Describing Appearance and Character 'Star Qualities'

ACTIVITY
Groupwork: speaking

AIM
To fill in a chart by asking and answering questions about appearance and character. To use this information to match people to their star signs.

GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS
Describing people

VOCABULARY
Adjectives to describe appearance and character


MATERIALS AND PREPARATION

Worksheet | Teacher's notes

Make one copy of the worksheet for each student in the class.
Cut out the chart and star signs information as indicated.

TIME
40-45 minutes

PROCEDURE

Brainstorm the sort of qualities the students like best in people and write them on the board. Elicit the opposites of the adjectives, for example: generous/mean, hard-working/lazy etc.

Now tell the students that they are going to use similar adjectives for the next part of the activity. Give one copy of the blank chart to each student in the class but do not give out the star signs information yet.

Ask all the students to fill in the first column in the chart marked 'you'. They should write in adjectives to describe their own best and worst qualities, and also adjectives to describe what they think are the best or worst qualities in a partner. They should also write adjectives to describe their own appearance.

Now ask the students to work in groups of three. They should write the names of the other two students in their group on the chart under the headings 'Partner 1' and 'Partner 2'. They now take it in turns to read out the adjectives they have written so their partners can fill in their charts.

When they have completed the charts, give a copy of the star signs information to each student in the class. They should not tell their partners what their own star sign is yet.

The students try to guess their partner's star signs by matching adjectives which describe thir partners with adjectives to describe a star sign. If the students do not know their star sign, this information is included on the teacher's notes.

The students now tell one another what their stars signs are, and check whether their partners guessed correctly. They compare the adjectives they wrote in the chart with those on the star signs information.

As an extension of this activity, ask the students to match star signs to the pictures of people on Worksheet 17b. [source: Reward Pre Intermediate Resource Pack by Susan Kay]

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