Lesson Title: Physical Appearance- Descriptions

Duration: 60-90 mins

. Objectives of Lesson:
The objectives for this lesson are students learn different ways to describe peoples appearance using
hair style, age, and body shape. This lesson will provide students with a wide range of adjectives and
expressions they can use on a day to day basis. For a language extension students will be taught how to
describe age by saying mid-twenties, late forties and early teens, elderly, young, middle aged, etc.
. Introduction of todays Lesson:
Using a made up Wanted ad tell students you received some scary mail yesterday and you are very
worried. Take out a letter from an envelope and read a story about a crime committed last week. The teacher
should be as serious as possible so the students become more and more interested. Finally take out a picture of
the criminal and read the description of him/her. The description should include all the language that will be
taught in todays lesson. For example: hair style, age, body etc
. Materials needed:

Oxford Picture Dictionary Handouts

Pictures (ppt)
Letter and Wanted Ad
A4 paper
Picture and Description Cards
List of example questions
. Getting Started/ Warm-up activity:
Give half of the students a picture
Give the other have short descriptions
Tell the students they have to find the person that matches their description. To do this they need to ask
questions like Do you have short hair?, Are you skinny? etc.
Students can be given a list of example questions to use to complete this activity.
. Guided practice (students & teacher):
Give students handout from Oxford Picture Dictionary
Review the vocabulary and target language
Show students a ppt slide of 6 different pictures. Ask the students to describe their hair style, age,
and body shape.
. Closure and expectations:
For this activity students will use the new language they learned to create their own Wanted ads.
These ads will be displayed to show the students work.
Review the example of the ad used earlier.
Point out to students they should use as much detail as possible to describe their criminal.
Give students a piece of white A4 paper to draw and write on.
Tell students they should do a rough draft of their description and have a teacher proofread it before
writing on their good copies.
Students should make their posters as creative as possible by coloring their drawing and using neat,
easy to read writing.

He has long grey

hair.
He has a beard.
He has curly hair.
He is in his late
sixties.
He is average
weight.
He is not
handsome.

She has short

hair.
She has grey
hair.
She is older.
She is in her late
fifties.
She is average
height.
She is thin.

They are in their

mid thirties.
She has brown
curly hair.
He has short
black hair.
They are average
weight.
They are
attractive.

She has long

hair.
She has dark
brown hair.
She is average
height.
She is thin.
She is in her
mid twenties.
She is pretty.

He is a teenager
He has curly hair.
He has blond
hair.
He has blue eyes.
He is skinny/thin.
He is cute.

He has short
hair.
He has brown
hair.
He has straight
hair.
He is a child.
He is nine years
old.
He is skinny.
He is cute.

WANT
ED!

DESCRIPTI
ON.

ATTENTION!!

Name:
Oscar
The
Snake
Taylor
Hair:
He has short, straight,
light brown hair.
Age:
He is in his early forties.
Body Shape:
He is tall and average
weight.

The city would like to tell the public there is a dangerous

criminal running the streets of Yeonsu-gu. He is very
dangerous. People should be very careful not to speak
to or make friends with this man. Please read the above
description and if you have any information about this
man please call your local police department at 8926981.

SHORT HAIR

MEDIUM/SHOULDER
LENGTH HAIR

LONG HAIR

HAIR PART

MUSTACHE

BEARD

SIDE BURNS

BANGS

STRAIGHT HAIR

WAVY HAIR

CURLY HAIR

BALD

GREY HAIR

RED HAIR (REDHEAD)

BLACK HAIR

BROWN HAIR (BRUNETTE)

BLOND HAIR