UNIT 1 – PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
Lesson 1.1 Writing
(SB page 17)

Odd one out

1

friendly
Personality

blonde

long
Appearance

dark

2

brave

funny

Personality

sweater
clothes

quiet

3

old

young

Appearance

slim

clever
personality

4

Spanish
Nationality

French

Japan
country

Irish

5

footballer

cooker
equipment

actor
Jobs

doctor

Objective
I can write a short description of a person.

What does he look like?
What is his job?
Where is he from?
What can/can't he do?
Has he got any brothers/sisters?

Is he married?
Is he a great person?

What about her?

is hero

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Exercise 1 (SB page 17)
Class vote. Read the text quickly. In your opinion, are Jade and Lionel heroes?

Exercise 2 (SB page 17)
In pairs, read the texts again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

Jade hasn't got an easy life.
Jade isn't clever.

F

T

Exercise 2 (SB page 17)

F

Leo Messi is Spanish.

T

He's got a wife and children.

Exercise 3 (SB page 17)

In pairs, tick the things Karin and Paulo
mention in their descriptions in Exercise 1.

1. Personality
2. nationality/language
3. hobbies
4. appearance
5. age/job

Unit 1 RESOURCE 9 Worksheet – Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with the words below. There are
two options for each gap.
my uncle
the singer Ella David
American
about forty
Milan in Italy
Brazil
sing
speak Chinese
a son
three children
slim
pretty
blue
blonde
big
short
friendly
brave

Unit 1 RESOURCE 9 Worksheet – Exercise 2
Write about your own hero.

My hero is….

Rubric checklist
Topic sentence?
Grammar mistakes?
Linking words?

Final sentence?
Vocabulary mistakes?

Swap the writing
Take turn to read your friend's paragraph.

I think it's not a topic
sentence.

I think you have a mistake
here. It's should be…