NatashaZeng

November11,2015
INTR619
Dr.Seaman
OralLessonPresentation:Whatdoeshelooklike?
Context:
Middleschoolstudent(8th)atWenYuanmiddleschoolinZhuhaiCity,China.
ThisisafirstclassmiddleschoolinGuangdongprovince,alsooneofthenationalmodelschoolsof
GuangdongProvince
StudentshavereceivedoverfiveyearsofEnglisheducationandcanbeclassifiedasintermediate
student.
[WIDAlevel=Developing]
Duration:70minutes
Focus:
Objectives:SWBAT(StudentWillBeAbleTo)
SWBATtousedefinitebe+of+mediumheight/buildmodeltodescribepeople.
SWBATtowriteashortdescriptionofpeopletheyknow.
SWBATtolearnhowtodescribeone'shair(length+shape+color)
SWBATtouseisandhascorrectlyindescribingpeople.
WarmupActivities:(10minutes)
1. Sendingstudentsnametagsandhavestudentswritetheirnamesonthetags
2. ShowapictureandaclipofapopularChineserealityshow
RunningMan,
askstudentsifthey
knowwhoarestarringintheshow.

WatchaYouTubeClipofRunningManseasonthree

andpassalongavocabularybooktolet
studentswritedownthewordstheydontunderstand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd687UXPh4A

3. Basedonthevideoclip,studentswillpairupandthenwriteonetotwosentencesofdescription
ofthegueststartheylike.Thenhavethepartnerguesseachothersfavoriteandaskcouple
groupstoshareittotheentireclass.
4.
Presentations:(25minutes)
1. Askstudentstocomeupwithadjectivestodescribepeopleandgivethemexamplessuchas:Fat,
thin,short,tallandetc.

2. Explaintostudents:
be+of+mediumheight
Heisnottallorshort.
Heisofmediumheight.
[ha
t]Height
['mi
d
m]Medium

be+of+mediumbuild
Sheisnotheavyorthin.
Sheisofmediumbuild.

3. Learningabouthowtodescribehairandintroducenewvocabularies.
length[le]:shorthair,longhair,bald
shape[
e
p]:straighthair,curlyhair
color:redhair,blackhair,blondehair,brownhair

4. Exercise#1Matching.(7minutes)

Matchthewordswiththepeopleinthepicture.


5. Exercise#2Fillintheblanks(Usinghasoris)
Inthisexercise,theteacherwillfirstshowthreemodelsabouthowtouseisandhasinsentences.
sb.+is+
tall/short/ofmediumheight
sb.+is+
heavy/short/ofmediumbuild
sb.+has+
hair
Thentheteacherwillaskstudentstoanswerthequestionsinfrontoftheclassandhavethem
explainwhytheychooseisorhas.
He___talland___longhair.
She___ofmediumheight,andshe___curlyhair.
She___veryshort,andshe___verythin.
He___straighthairandhe___heavy.
She___longstraightredhair.

Answer:ishasishasisishasishas

Break:5minutes(Providesnacksandrefreshment)

Practice:25minutes
1.Introduceamodelforstudentstopractice

Describeone'shair(length+shape+color)

Thentheteacherwillsay,
Justnow,we'vetalkedaboutsomestars,nowlet'stalkaboutthepeople
aroundus
Whatdoeshelooklike?

Whatdoesshelooklike?

3.Writeapassagetodescribeoneofyourteachersandthenreadittoyourdeskmate.
MissChenisourmathteacher.Doyouknowher?Whatdoesshelooklike?Letmetellyou.
Example:MissChenisofmediumheight,andsheisofmediumbuild.Shehaslongstraightblackhair.
Shelikessmilingbutsheisstrictwithusinmath.Sheisbeautifulandsheisverypopularwithus.
Ending
:Review+Homework(5minutes)

Review
:
Areyousatisfiedwithlooks?Howcanwebecomemorebeautiful?
WatchingaYouTubeclipbyonedirection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROTA4E

[OneDirectionWhatMakesYouBeautiful]

Homework:
Havestudentspickoneofthethreecharactersfrom
RunningMan
andthenwriteashort
passageabouthim/her.