Lesson plan

Teacher: Corolea Marcela

Grade: 6th

Lesson topic: The adjective (mixed)

Textbook: English Project

Time: 50min

Aim: - To describe people by mentioning their characteristics (physical and non-physical appearance)

Learning objectives (at the end of the lesson students will be able to):

1. Practice using adjectives and other descriptive terms

2. Write descriptions of people

Procedures: conversation, debate, dialogue, explanation, exercise

Class management: frontal, individual work, whole class, pair work,

Types of interaction: T-whole class, T-Ss, Ss-T, S-S

Skills: speaking, writing

Materials: board, notebook, handout

Evaluation: initial through warm up, continuous through activities, observation, error correction, final through both oral and written feedback.
 Steps of Time Activities Interaction Materials
the lesson
Warm up 5 T greets the Ss and asks them how they are doing. T-Ss Board
The T writes the title of the lesson The adjective and asks Ss if they know what an adjective is Ss-T
and if they can provide examples.
Pre- 15 The lesson begins with brainstorm defining : T-Ss Board
teaching The adjective is a word that describes or modifies a person/thing/place and its placed before the
noun that they modify. Ss-T Notebook
e.g. He has a yellow car.
Black and white televisions are very rare. Whole class
Students are intelligent, motivated and energetic.
Ss are shown a picture of a person and T has a preliminary description: Individual
work
Who is he.? He is a man.
Whats he like? What does he look like? What does he like?
On- 20 T-Ss Board
teaching T asks Ss if they know in what way can people be described.
Ss-T Notebook
T tells Ss that people can be described
Whole class Handout
- by the way he / she looks :
Pair work
- physically :handsome/beautiful; tall/short; fat/thin; big/small; etc.

- non-physically / characteristics / personality : humorous, ambitious, creative, kind, friendly,

intelligent, energetic, selfish, lazy, aggressive , etc.

e.g. She is a creative student.

We have white skin and oval face.

Paired up, Ss receive a handout with some people descriptions and they have to underline and
 classify the adjectives (physical and non-physical).

Post- 10 Ss have to describe their deskmates. T-Ss; Ss-T

teaching S-S

Describing People

Steve, college student:

Well, I am tall and athletic. I play different sports: basketball, football, and soccer. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. My friends say I am friendly
and nice. I am very open. I love discussing interesting ideas and meeting new friends.

Julie, journalist:

I am small, but I am strong! Sometimes I am shy around people I do not know. With my friends and family, I am very outgoing. My mom says I
have a pretty smile. She also likes my long, curly brown hair. My favorite color is blue, and I am always optimistic. I am youthful, but I am an old
soul.
Claudia, artist (Claudia was unavailable, so her friend Vivian talks about her):

Claudia? Oh, she is special! I like her spontaneous nature. She is young, exuberant, and lively; she is slim and active. She often wears colorful
clothes.! She has a creative mind: students love her passionate outlook on life.

Walter, doctor:

I am nearsighted, so I wear glasses. I am well built; I have a dark complexion and black, wavy hair. I am focused and driven. I am not lazy! I am
very patient. I work long hours, but I am never bored at my job. It is so interesting! I do not want a boring life. I am energetic and I want to be
successful.