Unit 8 Describing people Who's who? ‘Warm up 1 Draw a male face and profile on the board and use them to elicit the names of features: eyes, nose, ears, etc. 2 Change the hairstyle to elicit curly, dark, fair, long, short, straight and wavy. Add the following ‘one by one ard elicit or preteach them: ponytal, moustache, tattoo, ‘3 Explain that tattooing is popular in the UK at the moment and ask what they think of the fashion, Ask them to describe anyone they know who has one. Mein activity Put students into groups of four. Tell them that they are going to have g picture each, but "hey must not look at each other's pictures. 2 Give out the photocopies. 3 Tellthem to look at their pictures to checkif there is any vocabulary they do not know. 4 Ask them how many people there are in their picture (eight). Ask them how many people in thelr picture they have names for two). Tell them to write numbers 1 to 6 on their picture next to all the people they do not have names for. Tell them to write alist 1 to 6 in their books. 5 Remind them they must not show their picture to each other but they can ask questions ‘about each others pictures. Ask them to describe the people in their pictures to each ‘ther and find the names of the other six people. Tell them each person has @ special interestthobby, and they must find those too. ‘6 Ask what the eight names are and write them in a list on the board. Go through the names picking students to describe the person. Ask the class agree. Ask for their hobby and check ifthe class agree. Follow up ‘© Each group of four look at all ther four pictures and together tak about the characters. ‘They imagine their personalities, jobs, relationships to each other, other hobbies and interests, other details oftheir if, etc. ‘© They choose the most interesting person and write, or describe to the class from notes, a description of the person's typical weekend.