Colegio Cristiano Francs Le Beau Jour

Cristina Fuentes & Melanie Lizana

LCL 458-1
Speaking and Writing Task
SPEAKING TASK

Course: 8 grade.

Unit 1: Personas y Lugares Famosos

Level:

Proficiency: beginners (A 1)

Characteristics:
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Age: 12-13 years old

There are not students with special needs in this classroom, however there
are students with anxiety and self-esteem problems. In order to decrease
anxiety levels, we are trying to create a respectful environment by teaching
them that we are all humans and we can make mistakes. Moreover, we try
to raise self-esteem levels by focusing on what students can do instead of
what they cannot.

Learning styles: Visual-auditory, according to a VAK Test, most students

learn in a better way with visual content and instructions, and with oral
input. For that reason, the instructions are clear and understandable and
teachers also give them orally.

Objectives:
General Objective:
Students will be able to relate pictures to key vocabulary and expressions
used to describe people.
Students will be able to apply key vocabulary and expressions to describe
people.

Content:
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Lexical: Key vocabulary and expressions related to descriptions such as:

blonde hair, straight hair, green eyes, blue eyes, beard; he/she wears,
he/she looks like, he/she has.

Functional: Describing people.

Time of class: 90 min.

Time for the speaking task: 45 min.

Steps:
1. In the previous class, teachers introduced the topic Describing people and
they taught key vocabulary and expressions, such as: vocabulary to
describe peoples' appearance (age-height-body-hair-skin-eyes-face-clothes

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Cristina Fuentes & Melanie Lizana
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Speaking and Writing Task
and accessories); He/she wears, he/she looks like, he/she has.
2. Speaking Task: After reviewing key vocabulary and expressions, students
are shown pictures of different people. In pairs, student A orally describes
all A pictures, and student B orally describes all B pictures.
3. Teachers monitored the activity and correct mistakes.
4. Next class, teachers ask students to recall vocabulary learned last class.
Teachers ask for doubts.
5. Students are shown a picture of a famous person and are asked to orally
describe it. Each student can say one sentence about the picture. Teachers
correct mistakes at the end of the activity.
6. Teachers give the worksheet with the Speaking Task.

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Name:______________________________________
I.

Date:________________

Pre-task
Match the pictures (1-10) with the corresponding description (A-J). (10 min.)

1. _______

A. She has blonde hair.

2. _______

B. He has blue eyes.

3. _______

C. She has green eyes.

4. _______

D. She has straight hair.

5. _______

E. He wears glasses.

6. _______

F. She wears a hat.

7. _______

G. She wears a scarf.

8. _______

H. He has green hair.

9. _______

I. He has a beard.

10. _______

J. He has a mustache.

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II.

Task
Based on the following questions, describe the classmate that is sitting next to
you. You can write your ideas in the space below. (15 min.)
a. What is he/she like?
b. What is he/she wearing?
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III.

Post-task
Lets play a game! In pairs, look at Guess Who? and choose a character.
You will be facing another couple.
Ask questions to the other couple in order to know the character they chose.
Use the expressions learned in class.
You can write your ideas in the space below. (20 min.)
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GUESS WHO? BOARD GAME

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ASSESSMENT
In order to assess these tasks, teachers monitor students while doing the activity,
answering doubts and questions regarding instructions, vocabulary and grammar. Also,
teachers keep track of time, telling students how much time is left.
The first activity is checked in the board, asking students for the answers they wrote and
correcting the errors as a class, asking students if they think the answer is right or not.
In order to check the second activity, some students are asked to describe his/her
classmate in front of the class. Teachers correct the mistakes when the description is
finished by asking students, does he/she have?, is he/she?, to the other students so
they classmates give feedback.
Finally, in the third activity, teachers monitor the activity and help students giving them
examples of the possible questions and answers. It is crucial to mention that the school
has several boards of the game Guess Who? in the library, so students have full access
to them. Teachers pay attention and take notes of the mistakes students make. Next
class they give general feedback of the activity (based on students most common
mistakes), making them recognize the incorrect structures they used or any other
problem.

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ANSWER KEY
Name:______________________________________

I.

Date:________________

Pre-task
Match the pictures (1-10) with the corresponding description (A-J). (10
min.)

1. ___E____

A. She has blonde hair.

2. ___A____

B. He has blue eyes.

3. ___F____

C. She has green eyes.

4. ___B____

D. She has straight hair.

5. ___D____

E. He wears glasses.

6. ___C____

F. She wears a hat.

7. ___J____

G. She wears a scarf.

8. ___I____

H. He has green hair.

9. ___G____

I. He has a beard.

10. ___H____

J. He has a mustache.

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Speaking and Writing Task
II.

Task
Based on the following questions, describe the classmate that is sitting next to
you. You can write your ideas in the space below. (15 min.)
a. What is he/she like?
b. What is he/she wearing?

Bastian Ascencio is short.

He has brown hair.
He has brown eyes.
He wears a scarf.
He wears glasses.
III.

Post-task

Lets play a game! In pairs, look at Guess Who? and choose a character.
You will be facing another couple.
Ask questions to the other couple in order to know the character they chose.
Use the expressions learned in class.
You can write your ideas in the space below. (20 min.)

Character: Bernard
Questions they are asked

Answers

Is your character a man?

Yes, he is.

Is he wearing a hat?

Yes, he is.

Does he have blond hair?

No, he does not.

Does he have brown hair?

Yes, he has.

Is your character Bernard?

Yes, he is.