Adjectives and Face for ESL

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                         Here are 28 face cards for description.

An example on how to use them for speaking.

Teacher: What number is this ?

Student: Three.

Teacher: Who is she ?

Student: Ann.

Teacher: What color is her hair ?

Student: orange.

Teacher: What color are her eyes ?

Student: green.

Teacher: Ann has orange hair and green eyes.

Students: Sig has brown hair and brown eyes.

Place these two flashcards on a small board to present the order of the adjectives to describe the hair. Use a different marker or chalk for each set of words.

Point to both hair and ask questions.

 Teacher: Look at Kelly. What color is her hair ?

Student: black. The teacher writes the word black. Do the same for Felicia.

Teacher: Look at Felicia. Her hair is long. The teacher writes the word long and trace her long hair. Do the same for Kelly.

Teacher: Look at Kelly. Her hair is curly. The teacher writes the word curly and trace her curly hair. Do the same for Felicia.

Describe Kelly’s hair and then have the students describe Felicia’s. Remember the order: length, type of hair, color.

Teacher: Kelly has short curly black hair.

Teacher: Felicia has long straight blonde hair.

Place the people flashcards on a board. Have the students sort the flashcards into hair color, length and type of hair. Use this opportunity to introduce two more adjectives: handsome for men and pretty for women. 

The students can describe each flashcard after downloading them on the tablet or any other electronic device. Watch the video:

Play Who am I ? Game.

Student 1: Is it a man or a woman?

Teacher: It’s a man.

Student 1: Does he have black hair?

Teacher: No, he doesn’t.

Student 1: Does he have short hair?

Teacher: Yes, he does.

Student 1: Is it C3?

Teacher: Yes, it is!  

Graph the students in class. 

Have the students ask questions to their classmates using the card. 

                   Then make a big graph on the board using the flashcards.

            Scrabble. Have the students make a scrabble puzzle of the adjective words.

                             

                              Just a few more flashcards: happy-sad, young-old.

Check an old blog post related to this resource for more ideas and activities for this same resource. LINK: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2015/10/adjectives-for-elementary-ell.html

                          

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Family adjectives and body parts for ESL

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Adjectives can be used for describing the family members, but let’s start with young and old. Contrast the youngest and the oldest of this family, the babies and the grandparents.

Teacher: Who is she ?

Students: The baby !

Teacher: She is young!

Teacher: Who is she ?

Students: Grandma !

Teacher: She is old!

Sort the flashcards as young or old.

Teacher: Point to the brother. Is he young or old?

Students: Young ! He is young.

Teacher: Who is the oldest?

Students: Grandpa is the oldest.

Teacher: Who is the youngest?

Students: The baby is the youngest.

Teacher: Who is the older, Mother or sister?

Students: Mother is the older.

Teacher: Who is the younger, father or brother?

Students: Brother is younger.

More adjectives can be introduced related to the hair, such as long-short, curly-straight, and color. State that for describing hair it is length, style and color. Play as a game by drawing a grid on the board and placing the flashcards in random order.

First ask questions.

Teacher: Look at A3! Who is she?

Students: Grandma!

Teacher: What color is her hair?

Students: gray.

Teacher: Is her hair long or short?

Students: short.

Teacher:  Grandma has short gray hair.

Then, say a letter and number combination and have students say the adjectives.

Teacher: B2!

Students: Cousin! Short straight black hair.

Or try the opposite.

Teacher: short straight and blond hair

Students: C2!

Then, do the male hair which is easier.

Teacher: Who is Number 3?

Students: Brother!

Teacher: Tell me about his hair.

Students: He has short straight blond hair.

Teacher: Guess! He has short curly gray hair

Students: Grandpa!

Sort the family members in tall and short.

Teacher: Who is tall?

Students: Father! Mother! Grandma! Grandpa! Uncle! Aunt!

Teacher: Who is short?

Students: the babies! The cousins! Brother and sister!

