Strategy for learning personal characteristics

Materials:

Photos/ Magazine pictures of well-known people: celebrities, personalities within the school or classroom, etc.

Cards with adjectives on them

“Floating” letters to add to cards to make gender/ number agree

The teacher starts by presenting the word bank of cards and taping them up on one side of the chalkboard as she presents each word. Each word is either acted out with a gesture or facial expression or it is matched up to one of the photos. Example: (In the target language) Ah, here is “short” (she crouches down). Short. Who is short? Let’s find a picture. Is Michael Jordan short? No. Is Tom Cruise short? Yes. What other words describe Tom Cruise? He is a brunette … etc.) Each word’s meaning is shown either by a physical action or by associating it with a well-known picture. As each word is discussed in relation to a picture, the two are taped side by side on the board.