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PowerPoint Lesson: Describing people

This lesson will introduce some of the words used with the verb "ser" to describe people's characteristics. Celebrities will be used as examples to gain students' interest and give them a common topic to talk about. Also, because they will be associating Spanish words with qualities of well-known people, it will avoid the necessity to translate words directly. There will be many examples used as well as an opportunity for review of gender/number matching and applying the words to people in the class.

Standards addressed:

1. Teacher will introduce slideshow and go through each slide containing a new word step by step, calling on class members to read aloud. This will keep the students more actively listening if there is a chance they will get called on. 2. After a word has been introduced, the teacher will ask a volunteer for a translation into English to check the class's understanding. 3. After each new word, the presentation will prompt students to say who in the class is blonde, brunette, tall, short, etc. The teacher will prompt students to identify classmate's characteristics. 4. After all words have been introduced, the teacher will evaluate based on the class's understanding if any repetition is necessary. When review is over, the slideshow will prompt the students to identify the characteristic of a celebrity out of a choice of two words. 5. Students will then be asked to decide if a celebrity is funny, smart, intelligent, and the teacher will encourage students to say why or challenge the opinion. 6. Next, the students will look at a list of all the learned words, and think of their own ideas for people that correspond with the adjectives.