What Does She Look Like? Describing People

Learning Objectives

• Describe people's appearance with words for height, age, hair and eyes.
• Use is and has correctly in descriptions.
• Write a short description of a person using size before color (long brown hair).

How to Use This Resource

• Describe yourself first: "I am tall. I have short black hair and brown eyes."
• Teach the words with the flashcards and the grammar with the slides, then use worksheet activities 1 to 6.
• Use the quiz to check learning and send the family description homework home.

Classroom Activity Ideas

• Guess who: a child describes a classmate ("She has long hair. She has glasses.") and the class guesses.
• Draw what you hear: the teacher describes a person and children draw them, then compare drawings.
• Wanted poster: children draw a funny character and write a description underneath.

Differentiation

Support: give a word bank with pictures and the frames He/She is … and He/She has …. Challenge: children add two personality words and a reason, such as "She is kind because she helps everyone."

Assessment

Worksheet activities 1 to 5 and the quiz check vocabulary and is/has. Use the rubric for the writing in activity 6.

Teacher Tips

Keep descriptions kind. Agree as a class to use only friendly words when describing classmates.

What's Included

• 12-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
• Key vocabulary list (8 words with meanings and examples)
• Student worksheet (6 activities)
• Quiz / assessment (4 parts)
• Homework practice page
• Printable flashcards: 8 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
• Assessment rubric (4 levels)
• Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
• Editable Word version of all student pages
• Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

• Lesson Slides (PowerPoint, editable) (PPTX)
• Editable Student Pages + Lesson Plan (Word) (DOCX)
• Flashcards (PDF, A5, one card per page) (PDF)
• Answer Key (PDF) (PDF)

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