Chosen topic: 2.

A short descriptive text focusing on the use of adjectives aimed at pre-intermediate level
students, e.g describing a person, an event, a place etc.

Level : Pre-Intermediate
Class Details
Lesson Duration : 40 minutes

By the end of the lesson, the students will :

Learning Objectives -be able to use adjectives to describe people, places, events
- revise and practice the use of present simple tense
Board & Markers
Classroom realia (chairs, pictures, desks, board)
Materials
Handout 1: model text
Students have been introduced to Present Simple Tense before and know
its form and uses.
Assumptions
Students possess knowledge of a number of adjectives used for describing
people and repetitive activities.
Students might have difficulty using Present Simple Tense independently
due to lack of practice.
Anticipated Problems Students may feel intimidated to speak because they lack adjective
vocabulary.
Solutions
Teacher makes students describe realia from the classroom, uses a
dynamic warm up activity, like the one below, etc.
Game: “I spy with my little eye”
In this game, teacher says “I spy with my little eye something” and adds an
adjective (e.g. something red, something big, etc.)
1. WARM UP (3 min)
Students walk around the classroom and show what they have found.
This activity lasts as long as teacher considers it is enough to revise prior
adjective knowledge.

Ask each student to describe the person sitting next to them using one
2. LEAD-IN (3 min) sentence. Encourage students to try to activate prior knowledge and make
sure all adjectives used are explained and written on the board.

The model text is called “My Family”. Teacher writes the title on the board.
The handout with the model text is given to the students. To engage the
students and make them feel they are actively involved in the management
of their own classroom, plus in order to save time, the teacher gives the
handouts to 3-4 students and asks them to take one and distribute the
others to their peers. (3 minutes)

3. MODEL TEXT (8 min) Students scan the text and are asked to point out if there are unfamiliar
words. Then they follow the instructions below:

Look at the text!

Which tense can you see in the text? (Answer: Present Simple Tense)
When do we use it? (repetitive activities, describing people, events, places)
Give examples from the text (for each use) (5 minutes)
 Ask students to assign three adjectives to each member of their immediate
family (example: My mum: caring, beautiful, protective).
4. WRITING
After they are done, ask some volunteers to share what they have written
PREPARATION (5 min)
and ask them why they used that adjective (e.g. My mum is beautiful. She is
tall and has pretty hair).

Ask students, using the model text and the adjectives they have assigned to
5. FIRST DRAFT (8 min) their family members, to write a text titled “My Family”. Remind them not to
forget to write their names on the paper.

The method used is peer review. Students will review and correct the
6. REVISION AND
mistakes of their peers. Remind them to sign the paper: “Editor: Name, Last
EDITING (5 min)
Name”. Then, the papers are given back to the writers.

On the other side of the same piece of paper, students are asked to write
7. FINAL DRAFT (6 min) the final draft of the text. Once they are done, they give it to their teacher for
evaluation.

8. HOMEWORK (2 min) Students are asked to write a short text describing their idol.

9. STAND-BY ACTIVITY Game: “Two truths and a lie”

Appendix: Model text: “My Family”

My family has four members: my mother, my father, my younger sister, and me. We live in a small town near the
sea. We like to watch series and have picnic in the park in our free time.

My mother is 40 years old. She is a doctor. She has brown hair and beautiful big, blue eyes. She is very hard-
working, and every morning she makes me my favourite sandwich for breakfast.

My father is 43 years old. He is an engineer and he works at a big company. He has beautiful blue eyes, just like
my mum. He has dark hair. Every evening, we ride our bikes in the park.

My sister is 5 years old. She is chubby, but very sweet. She has green eyes and blond hair. She likes to talk a lot.

We are a small, but very happy family.