentenceusingthesampleanswercurlyhair:Hehascurlyhair.Playtherecording.Askstudentstolistentothedescriptionsandwritethewordsinthecorrectcolumnaftercadperson'sname.3Thisactivityprovidesguidedwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.JCallattentiontothedialogueintheboxandthepicture.ExplainthatstudentshavetocompletethedialoguewithwordstodescribeNancy'sappearance.Havestudentsdotheactivityindividually.Astheywork,movearoundtheclassroomofferinghelpasnecessary.3aThisacti...
