Topic: Person’s appearance and traits of character
Class: 7
Teacher: Vakhotska O.V.
Objectives:
- to practice vocabulary and structures on the topic;
- to develop students’ writing and listening skills using active vocabulary on the topic;
- to develop students’ fluency in using the language;
- to teach student’s attitude towards other.
Equipment: screen projection unit, flash cards, pictures.
Procedure
Ι. Introduction
T. Good morning boys and girls!
I am glad to see you. How are you today?
Ps. Fine. Ok. Thank you.
T. Then, let’s start our lesson. Look at the blackboard, give the explanation of the proverb and
try to formulate the topic of our lesson.
“Appearances are deceitful”
P. Sometimes people look nice and kind but when you get them to know better and closer you
find out that you are mistaken about them and their character is not so nice. Some people just
pretend to be good.
T. Well, today we are going to talk about person’s appearance and traits of character. And I
think, the best epigraph of our lesson would be “So many men, so many characters” I guess, this
lesson will help you define priorities in life and understand that love, patience, kindness and self
control are features of a successful person. And I wish you to become one.
Ι Ι. Writing
Objective: Revising writing skills
Activity #1. Running dictation
T: I will divide the class into 2 groups. You will have to read the words from your cards, run to
the blackboard and write the words there.
Ambitious
calm
Competitive
moody
Considerate
sociable
Reserved
forgiving
Witty
aggressive
Energetic
cheerful
Industrious
optimistic
Sincere
timid
Impatient
slow
Activity #2. Matching synonyms
Now, match the synonyms, make up sentences using them and dictate the sentences to your
class.
Neat
faithful
Quiet
shy
Loyal
calm
Timid
industrious
Intelligent
smart
Hard-working
tidy
Activity #3. Finishing sentences
You should finish the sentences without showing them to your partner. Then exchange them and
read aloud.
1.A person who never betrays his/her friend is….
2. A person who always comes in time is….
3. A person whose room is always in mess is….
4. A person who never shares things with other people is ….
5. A person who envies other people is….
6. A person who always looses his/her things is….
Activity #4. Matching opposites
They say that tastes differ and beauty may be different. Look at this “pretty” witch and write
opposites words.
1.Beautiful2.Young3.Rich4.Lucky5.Pleasant6.Clean7.Tall8.Thick9.Small10.Kind-
Ι Ι Ι.
Listening and speaking
Objective: To develop students’ listening and speaking skills.
Now look at the screen and describe your favourite character. Do you recognize him? Yes, you
are right. This is Harry Potter. Now use all adjectives you know for the description of Harry’s
appearance and traits of character. I shall give a minute to prepare your story. In order to make
your work easier use this plan for the description.
Suggested plan:
Age
Height
Body built
Appearance
Traits of character
Attitude to him/her
Pupils’ possible answers
Harry is not very tall and thick. His face is round. He is green-eyed boy with dark hair. I think he
is brave, honest, clever, polite, educated, independent.
T. And now you will have to describe your best friend according to the plan. Write quickly,
please. In 5 minutes you should be though with it.
T. I’d like one pupil from each group to read his/her description aloud. But don’t mention the
names. Your classmates will try to guess.
P1. He is outgoing. He is constantly the centre of attention. He is kind, considerate and
understanding.
P2. She is quite witty, amusing and she always cheer the classmates up. She has a wonderful
sense of humour.
I think her only fault is endless chatting with her friends in the lesson. She is not attentive; she
doesn’t study enough. I admire her because she is so bright and energetic. And when she is
impatient with me, I just laugh and she laughs too.
V Ι.Summing-up
T. Remember: if you are in trouble and you need a helping hand, and nothing is going right, just
close eyes and think that you have a friend!
( All the pupils sing the song “I’ve got a friend”.)
I’ve got a friend
When you’re down and troubled,
And you need a helping hand,
And nothing, oh nothing is going right.
Just close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there.
To brighten up your darkest night.
Chorus:
You just call on my name,
And you know wherever I am.
I’ll come running to see again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
You’ve got a friend.
If the sky high above you
Should grow dark and full of clouds
And that old cold north wind begins to blow.
Just keep your poor head together now,
And call my name outloud.
Pretty soon I’ll be khocking on your door.
Chorus:
You’ve got yourself a friend in me.
You’ve got a friend in me…
T. Thanks everybody for the lesson. I hope it was useful for you. You have learned something
new and interesting about traits of character of different people. We’ll continue to work with this
material in the next lesson. See you later.