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THEME 2 FRIENDSHIP

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing personal features
12 GRADE F2 Making conclusions
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F3 Stating reasons
3 Guess Who

This activity aims to revise and practice vocabulary for describing one’s appearance.

Materials and Preparation
This activity does not require any materials or preparation.

Procedure

1 In order to demonstrate how to play, ask students to choose one of their classmates to be ‘it’. Tell
them that you will ask some questions to find out who ‘it’ is, and that is why they are not supposed to
tell you who s/he is. Turn around or close your eyes and after 15-20 seconds, ask if they have chosen
one of their friends. When they are ready, turn around or open your eyes.
2 Start asking questions like “Is s/he fair-haired?”, “Is s/he tall?” or “Is s/he round-faced?” to figure out
who ‘it’ is. As they give answers to your questions, start narrowing down the options saying “So, ...
and ... can’t be ‘it’ because they aren’t fair-haired/tall/round-faced”. Even if you have found out who
‘it’ is, pretend that you still don’t know who s/he is. Ask students to tell you about ‘it’ more; they
might say, “S/he is plump.” and “S/he is of medium height.”, etc. to describe their classmates. Keep
narrowing down the options with each piece of information and finally tell who you think ‘it’ is.
3 When you guess correctly, invite one student up to the front of the classroom and ask him/her to
turn around. Then choose one student in the class to be ‘it’ by pointing at him/her. Tell the student
at the front to turn around and ask questions about ‘it’. Once the student at the front has named ‘it’
correctly, it is another student’s turn to go to the front of the classroom and turn around.

4 Whose Bag Is This?

This activity aims to have students draw conclusions and make inferences.

Materials and Preparation
An assortment of bags with objects in each. For example, a sports bag filled with exercise clothing and a
water bottle; a clutch with a comb, mirror, lipstick, and a credit card; a suitcase with an ID card, insurance
card, crossword puzzle book, and medical records, and a backpack with textbooks, graded tests signed
by a parent, notebook paper, pens, and pencils.

Procedure
1 Divide students into four groups. Have each group check over the bags in turns for a few minutes.
Let them take notes.
2 After they have finished checking over the bags, ask them to whom each bag may belong, and to
where they are carried. Help them make inferences.
3 Then, tell students to draw conclusions about the owner of the bag based on the type of it, its
contents, and the inferences that they have made. Encourage them to share their ideas.
For example:
The person with the suitcase must be going to the hospital. S/he can be at his/her sixties. S/he can’t be
cheerful.
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