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I have a little problem (once again) and would like to ask for your help one more time :). I have to plan a lesson on character traits - not feelings, but personality traits such as stubborn etc (for young adults). The class is rather big and there are different levels of learners. I have no idea whatsoever how to teach this subject. How do you explain characteristics? i can �t really see myself drawing flashcards or miming it somehow. Does anyone of you have a small idea to get my creativity going? :) Thanks a lot in advance (and for all the times you have been a great help for me)
Pictures of celebrities and people from history/mythology/fairytales with significant famous traits could possibly help--the seven dwarves come to mind for example
I often use Zodiac signs with their characteristics. I �ve used these flashcards which you have to download from the net, sorry I could not find a good link. Just google for Zodiac signs or sth.
I also proceed via zodiac signs. We are not supposed to promote our own worksheets, but since you are asking I �ll show you two of mine which seem to deal with what you are interested in. I made plenty of exercises in order to make students USE the new words. Here is what you �ll get:
You�ll find comprehensive texts and exercises for 3-4 lessons on how to
characterise people. Starting off with small texts about the zodiac signs and
bits of vocabulary students will practice about 50 adjectives characterising
people. There are several exercises that make them use these words in context:
definitions, word families, examples. There is also an exercise for
"psychological" discussion that makes students use the new
vocabulary. On the second ws you�ll find the keys for everything and 2
crossword puzzles that can be used for testing as well as a lesson plan that
gives you ideas on how to proceed.
You could ask each child to draw a person they know ( parent, brother or sister or a character from a book or movie) and ask them to choose character traits from a list you provide to describe their character. Then they can each show their picture and talk about the traits and explain what each trait means!
You could ask each child to draw a person they know ( parent, brother or sister or a character from a book or movie) and ask them to choose character traits from a list you provide to describe their character. Then they can each show their picture and talk about the traits and explain what each trait means!
