Pedagogical Activity 2

1. PRE-SPEAKING
1.1 . Personality traits and family vocabulary building

NAME: _________________________________ DATE: ________________

You already know about Sami and Amaru: their personal information, favorite places,
fears, fun facts, dreams and some of the things they like to do. Now it is time to talk about
personality and who you live with.

Think about the people you live with, including yourself. Who is more likely to be nice,
mean, happy, sad, smart, active, talkative or shy? What situations show this personality
trait? Use only words to fill out the chart. Use a bilingual dictionary when you need to. Here
is an example about how to fill out the chart:
Personality trait and synonyms Who in my family? What situations?
Synonyms for Nice My mother Help people
My father Meet new people
Helpful
My aunt Listen to me
Friendly

Kindhearted

Compassionate

Pleasant

Thoughtful

Agreeable

courteous

Personality trait and Who in my family? What situations?

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 synonyms
Synonyms for Nice

Helpful

Friendly

Kindhearted

Compassionate

Pleasant

Thoughtful

Agreeable

courteous

Synonyms for Mean

Wicked

Rude

Thoughtless

Impolite

Cruel

Hateful

Unfriendly

unkind

Synonyms for Happy

Cheerful

Joyful

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 Excited

Satisfied

Content

Delighted

Pleased

glad

Synonyms for Sad

Depressed

Serious

Gloomy

Miserable

Unhappy

Discouraged

Sorrowful

mournful

Synonyms for Smart

Intelligent

Brilliant

Clever

Bright

Skillful

Wise

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 brainy

Synonyms for Active

Athletic

energetic

Synonyms for Talkative

Chatty

communicative

Synonyms for Shy

Bashful

quiet

Let’s discuss in pairs. Then, be ready to share your ideas with the whole class:

a. Are some of these traits commonly associated to women or men?

b. Which of these personality traits would you “assign” to Sami and Amaru (see
pedagogical activity 1)? Why?

c. How do these personality traits define our identity?

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 1.2 Sentence building

NAME: _________________________________ DATE: ________________

Now that you reflected on your family’s and your own personality traits, it is time to build
the sentences so that you can express your ideas about this topic in a more elaborate
way. Use the chart you filled out in order to describe two of your relative’s personality traits
and yourself. Here is an example of how to do it, notice the changes in the words to make
the sentence grammatically correct. Complete the second example:
Personality trait and synonyms Who in my family? What situations?
Synonyms for Nice My mother Help people
My father Meet new people
Helpful
My aunt Listen to me

Friendly

Kindhearted

Compassionate

Pleasant

Thoughtful

Agreeable

courteous

Example 1: My mother is very helpful and kindhearted when she helps people in need
because she likes everyone to be happy. However, she can be cruel when she sees
injustice because she hates inequity.

Example 2: My aunt is very friendly and courteous when she meets new people because
she likes to give good impressions. But, she is also
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Relative 1: ________________________________________________________
Relative 2: ________________________________________________________

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Yourself: _________________________________________________________

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2 WHILE-SPEAKING
2.1 . Board game about personal information, family members, likes and
personality

NAME: _________________________________ DATE: __________

Time to speak! You need one dice for this activity. The first roll determines the number on
top. The second roll determines the number on the left. Talk about the topic for one
minute. Your classmates can ask follow up questions when necessary. Take notes so that
you get to know your classmates better!

1 2 3 4

WHO IN THIS
HOW DO YOU CLASSROOM
ASK ANY WHAT IS YOUR
1 DESCRIBE HAS AN
QUESTION! MOTHER LIKE?
YOURSELF? INTERESTING
PERSONALITY?

DESCRIBE
TALK ABOUT
WHO DO YOU LIVE ASK ANY YOUR
2 SOMETHING YOU
WITH? QUESTION! TEACHER’S
ARE GOOD AT
PERSONALITY

TALK ABOUT
ARE FEMALE
ONE PERSON
TALK ABOUT WHO IS IN YOUR AND MALE
3 YOU DO NOT
YOURSELF CLOSE FAMILY? PERSONALITIES
ADMIRE FOR 1
DIFFERENT?
MINUTE

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 WHAT MAKES
DESCRIBE YOUR YOU CAN BE
SOMEONE NOT ASK ANY
4 HERO’S ASKED ANY
INTERESTING TO QUESTION!
PERSONALITY QUESTION
MEET?

Interesting aspects about my classmates:

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Reflect:
1. Are personality traits related to specific cultures?
2. How would you define Colombians?
3. How do people from other countries define Colombians? Is that a fair
representation of what we are?

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 2.2 . Speaking cards – Role plays

NAME: _________________________________ DATE: ____________

Time to keep speaking! Your teacher will assign you one of the following profiles.
You will be asked to start a conversation taking the role in the card with another
classmate. Provide information about yourself, your family, what you like and your
personality based on the information in the card. Feel free to add any piece of
information you consider relevant.
Discuss the following questions after introducing yourselves by impersonating the
character assigned:
1. Would you get along well?
2. What types of personality would rather be more compatible?

STUDENT A:
Country: Venezuela
Age:15
Personality: shy, intelligent, dedicated,
sometimes depressed
Interests: computers, numbers, nature,
recycling
Family: only mother here / the rest of the
family is in Venezuela
3. What type of difficulties does each person would encounter? In what
situations?

STUDENT B:
Country: United Stated
Age:12
Personality: outgoing, talkative,
annoying sometimes

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 Interests: fashion, electronics, food,
history
Family: mom and dad

STUDENT C:
Country: Colombia
Age:13
Personality: tricky,
Interests: animals, school, education,
social justice
Family: mother, father, three siblings, and
30 members of an extended family

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 3 POST-SPEAKING (Outcome pedagogical activity 2 – 7.5%)

NAME: _________________________________ DATE: ________________

Write the second and final part of the script (minimum 15 more lines). Use the
information learned throughout the activities. Make sure you include: information
about who you live with and personality traits. Now, you will be ready to do your
presentation about the character of the week! It will be just a matter of practicing
pronunciation, creating your poster and presenting in front of an audience. Here
are some tips that can help:

Tips for oral presentations

You will surely make the best “Character of the week” after this second pedagogical
activity. Now, you have more information to share and about which your classmates can
get to know you better.
- Have your script on time so that your teacher can provide feedback
- Ask about or look for pronunciation that you are not sure about
- Practice in front of a mirror so that you see how you do it
- Time yourself! Then, adjust the script accordingly (do you have to add more
information? Do you have to reduce it?)
- Practice in front of some of your classmates so that they can provide feedback
- Use the poster as a visual aid, not as the place where you will read from

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