Перечинський професійний ліцей
МЕТОДИЧНА РОЗРОБКА
УРОКУ
PERSONALITY
Викладач англійської мови
Ганич О.А.
2013 р.
Topic. PERSONALITY.
Objectives:
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to present and practise some new adjectives to describe personality;
to develop students’ creative abilities; — to activate multi- part verbs;
to develop students’ speaking and writing skills;
to improve students’ listening and reading skills;
to develop dialogue and monologue speaking;
to encourage pupils to talk about people’s appearance and their characters;
to practice pupils’ writing skills.
Equipment: the multimedia board, a CD player, pre–intermediate student’s book
“Solutions”, handouts, cards with the words.
Lesson type: integrated.
Epigraph:
“INTELLECT HAS POWERFUL MUSCLES, BUT NO PERSONALITY”.
(ALBERT EINSTEIN)
Procedure of the lesson
I. Introduction
1.Greeting
T: Hello students! I am glad to see you. You look very well. I hope you are in a good mood.
2. Announcing the subject and the aims of the lesson
T: At our today’s lesson we’ll speak about people’s appearance and their characters. I want you
to revise the topic words on the topic.
II. Warming - up
T: Looking at some proverbs and sayings, written on the blackboard, try to guess the topic of the
lesson and find their Ukrainian equivalents:
 Appearances are deceptive. (Зовнішність — підступна).
 The face is the index of the mind. (Обличчя — дзеркало душі).
 A fair face may hide a foul heart. (За гарною зовнішністю не завжди впізнаєш
підлу душу).
Make up acrostic:
P
E
O
P
L
E
III. Main part of the lesson
1. Lexical training
T: Now you will be given sheets of paper with the words, related to personality and
character. Let’s read them attentively, translate them and try remember!
Key words
Figure: tall, short, stout, thin, frail, delicate, athletic, muscular, weedy, bent, powerful,
gigantic
Face and head: round, oval, long, small, square-jawed, thin, fat, wrinkled
Forehead: narrow, flat, wide, prominent, high
Nose: long, flat, snub, straight, broad, enormous, aquiline (eaglelike)
Hair: straight, wavy, curly, brown, grey, silvery, auburn, golden, long, silky, plaited
Eyes: clear, bright, large, small, brown, blue, green, sparkling, round, almond-shaped
Mouth: lips, teeth: wide, thin, straight, irregular, projecting uneven, well-brushed, thick
Character: organised, disorganized, sympathetic, creative, generous, dynamic, hardworking, honest, reliable, selfish, shy, helpful, stubborn, sociable, insensitive.
MATCH THE PAIRS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
впертий
cпівчутливий, симпатичний
організований
неорганізований
байдужий, нечутливий
товариський
працьовитий
соромливий, боязкий
корисний
активний, динамічний
егоїстичний
творчий
чесний
великодушний, щедрий
надійний
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
dynamic
sociable
helpful
honest
sympathetic
disorganized
stubborn
reliable
organized
generous
hard-working
insensitive
shy
creative
selfish
Answers: 1 g, 2 e, 3 i, 4 f, 5 l, 6 b, 7 k, 8 m, 9 c, 10 a, 11 o, 12 n,13 d, 14 j, 15 h.
2. Speaking activity
1) Describing people
T: Divide the adjectives into two groups: positive and negative and make up sentences
with them.
Use the drawings and the context to describe these people.
‘Don’t you know Mary? She’s got shoulder-length wavy / straight blond hair. She’s quite
short / tall and slim / overweight. She’s got blue eyes. She’s middle-aged / in her early
twenties. Her brother, Tony, is a good friend of mine. Both of them like outdoor sports
like skiing / stamp collecting and hiking / listening to music. She’s a very outgoing,
sociable / shy sort of person who seems to know hundreds of people.
She’s very cheerful / stubborn — you know, the sort
of person who is always laughing. But she can be a
bit disorganized / reliable. She once lost
everybody’s cinema tickets and we all had to pay
again!’ ‘We had Mr Kemp for history last year.
He’s got a moustache / beard and short, curl straight
hair. He’s quite short and well-built / overweight.
He’s probably in his mid teens / thirties. He really
loves his subject and he knows a lot about history.
He’s also interested in climbing / surfing. He went
up some of the mountains in the Tatras one year, he
told us. He was a very hard working / insensitive
teacher. He gave us lots of essays and always
marked them quickly. He was never moody /
dynamic — always the same, always smiling. He
was also very confident / patient with us. If anybody
didn’t understand something he explained it again in
a different way. He did everything he could to be
selfish / helpful’.
2) Look at the photos. Do you know the characters?
Is each person:
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Kind or unkind?
Funny or serious?
Lazy or hard-working?
Generous or mean?
I THINK TRINITY
IS SERIOUS.
