Lesson Overview

This awesome ESL lesson plan on describing people is perfect for beginner ESL learners. It begins with an enjoyable warm-up vocabulary game. The following activity introduces students to words related to physical appearance.

Subsequently, learners explore how to describe a person's height, weight, and age using engaging activities and pictures. This is followed by the teaching of facial and hair descriptors, with ample practice opportunities provided. In the next section, students are taught how to describe clothing using the verb 'wear,' and multiple exercises are included.

The ESL lesson plan on describing people then incorporates a reading activity that contains comprehension questions. Here, students can apply their newly acquired language skills in a natural context. Finally, the lesson culminates in a 'showtime' activity where learners describe individuals they know using all the language they have acquired throughout the lesson.

Activity Layout:

1. Warm up
2. Describing people's vocabulary. 
3. Height, weight, age. 
4. Facial features. 
5. What people wear. 
6. Describing people: reading. 
7. Listening. 
8. Showtime. 

Homework

Included in this ESL lesson plan on describing people are three excellent homework exercises. In the lesson, students engage in a game of "Guess Who" where they read about six different people and answer questions about them. Next, students practice describing famous people, and the lesson concludes with students describing pictures.

Activity Layout:

1. Guess who 
2. Describe the pictures.
3. Describe the famous people.