Have the students order the family members from the tallest to the shortest.

Ask questions.

Teacher: Who is the tallest?

Students: father!

Teacher: Who is the shortest?

Students: the baby brother!

Teacher: Who is taller, the brother or the sister?

Students: the brother!

Teacher: Who is shorter, mother or grandma?

Students: grandma!

Looking at all the flashcards together. I thought of reviewing this and these would be good. Model sentences.

Teacher: This is the sister.

Students: This is the uncle.

Teacher: These are the grandmas.

Students: These are the cousins.

Review body parts using the flashcards and worksheets.

Here is a set of worksheets to review the facial features of the family members suing adjectives. They can be used to complete as you dictate, the students can complete and then present to the class as a speaking opportunity.

Make the students use the adjectives big or small to complete the family member’s faces.

Teacher: Sister has small green eyes, a big nose, a small mouth and big ears. Her hair is short curly and blond.

More Worksheets to review adjectives for describing hair.

Play Guess WHO ? game. Give the template to a pair of students. Have them color the hair and/or eyes. Student 1 will ask the questions and student 2 will pick a family member to be guessed.

Student1: Does the person have brown hair?

Student 2: Yes!

 Student1: Does the person have straight hair?

Student 2: NO!

Student1: Does the person have curly hair?

Student 2: Yes!

Student1: Does the person have short or long hair?

Student 2: long!

Student1: Is it the aunt?

Student 2: Yes!

Play BINGO! I made a Bingo worksheet. Have the students color in any way they want, that will be the Bingo sheet. The Bingo cards are for you, color them like mine. Place them in a bag and start calling bingo.

Teacher: Sister has blond hair.

The students that have the sister with blond hair can cross her hair out.

The winner is the one that crosses out all the hair and eyes from these three family members.

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Family member’s name, face and emotions for ESL

This is the second part of the family unit resource. All will be one product. LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Flashcards-worksheets-and-more-for-Elementary-ESL-students-4841832

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Family members have a name.Use the possessive adjectives to introduce them.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: Mother!

Teacher: What’s the mother’s name?

Students: Patricia. Her name is Patricia.

Continue with all the family members.

Family members have facial features. 

Use the flashcards to describe the parts of the face.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: Mother!

Teacher: Look at the mother! She has curly black hair. She has black eyes.

                      

Insert each flashcard into a clear plastic sheet and using dry erase markers have the students label the facial features.

Students will understand how to use adjectives to express emotions.

I made a set of worksheets that can be done in a group to color in the facial features and the emotions. Each student can do one family member and then present to the class.

Or, they can exchange with other students in the group and read. The teacher can start a question and answer session.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: The aunt!

Teacher: What’s her name?

Students: Her name is Lucy.

Teacher: Does she have brown hair?

Students: Yes, she does!

Teacher: Does she have blue eyes?

Students: No, she doesn’t. She has green eyes.

Teacher: Is she happy or sad?

Students: She is happy!

I also added a smaller set just in case you needed it.

After the little faces are done, you can sort the family members by hair color.

                                          

                                     Or sort by eye color.

Family Unit Pocket charts can be used for reading purpose and have them work in pairs to complete the reading task.Use these to ask yes/no questions: Is this Father?

If you do not have a pocket chart, try making the sentences on the desk or a mat.

Make it fun to read using a pointer. I had this old one from the Dollar Tree store.

I found these dry erase cutouts and use it for writing the sentences in the pocket charts.

                       

You can make your own sentences for the pocket charts. I used these strips that I had from the Dollar Store.

Or cut the words and have the students make the sentences.

To end this part of the Family Unit I made a game board.

The golf balls are the markers for each student, I placed a clip behind each ball. The cards are light green (female) or dark green (male) depending if landing on the dark or green part of the game board. Students move along the board as they answer the questions correctly.

               This resource is part of the Family Unit BUNDLE:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6704385

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