Describing People you Admire

Lets start by looking at some vocabulary that can be used to describe someone:

Vocabulary Exercises

reliable patient confident clever
selfish calm lazy talented
kind difficult sensible friendly
intelligent honest stupid shy

Divide the adjective into positive adjectives and negative adjectives

Complete the worksheet below:  Language Development Unit 9 (Reading & writing)-1vwhyrv

Critical thinking (Preparation for writing assignment)

Look at the table below copy it into a word processing app like pages or word. Write the names of three people that you admire in each category

Person 1 Person 2 Person 3
Sports Player
Musician
Business People
Friends
Family

Remember to save the names because you are going to need it for another exercise

Using the padlet like below try to think of reasons why someone would admire somebody:

https://padlet.com/philipgelwell/gkmz8ul2c68g

Pre-Writing Task 

Using one person from the list that you created previously of people you admire use  word or pages to write a list of reasons why you admire that person. Share your ideas with the rest of the class.

Writing Task : 

Write a 150 word essay describing a person that you admire . Giving reason why you admire this person person and what this person has done.. Remember that your essay should include a body and a conclusion.

Please use the provided line paper and submit your essay to me by the end of the period.

 

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