Year 6
Lesson 30
This is my aunt.
1 master handout
for each student:
writing a description
of a person
always/never
Vocabulary
Recycling
vocabulary/phrases
from units 21-30:
Family: uncle, aunt, son,
daughter, cousin
Checklist
Understanding the
difference between
‘What’s (s)he like?’
and ‘What does
(s)he look like?’
Grammar
adjective order
Contents
Aims
Reading and
writing/speaking
Revision of vocab
and structures from
cycle 2 (units 21-30)
Skills
Adjectives: nice, kind,
quiet, funny
Physical appearance:
he/she’s got
Hair: curly, straight, tall,
thin, long, eyes, beard,
wears glasses
Language Analysis
What’s (s)he like? – is a question we ask about sb’s character
What does (s)he look like? – is a question we ask to ask about sb’s appearance
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beard /bɪə(r)d/
curly /ˈkɜː(r)li/
fat /fæt/
moustache BrE /məˈstɑːʃ/, AmE /ˈmʌˌstæʃ/
short /ʃɔː(r)t/
straight /streɪt/
tall BrE /tɔːl/, AmE /tɔl/
thin /θɪn/
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Procedure
Warm-up Off the screens
1.
2.
Revise family:
Encourage students to have a short chat about their family members. You can help
them with the following sentences:
My aunt’s name is … She is … (years old). She has got … (brown eye). I like her
because she is … (very helpful).
Screen 2
Audio 1:
Hi Ann! Write to me about your aunt and
uncle. What do they look like? What are
they like?
See you soon!
Sam
Audio 2:
This is my aunt. What does she look
like? She’s tall and thin and she’s got
long, straight black hair. Her eyes are
big and brown. I think she’s beautiful.
What do you think?
What’s she like? She’s very quiet, and
she doesn’t speak much. But she’s very
kind. She’s good at science and she
Exploit the scene by asking the Ss to describe
always helps me with my homework.
what they can see. This will help students with
Audio 3:
pronunciation and meaning.
This is my uncle. He’s my mum’s
younger brother. What does he look
like? He’s got a short black beard. He’s
got curly hair and he wears glasses.
What’s he like? He’s very nice and I like
him. He’s never angry with me. He’s
very funny and we always laugh a lot!
Audio 4:
My aunt and uncle have got two
children, a son and a daughter. They’re
my cousins. We’re good friends. I’m
sending you a photo of them.
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Additional activity: Handout
Ask students to answer the questions according to the information from the text. Ask them
to organize their answers under the three questions. Make sure they do not mix the
answers.
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Screen 3
Audio:
What’s she like?
She’s very quiet and she doesn’t speak
much. But she’s very kind. She’s good
at science and she always helps me
with my homework.
What’s he like?
He’s very nice and I like him. He’s never
angry with me. He’s very funny and I
laugh a lot.
What does she look like?
She’s tall and thin and she’s got long,
straight black hair. Her eyes are big and
brown.
What does he look like?
He’s got a short black beard. He’s got
curly hair and he wears glasses.
Key: see the text above (random
order of the sentences)
Screen 4
Key:
1 thin 2 straight 3 eyes 4 quiet 5 good
6 always
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Screen 5
Ann:
This is my uncle. He’s my mum’s
younger brother. He’s got a short black
beard. He’s got curly hair and he wears
glasses. He’s very nice and I like him.
He’s never angry with me. He’s very
funny and we always laugh a lot!
Key:
1 uncle 2 younger 3 short 4 beard
5 curly 6 wears 7 nice 8 never 9 funny
Screen 6
Sam: What’s he like?
Sam: What does he look like?
Sam: What’s she like?
Sam: What does she look like?
Give the Ss these instructions for the game. The
aim is to practise a short natural dialogue.
1. Look at the picture and read the four
questions.
2. Ask students to drag and drop the right
words onto the box.
Now it’s your turn. This is a ‘free practice’ stage.
The aim is personalisation.
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1. Tell students to reset the activity, work in
pairs and drag and drop different words
but be careful these sentences need to
be correct and here all answers are
possible so students may end up with a
sentence e.g. Her hair is naughty.
Monitor this activity carefully.
2. Work in pairs and write about a friend or
a person in your family. Encourage
students to use the following questions:
What’s she / he like?
What does she / he look like?
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Handout
Aunt:
Uncle:
1 What does she look like?
1 What does he look like?
2 What is she like?
2 What is he like?
3 What is she good at?
3 What do they always do?
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