Střední odborná škola a Střední odborné učiliště, Vocelova 1338 Hradec Králové Registrační číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0245 Číslo DUM: VY_32_INOVACE_04_C_05 Tematická oblast: Writing and Communication in English Téma: Writing a Personal Characteristic Autor: PhDr. Anna Štiplová Datum vytvoření: Duben 2013

Anotace: Anotace Metodický pokyn Didaktický učební materiál je určen pro žáky 4. ročníku maturitních oborů SOŠ. Shrnuje typické znaky tohoto slohového útvaru, uvádí jeho osnovu, vhodnou slovní zásobu a gramatické jevy. Materiál inovuje výuku využitím interaktivní tabule – žáci mohou doplňovat tvary. Metodický pokyn Materiál je určen k osvojování a procvičování učiva, je vhodný pro práci s celou třídou.

TYPICAL FEATURES When describing a person, we talk about: why we describe the person his / her physical appearance character hobbies / interests our relation to the person We start a new paragraph for each topic

PLAN HEADLINE INTRODUCTION Paragraph 1: name of the person, where / when you met him / her, job your relation to the person MAIN BODY Paragraph 2: appearance, clothes Paragraph 3: character (what he/she is like, with justification)

PLAN Paragraph 4: hobbies/interests (activities he enjoys doing/doesn´t enjoy doing) CONCLUSION Paragraph 5: final comments (say whether you like him/her or not and what you think of him/her)

VOCABULARY NEUTRAL / SEMIFORMAL LANGUAGE USE ADJECTIVES: APPEARANCE: tall / small, well-built, tanned smooth (face), blue eyes, brown / fairy / …. hair starting to turn grey, … SPECIAL FEATURES: moustache, freckles, … CHARACTER: private, caring, reserved, talkative, quiet, … USE PHRASES: HOBBIES: likes working with his hands, … INTERESTS: works with …

VOCABULARY USING A VARIETY OF ADJECTIVES: POSITIVE: NEGATIVE: BE CAREFUL ABOUT NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES TRY TO EXPRESS THE QUALITIES IN A MORE POLITE WAY RELIABLE, OPTIMISTIC. SOCIABLE, GENEROUS, HARD-WORKING,CHEERFUL UNRELIABLE, PESSIMISTIC, SHY, MEAN, LAZY, SAD

VOCABULARY EXPRESS THE BAD QUALITIES IN A MORE POLITE WAY: STUPID SMALL BORING CHEAP RUDE NOT VERY CLEVER NOT VERY TALL NOT VERY INTERESTING NOT VERY EXPENSIVE NOT VERY POLITE

GRAMMAR MODAL VERBS COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES SIMPLE COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES MULTIPLE CONSTITUENTS OF A SENTENCE – USING LINKING WORDS

EXERCISES USE LINKING WORDS IN THESE SENTENCES: Lucy is a pretty girl in her early teens. …….. is tall …… slim, …… fair hair, bright blue eyes …… a small, upturned nose. Her husband, …… in his thirties, is a tall, well-built man ….. brown eyes, ………. a straight nose ….. a moustache. SHE AND WITH AND WHO WITH AS WELL AS WITH

TASK WRITE A DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS OR RELATIVES INCLUDE THESE POINTS: Your relation to the person Your opinion of him / her Physical description His / her character, likes and dislikes Your opinion about the person

Použité zdroje: EVANS, Virginia a Jenny DOOLEY. Reading and Writing Targets: Student´s Book. Sixth edition. Great Britain: Express Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1- 903128-86-2. Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Dr. Anna Štiplová.