CULTURE NOTE
Trinity, from the Matrix films: the first
officer
of
the
hovercraft
ship
Nebuchadnezzar. She is a legendary
computer hacker with super-human
combat skills.
Blofeld, from the James Bond films: a
villain who plots to take over the world.
Garfield, originally a newspaper cartoon:
a fat, lazy cat who makes humorous
observations about human behavior.
Yoda, from the Star Wars films: a 900year-old and 66 cm tall wise master and
trainer of the Jedi Knights.
Cruella de Vil, the villain in the Disney
film 101 Dalmatians. She kidnaps
Dalmatian dogs with a plan to kill them
for their fur.
3. Listening activity
T: We spoke much about people’s appearance. And it’s time to talk about personal
qualities. Try to name them.
Listen to the interview with a psychologist. Put a tick (V) in the correct box. Do you agree
with Dr Graaf ?
1. Dr Graaf believes that all good leaders have
A
v
special personal qualities.
B
team spirit.
C
a great sense of humour.
2. Dr Graaf says that leaders have to
A
B
try to be more popular.
v
C
make difficult decisions.
please everybody.
3. What does Dr Graaf say about bosses?
A
They sometimes make bad choices.
B
They are sometimes in a panic.
C
v
They are not always liked.
The text for listening (Track 6).
PRESENTER: Do you know what it takes to be a successful leader? It seems that some of
us do, but that most of us don’t. My guest on today’s programme is psychologist Dr Ralf
Graaf, who’s here to explain why. Dr Graaf, what is it exactly that distinguishes a really
good leader from everyone else?
DR GRAAF: Well, David let me begin by assuring our listeners that they probably have
some of the unique personal qualities necessary for good leadership. Honestly, fairness and
intelligence, for example, are all qualities you would expect to find among successful
bosses, managers, and team leaders. The same people are also often polite and humorous.
PRESENTER: That sounds exactly like my friend Tom. He’s kind, funny and generous.
Everybody likes him because he’s always making us laugh! DR GRAAF: Yes, but how
does your friend behave in difficult or, perhaps, dangerous situation? Tom sounds like a
very likeable person, but I’m afraid that being popular just isn’t enough. It takes a lot more
than that to be a good leader. You see, leaders sometimes have to make decisions which
don’t please everybody. Suppose you are a boss and you have to tell ten hardworking
members of staff that your company can no longer afford to employ them. Bosses not only
have to be absolutely sure that they are making the right choices, they must also be strong
and determined enough to act on those choices, even if doing so occasionally makes them
unpopular. Or imagine being responsible for the safety of hundreds of people who are
trapped in a burning building. People usually panic in this situation, or simply don’t know
what to do. Leaders must be able to think fast and act quickly in all kinds of circumstances.
They have to stay calm, cool-hearted and in control, even if others are not.
PRESENTER: Hmm, I see what you mean. What you’re saying, then, is that leadership
requires a rather special sort of person?
DR GRAAF: In a way, yes. Of course, you don’t have to be a superhero to be an effective
leader, but you must certainly win the trust and respect of others and prove that you do,
indeed, have all the qualities and abilities I’ve just mentioned.
PRESENTER: No wonder good leaders are so rare! Dr Graaf, thank you very much for
being with us today.
4. Reading activity
a) Pre- reading task. Answer the questions.
 Do you look like your brother or sister?
 Whom do you look like?
b) Reading. Complete the text with the words in the box.
 Elsa is talking about herself and her brother.
TEXT. This is my brother, Will, He’s a … older than me- about a year-but people often
don’t believe we’re brother and sister because he looks completely different … me. To
begin with he’s so … taller – I’m only 1.50m and Will’s nearly 2m tall! In fact he’s … of
the tallest people … his year at school. I’m the …in the family. But that doesn’t matter –
I’m … the nicest, and Will definitely isn’t as intelligent … me! Physically, I think he’s
very similar …our father but he’s got the … eyes as our mother- bright blue.
as, far, from, in, little, much, one, same, smallest, to.
5. Writing activity
1) Match the personality adjectives in A with their opposites in B.
Personality adjectives
2) Label the pictures with the adjective in the box.
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3) Choose the correct adjectives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
He's kind / unkind. He never helps people.
He's optimistic / pessimistic. He always thinks bad things are going to happen.
She's patient / impatient. She doesn't mind waiting.
He's funny / serious. He always tells jokes.
She's generous / mean. She always spends money on other people.
IV. Summarizing. Home Assignment. Marks
T: At our today’s lesson we have spoken about people’s appearance and characters, that’s
why your homework is to describe one of the members of the family. Use as many
adjectives as you can. I would like to finish our lesson with the words of Albert Einstein:
“INTELLECT HAS POWERFUL MUSCLES, BUT NO PERSONALITY”.
V. Homework
T: Describe one of the members of the family according to the plan:
1. appearance;
2. interests;
3. personality.
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