Unit 13 People Communication Workshop
Writing：Describing a Person
by Chen Meihong from Chendai Minority Middle School
Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
review the useful expressions related to the topic;
understand the structure of the article about describing a person;
write the first draft of a description about a person you know.
Important& Difficult Point:
Writing skill--to write a description of a person
Learning procedures:
StepⅠReading
Fast-reading
Ex.1 Read the passage and match these headings with the four paragraphs.
Para1 description
Para2 background
Para3 relationships with neighbours
Para4 family life
Careful-reading
Ex.2 Read the passage carefully and complete the information in the form.
Grandma
Name:
General:
Age:
Hair:
Job:
Special features:
Likes:
Characters:
Dislikes:
Relationship:
Post-reading
Ex.3 Read and translate the following sentences from the passage.
1. My grandma is called Zhu Jinping, who is a nurse.
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2. Grandma has got short, grey hair and clear brown eyes.
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3. She is quite short, a bit thin and she’s got lots of little wrinkles on her forehead.
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4. She’s also very generous and helpful.
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5. She loves children and animals, especially cats, although she hates their claws.
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6. Her favorite thing to eat is yoghurt with honey.
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7. She never watches TV except for the news.
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8. Grandma is very popular with her neighbours, maybe because she is so helpful.
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9. For example, she often looks after children for people in her apartment block.
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10. She devotes a lot of her time to caring the neighbours.
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StepⅡWriting
Stage1 Decide who you are going to write about— a teacher, a classmate or a famous person.
Stage2 Write some notes in the form.
Name:
Job:
Age:
Appearance
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Character
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Like
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Relationship
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Stage3 Write a short passage.
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Useful Expressions
Appearance:
hair: long, short, shoulder-length, black, grey, red, dark, blond, straight, wavy/curly hair, ...
age: 18 years old, old, young, middle-aged, ...
general: good-looking, handsome, charming, plain, tall, short, fat, thin, slim, ...
special features: a pair of glasses, big and bright eyes, moustache, wrinkles on the forehead, a mole, ...
Character: generous, hard-working, cheerful, kind, brave, helpful, out-going, independent, active, dutiful, gentle, humorous, modest, easy-going, frank, enthusiastic, faithful, open-minded, optimistic, warm-hearted, ...
Likes: ice cream, dessert, hamburger, hot pot, dog, cat…/ go shopping on the Internet, read Chinese novels, listen to music, play basketball, watch movies, play computer games, ...
Relationship: be ready to listen to others/ be willing to help others/ be popular with…/ get on well with…/ care for those in need/ bring joy to others/ ...
课件14张PPT。Unit 13 People
Describing a Person晋江市陈埭民族中学
陈美虹ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, you’ll be able tounderstand the structure of the article about describing a person;write the first draft of a description about a person you know.
review the useful expressions related to the topic;Fast-readingGo through the passage and match the headings with the four paragraphs.a. descriptionPara 1Para 2Para 3Para 4b. background
c. relationships with neighbours
d. family life
GrandmaZhu Jinpinglittle wrinkles on her foreheadnursechildren; animals,
yoghurt with honey
TV (except for the news);food that need to chew too muchshort, grey hairclear brown eyes;quite short; a bit thinpopular with neighbours; argue with grandpa61cheerful; generous; helpfulCareful-readingTranslation
My grandma is called Zhu Jinping, who is a nurse.
Grandma has got short, grey hair and clear brown eyes.
She is quite short, a bit thin and she’s got lots of little wrinkles on her forehead.
She’s also very generous and helpful.
She loves children and animals, especially cats, although she hates their claws.
Post-readingTranslation
Her favorite thing to eat is yoghurt with honey.
She never watches TV except for the news.
Grandma is very popular with her neighbours, maybe because she is so helpful.
For example, she often looks after children for people in her apartment block.
She devotes a lot of her time to caring the neighbours.
Post-readingMy Grandma
My grandma is called Zhu Jinping, who is a nurse. She has got short, grey hair and clear brown eyes. She is quite short, a bit thin and she’s got lots of little wrinkles on her forehead.
Grandma’s also very generous and helpful. She loves children and animals, especially cats, although she hates their claws. Her favorite thing to eat is yoghurt with honey. She never watches TV except for the news.
Grandma is very popular with her neighbours, maybe because she is so helpful. For example, she often looks after children for people in her apartment block. She devotes a lot of her time to caring the neighbours. background & appearancecharacter & likerelationship Hello, everyone! My name is Ding Jinyong. I’m 32 years old. I’m a P.E. teacher in Chendai Minority Middle School. Now I’m the headteacher of Class 4, Grade 2. I like teaching and also my students. Thank you!WritingUseful Expressionsquite tall; a bit strong; short, black hair; clear and black eyes; a pair of glasses...hard-working; helpful; dutiful; outgoing...listen to pop music; sing Chinese songs; play basketball...be popular with the students; get on well with the co-workers; care for those in need...My Headteacher
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My Grandma
My grandma is called Zhu Jinping, who is a nurse. She has got short, grey hair and clear brown eyes. She is quite short, a bit thin and she’s got lots of little wrinkles on her forehead.
Grandma’s also very generous and helpful. She loves children and animals, especially cats, although she hates their claws. Her favorite thing to eat is yoghurt with honey. She never watches TV except for the news.
Grandma is very popular with her neighbours, maybe because she is so helpful. For example, she often looks after children for people in her apartment block. She devotes a lot of her time to caring the neighbours. background & appearancecharacter & likerelationshipSummary 人物写作很重要,姓名性别首先表;
外貌性格紧跟随,事迹经验不可少;
语法词汇要恰当,全靠词语关联好;
以上要素要记牢,完整表述得分高。
Finish your writing in your exercise book and hand it in. Thank you!Homework
