LESSON PLAN
2B Your Personality (Page 10, 11)
Class Profile
Level: Pre-intermediate
Learner age: Adult
Duration: ~ 90 minutes
Class size: students
Objectives:
This lesson is given to help develop the students/ After the lesson, students will be able to:
remember new vocabulary used to describe Personality (spelling + definition + pronounciation)
use the mentioned vocabulary in actual communication to describe peoples personalities
discuss about personalities using the vocabulary they have learned
Previous Knowledge and Experience
The students:
have basic English grammar knowledge (enough for self-introduction and talking about other people)
basic listening skill
Materials Needed
The materials needed for the lesson include textbook, handouts, board, and speaker.
Possible Problems and Difficulties
There could be difficulties concerning:
the passiveness of students solutions: encourage the Ss by compliments or good marks; create
competitiveness through games in the lesson
technical problem related to the speaker. teacher reads the questions out loud.
class-time management solutions: cut off some activities if needed, give Ss clear instructions so that
they can do their tasks immediately without wasting time.
Lesson Procedures
Time
15
Stages and
content
Warm-up
Teacher (T)s activities
Divides the class into pairs.
Provides the rules of the game: Each pair is
given a set of cards. 2 members have to work
with each other to match the picture cards with
the suitable word cards. The fastest pair who
completes the game first will have to shout
Bingo they will be the winner if all the
cards are correctly matched.
Students (Ss) activities
Work in pairs and play the
game.
When the game is finished: Checks the answers
with whole class. Write the words on the board,
read out loud and asks the whole class to repeat.
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Adventurous /dven.tr.s/ - willing to try
new or difficult things: thch phiu lu, mo
him
Messy /mes.i/ - dirty, untidy: ba bi,
bn thu
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Short /t/ - small in length, distance, or
height: thp, ln
Cute /kjut/ lovely, attractive: d thng
creative /krie.tv/ producing or using
original and unusual ideas: sng to
good-looking
/dlk./
attractive a nhn
lazy /le.zi/ not willing to work li
muscular /ms.kj.lr/
curly /k.li/ having curls or a curved
physically
having welldeveloped muscles c bp
shape: tc xon
nervous /n.vs/ worried and anxious: hay
lo lng bn chn
old /old/ - gi
tall /tl/ - of more than average height cao
asks students which of these adjs are used to
describe personalities, which are used to
describe appearance?
Tells Ss that today we will learn some new
vocabularies to talk about personality.
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Asks students whether they understand all the
words in the book. Teach students the new
vocabulary by explaining the definitions and
modelling the pronunciation of each word:
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Adventurous /dven.tr.s/ - willing to try
new or difficult things: thch phiu lu, mo
him
Calm /km/ - quiet, and without worry:
Activity 1
bnh tnh, bnh thn
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Careful /ke.fl/ giving a lot of attention
to what you are doing so that you do not
have an accident, make a mistake, or
Listen to teachers instruction,
repeat after teacher and note
down the new vocabulary.
damage something cn thn
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creative /krie.tv/ producing or using
original and unusual ideas: sng to
flexible /flek.s.bl/ able to change or be
changed easily according to
situation: - linh hot, linh ng
the
funny /fn.i/ humorous;
laughter hi hc
causing
hardworking /hdw.k/
doing a lot of work: chm ch
always
neat /nit/ tidy, with everything in its
place gn gng
talkative /t.k.tv/ talking a lot ni
nhiu
careless /ke.ls/ not taking or showing
enough care and attention : bt cn
lazy /le.zi/ not willing to work li
Messy /mes.i/ - dirty, untidy: ba bi,
bn thu
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nervous /n.vs/ worried and anxious: hay
lo lng bn chn
quiet /kwat/ making very little noise
serious /s.ri.s/ thoughtful in character
or manner nghim tc
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stubborn /stb.n/ someone who is
determined to do what he or she wants
and refuses to do anything else cng
u, bng bnh
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timid /tm.d/ shy and nervous; without
much confidence; easily frightened:
nht nht
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Activity 2
unimaginative /n.md..n.tv/ not
showing any imagination khng sng to
Asks Ss to work in pairs and do activity 1- A.
Tell them to ask-answer each other the complete
the task. Check with the whole class.
Work in pairs.
Asks Ss to work in groups (3-4) and do activity
1- D. Give them the model conversation.
Work in groups
Shows Ss the chart on page 11, ask them if they
know what it is. Tells them its an astrology
Read the chart and learn the
new vocabulary.
(/strldi chim tinh) chart its used to
determine peoples characteristics/personalities
and fate based on their birthday.
A: Asks Ss to read the chart and find out their
star sign as well as their characteristics
according to the star signs. Teach them the new
vocabulary.
Asks Ss to work in groups and ask/answer each
other questions (3-4). Gives them the model
conversation and model a conversation for
them.
B: Asks Ss to work in groups (different from the
previous group). Tells them to discuss their
ideas about the questions in the book.
Work in groups
