Textbook p.

13 LEVEL 7

Lesson 2
Who do you admire most?

Unit 1 – Incredible people

Content

By the end of the lesson, pupils will have a good command of vocabulary
OBJECTIVES
related to personality adjectives and develop reading skills.

KEY LANGUAGE cheerful; laid-back; brave; active; charming; creative; talented;

positive

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Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading

Free talk Read the article Discussion

3 min 15min 7 min

Pre-reading
Free talk
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Last
Checklesson, we learned
the answer some
and memorize
personality
the adjectivesadjectives,
that you can you
are not
give some
familiar withexamples?

boring | caring | confident | cool

easy-going | friendly | funny
happy | intelligent | serious

For teacher See the speaker note for answer.

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Now, circle the adjectives to

describe the person you admire

boring | caring | confident | cool

easy-going | friendly | funny
happy | intelligent | serious
Our friends are talking about the people they admire most.
Let’s read the article together!
While-reading
Let’s read!
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she always stays positive about everything.

What does ‘positive' mean?

a positive
attitude
a positive
response

Meaning:

feeling enthusiastic and happy about your life and

your future
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Read and answer: Who do the respondent admire?

My cousin Renata is an amazing person. She’s 26 and she’s got a little

girl, Bruna, aged four. Her husband died three years ago, so she is
bringing Bruna up on her own. Renata lives in São Paulo, where she
works as a teacher. It’s hard work, but she’s always happy and smiling.
Renata’s a keen athlete, too – she’s a very good runner and she trains Juliana, 17
a lot. She’s already run two half marathons, but she hasn’t won a race
yet. She hopes to run a marathon one day. Her life isn’t easy, but she
always stays positive about everything.

Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false)

1 Renata’s got a daughter.

Renata works as a teacher. 2 Renata works as a sports trainer.
For teacher See the speaker note for answer.
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He's very charming.

What does ‘charming' mean?

charming wife
charming street

Meaning:

pleasant and attractive

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They tend to adopt an active lifestyle.

What does ‘active' mean?

physically
active
mentally active

Meaning:

doing a lot of things, or moving around a lot

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He is talented in math.

What does ‘talented' mean?

a talented
footballer
a talented pianist

Meaning:

Someone who is talented has a natural ability to

do something well.
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Read and answer: Who do the respondent admire?

There’s an elderly man who lives near us called Mr Ronay. He’s very
charming and I think he’s just incredible. He’s 85 and he has difficulty walking
now, but that doesn’t stop him being active and doing the thing he loves most:
playing the piano. He has always been a very talented performer. When he
was younger, he played concerts all over the world, but he can’t do that any
more. Now, he teaches the piano. He gives lessons at home, and he’s just Urgun, 16
started to give free lessons to neighbourhood kids.

Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false)

3 Mr Ronay helps children to learn the piano.

4 Mr Ronay played
plays concerts all over the world.

For teacher See the speaker note for answer.

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He's very creative.

What does ‘creative' mean?

creative
writing
creative people

Meaning:

producing or using original and unusual ideas

a famous actor
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Nothing worried him, he was really laid back.

What does ‘laid-back' mean?

a laid-back
style of
teaching laid-back attitude

Meaning:

very relaxed and not seeming worried about

anything, or causing people to feel this way
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Read and answer: Who do the respondent admire?

There’s a boy at my school called Deming. He’s 15 years old and he can
be quiet and shy, but he’s very interesting when you talk to him. He’s
also a wonderful artist with an amazing memory – he looks at a building
for just a few minutes, then goes away and paints it exactly as it is in real
life. He also paints things from his imagination. He’s very creative. He Li Ju, 16
has never studied art; he just knows how to draw and paint. He’s already
sold a lot of paintings, and he’s just won a place at an art school in
Beijing. But he’s very laid-back about the success he’s had.

Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false)

5 Deming has never had lessons in painting.

6 Deming is very good at drawing pictures.

For teacher See the speaker note for answer.
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It was a brave decision to climb the cliff.

What does ‘brave' mean?

a brave soldier
a brave decision

Meaning:

showing no fear of dangerous or difficult situations

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He's usually fairly cheerful.

What does ‘cheerful' mean?

in a cheerful
mood
stay cheerful

Meaning:

happy and positive

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Read and answer: Who do the respondent admire?

My best friend’s sister, Anna, is amazing. She’s 13 and she was born
with a serious heart problem. She’s already had about ten operations,
but she is incredibly brave. She knows that there will be more
operations, but she doesn’t complain and always seems so cheerful.
The problem makes her very weak, so she spends a lot of time in bed or
in a wheelchair. But she goes to school when she can, and when she Luigi, 15
can’t go to school, she studies in hospital or at home. She’s just had
another operation, but she’s also just passed all her exams!

Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false)

7 Anna’s got a problem with her heart.

Anna goes to school when she can. 8 Anna never goes to school.
For teacher See the speaker note for answer.
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Fill in the blank with the correct word.

cheerful laid-back brave active charming creative talented positive

cheerful today? Have you had some good news?

1. Why are you so ________
2. He stood up in the front of the whole school and read out his poem. He
brave
was really ______.
charming and it’s easy to see why she’s got so many friends.
3. She’s very _________
laid-back that some people think he’s a bit lazy.
4. He’s so _________
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Fill in the blank with the correct word.

cheerful laid-back brave active charming creative talented positive

talented dancer.
5. Have you seen him doing ballet? He really is a ___________
creative and come up
6. If you want to work in advertising, you need to be __________
with really good ideas.
active
7. My dad is really _________ around the house. He’s always cooking or fixing
things or working in the garden.
positive about the future.
8. He’s had a really difficult life but he’s really __________
Post-reading
Discussion
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Talk about the person you

admire most with adjectives
we learned this lesson

For teacher T has a short discussion with Ss.

 Recap
Let's have a brief review of what we've
learned today.
Recap

Topic People we admire

 Understand how to describe the people we admire by using personality adjectives

 Understand which kind of person can be amazing and incredible

Vocabulary cheerful; laid-back; brave; active; charming; creative; talented;

positive
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