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Unit

11:

Describe this person for 30

seconds!

Teacher’s notes

Aim

To practice describing people’s appearances.

Language focus

Language for describing appearance and clothes, modifiers.

Materials and preparation

Each group of students will need one copy of the page. Students will each need some type of
marker (erasers, pen caps), and one coin for each group of students.

Student organization

Groups of up to four people.

Suggested time

10-20 minutes.

Procedures

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Review language for describing appearance, if necessary. Check understanding of all the
words in the activity.

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Divide the class into groups of up to four students and give each group a copy of the board
game.

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Have students decide whether they are A, B, C, or D. Then, ask them to place their markers
on the corresponding space on the board. A starts.

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Students take turns tossing the coin. If the coin lands on “heads,” they move two spaces. If
it lands on “tails,” they move one space.

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Students should talk for at least 30 seconds (or more if possible) describing the person
named in the space they land on.

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The other students in the group should ask questions to help. Ask students to use
modifiers whenever possible.

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Students stop either when they have completed the board, or when the amount of time you
set for the activity is over.

Unit

11:

Unit 11: Describe this person for 30 seconds!

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Classroom communication activities