Lesson 5: Describing People

Review: “e” and “i” Pronunciation Long vowels fēēt  “bi” 鼻 bīke  “bai” 白 Short vowels pĕn  no pinyin equal sĭt  no pinyin equal whēēlwhīlewĭllwĕll bēētbītebĭtbĕt ridredwristrest lidledknitnet pinpenfillfell liftleftblissbless

Review: Tongue Twister Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, then where is the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

Vowel Sounds ( 母音 ): “a”, “o”, “u” long a (“make”) = pinyin “ei” ( 飞 ) long o (“note”) = pinyin “ou” ( 欧 ) long u (“huge”) = “you” short a (“hat”) short o (“hot”) = pinyin “a” ( 哈 ) short u (“but”) Beet Bit Bet Bat But Bought

Vowel Sounds ( 母音 ) Betty Botter bought some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter - that would make my batter better." So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

Write down the names of as many sports as you can think of.

Write down as many types of movies as you can think of.

Discussion: Your Family Story Get in groups of 3-4 people. Take turns reading the family story you were supposed to prepare for homework. The people in your group may ask questions about your story. In particular, they may ask about the family members in your story using age, relationship to you, and occupations/fields of study. After you are finished, you must hand in your story to me.

Opinion Poll Choose one of the following questions to ask each of your classmates. What kind of _____ do you like? (sports or movies) Who’s your favorite _____? (player or actor or singer)

Opinion Poll Students should answer using the following sentence patterns: I especially like _____. I like _____ best. My favourite is _____. Write down your classmate’s answers (not names). Count and report the results (example: 5 people like basketball, 4 students like swimming, etc.)

Talking about People With a partner, brainstorm answers for the following questions: 1.(height) How tall is he/she? 2.(hair) What kind of hair does he/she have? 3.(eyes) What colour are his/her eyes? 4.(clothes) What is he/she wearing?

How tall is he/she? He’s/She’svery tall. He’s/She’s fairly tall/short. tall.pretty medium height.kind of short.sort of very short.

What colour is his/her hair? What kind of hair does he/she have? (Color)(Length)(Texture) It’sblack.It’slong.It’sstraight. brown.medium length.wavy. red.shoulder length.curly. gray (grey).short. blond (blonde). white. He/she has (length), (color), (texture) hair. He has short, black, straight hair

What colour are his/her eyes? ColorThey’re (color). blackHe/she has (color) eyes. brown green hazel blue

What is he/she wearing? jeansdress (short or long) trousers, pants, slacksskirt (short or long) shirt, blouse (short-sleeved or long-sleeved) bow tie, neck tie turtleneckcoat, jacket T-shirthat suit (slacks, coat)gloves, mittens sweater, vestshoes, boots He’s/she’s wearing (a/an) (length), (colour) item of clothing. He’s wearing a long, black coat.

Missing Person! One of your classmates is missing! The police want you to give a description of your missing classmate. Take 2 minutes to prepare a description (height, hair, eyes, clothing) of any person in the class In pairs, you will take turns giving your description, and the other person will try to identify the classmate After you have finished, change partners

Homework 1.Practice pronunciation (long and short “a”, “o” and “u”) 2.Write a short paragraph about one of your family members. Tell about their 1) name, 2) age, 3) occupation, 4) height, 5) hair, 6) eyes, 7) what clothing they like to wear, and 8) what food, sports, and movies they like. This is an oral and a written assignment.