A2.1 Unit 2: People - Game - Detectives

Detectives:

Suspects:







Read your cards. Do you understand everything?



Round 1. Rules

Detectives work in pairs.
Detectives can only ask about one thing at a time.
Detectives can make notes if they need to.

Try to find the people who might have stolen Mrs Miller's handbag. Tell the others to sit down.


Suspects must keep their cards hidden!
Suspects do NOT have to answer any questions that are not answered on the card.


Round 2.

Keep questioning the suspects.

Who stole the handbag? How do you know?

A2.1 Conversation - adjective builder

Look at the chart below

Questions for conversation - Groups of 3

What's the strongest drink you've ever tried?

Who in this class is wearing the most eye-catching colours?  

What's the most delicious smell in the world?

Talk about an unforgettable concert you went to.

Who at EF has a sweet voice? 







Do you like boiling hot drinks? 

Do you like boiling hot baths or showers?

Have you ever swum in freezing cold water?

Are winters mild in your country?

Would you describe yourself as a romantic?

(Advanced TED SPIN) Embrace the Shake

In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense of purpose. Until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace this limitation ... and transcend it.

Embrace the Shake

a warm, gentle, loving, full, hesitant embrace
embrace your darker side, fears, reality, enemies...
embrace Christianity, a faith
embrace motherhood, adulthood
embrace (cover) many topics

Listen and try to fill the gaps:

1. The shake developed out of a _____-minded p______ of pointillism

2. eventually these dots went f___ being perfectly round to looking more like t_______, because of the shake.

3. to compensate, I'd hold the pen tighter, and this p__________ made the shake worse, so I'd hold the pen tighter s____.

 4. I decided to go to a neurologist about the shake and discovered I had permanent n_____ d_____

5. I still enjoyed the f_________ of pointillism, seeing these little tiny dots come together to make this unified w____.

 6. I ended up having an approach to creativity that completely changed my a______ h_______.

7. I realized I was actually p_______ by all of the c______ that I never had before.

8. It really became a moment of c_________ for me that we need to first be limited in order to become l_______.

9. The last i________ of destruction was to try to produce something that didn't actually exist in the first p____.

10. There were times when my projects failed to g___ o__ t__ g_____, or, even worse, after spending tons of time on them the end image was kind of embarrassing.

11. I found a process of creating art that's perpetual and unen_______d by results.

12. Now, when I run into a barrier or I find myself c_______ s______, I sometimes still struggle, but I continue to show up for the p______ and try to remind myself of the possibilities

A2.1 Unit 2: People

Some speaking first...














Who is your favourite person?















Is your hair easy to look after?













Do you like all people?













Ugly or beautiful?


























Think of one word to go under each heading: e.g. "finger" under Hands

Feet    |    Legs   |    Body    |    Arms    |    Hands    |    Head    |    Mouth    |   Eyes










heel, elbow, toes, sole, thumb, wrist, knuckles, lips, pupils, shoulders, stomach, knees, thighs, buttocks, palms, ears, nostrils, forehead, cheeks, eyelids, teeth, tongue, back, chest, ankles




A2.1 Unit 2: People 

Aims:

Describe people
Describe and write about yourself
Describe and write about your family
Describe feelings


Vocabulary:

Adjectives of...    personality   |   behaviour   |    appearance   |   emotion 










Grammar:

1. to be like, to look like
extra: to feel + adj

2. gradable and ungradable adjectives
Extra: Matching gradable and ungradable adjectives

New English File: Adjectives

More adjectives

Skills:

Reading: understanding descriptions of people   |   skimming
Writing: writing a personal profile of yourself
Speaking: identifying people from descriptions
Listening: Identifying people from descriptions   |   listening for specific details


General Kahoot Quiz for Unit 2


Review Kahoot


Quizlet - 48 items


PPT Lesson: People

Main theme: 
"Hair"

Vocabulary:
Appearances and personality

Grammar:
to be like / to look like

Review

You see       the episode           a bit of         right there           a bit
it was cool           by the way           at first                  who is

Hi. I’m Mike and yeah I’m in ___1____ of Just for Laughs you were watching. No, I’m not the short guy or the guy ___2___ bald. I have short dark hair, and yeah, ___3___ a beard. I don’t wear a cap. And I’m tall ___4___. Oh, and I wear glasses. Yeah, that’s me ___5___! Well, ___6___ I wasn’t very happy about the trick. ___7____, I’m a quiet person and I’m shy, so I was ___8___ uncomfortable. But the blond wig was really funny. I was laughing then. My kid sister likes these shows. I sometimes watch them with her so ___9___when she saw me on TV.

Reflection

What did you learn in this lesson?




Tips for building your vocabulary and communication skills:

1. Emotions are specific and change all the time. We talk about our emotions all the time!!

Write down how you feel every day and say why you feel like that. Try to use a a few new words every time you write or talk about your feelings. Did you feel frustrated or delighted about something? Did you feel bored or disappointed? Say so! But also say why.

2. Personalities are general and don't change so easily. We talk about personality a lot through behaviour and actions to make them more specific.

Look out for words and phrases that describe behaviour and actions. They help you to describe personalities and relationships. When talking about your or your friends personality you'll talk about what you/they say, do, like and don't like.

Actions:
"he/she/I said"
"he/she/I like/s to"
"he/she/I (verb) (a lot / sometimes / often / never / always)"

Personality:
"he/she/I am not/is/isn't very adjective
he/she/I can be adjective

3. Attitudes are a combination of personality and emotion. we often use the word "be" or "being" to talk about attitude:

She's being stubborn (not "she is stubborn")
Don't be rude