RW 2 Describing picture & people.MDI - Noel's ESL eBook Library

EXERCISE
BRAINSTORM
ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT
H. Organisation: Expanding your ideas
a. Look at these two paragraphs about
the woman in the picture.
1. This is a woman from Peru. Her life
has been very hard. She looks sad.
She is kind.
2. This is a woman, named Beatriz,
from Peru. She has many wrinkles
because her life has been very hard.
Her home was destroyed in a flood
last year, with the rest of her village.
Beatriz is poor, but she is kind to all
the children in the area - she always
gives them food if they are hungry.
Which paragraph do you like better? Why? Which paragraph tells you more about the woman?
When you write your own paragraph, remember to explain your ideas. If you say that someone is
shy, explain what they do to tell you they are shy. Extra details make your writing more interesting.
Look at paragraph 2 again. Where does the writer give examples? Can you find any extra details?
b. Think about the person in 1.14. What is their personality like?
Brainstorm adjectives and ways to describe the person.
I. On your own
a. Mind map. Think of the person you described in 1.14. Think about her/his personality.
Make a mind map to organise your ideas. Make sure that you can justify (give examples or
reasons for) all the adjectives and things you want to say.
Write a topic sentence for your paragraph. Now look back at your mind map. Are all of the ideas
relevant? Number the circles in your mind map, and cross out any ideas that are irrelevant.
b. Use your topic sentence and mind map, and write a second paragraph about someone you know.
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