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THEME 5 INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE

FUNCTIONS
F1 Asking about and describing people’s appearances and characters
9 GRADE F2 Comparing characteristics and appearances
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Expressing opinions (Agreeing, disagreeing, etc…)
F3
F4 Talking about current activities
3 Mime It!

This activity aims to revise and consolidate vocabulary for describing one’s character.
Materials and Preparation
Copy, cut up, and shuffle word cards on page 111 and make sure you have enough copies for each
group.

Procedure
1 Divide students into groups of four. Give each group a set of word cards and have students place the
shuffled cards face down as a pack on the desk.
2 Tell students that they are supposed to use gestures/facial expressions to describe the words on
cards and they cannot speak or spell the word in the air. Name members of each group as #1, #2,
#3, and #4 and ask them to pick up a card from the pile and mime it in turns.
3 The first member of the group to correctly guess the word gets the card. The student who has the
most cards at the end of the game becomes the winner.

4 Guess Who

This activity aims to revise and practise 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 well-built?”, “Does s/he have curly hair?” or “What colour are his/
her eyes?” 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 well-built/they don’t have curly hair/
their eyes are...”. 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 has straight hair.” and “S/he is of
medium built.”, 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.

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