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The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching students character words by having them identify their zodiac signs and the personality traits associated with their signs. It involves students determining which traits apply to themselves, sharing with peers about their signs, and collaborating in groups to choose words to describe people. The goal is for students to better understand character words by relating them to astrological signs and personalities.
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- 1. Teaching Character Words by Using Zodiac Signs Mei-hsiu Lai laimichelle2006 (at)dlit.edu.tw De Lin Institute of Technology (Tucheng, Taiwan)
- 2. Introduction Teaching character words is always a challenging task for teachers because these words are abstract; that is, they exist in our thoughts or ideas but do not have a physical or practical existence. It is not fun or wise for teachers to present students with a long list of character words and ask them to memorize them and wait for a quiz. Diligent students do take a lot of time and efforts to put them into their memory but forget them in a really short time. Working with prepared activities provides students with very good opportunities to expand their knowledge of character words and meanings
- 3. Step 1. Prepare a handout of Zodiac-sign descriptions like the following. Step 2. Find out which sign of the zodiac students were born under. Step 3. Do you agree or do you disagree with these personality description words? Step 4. Share with Peers (1)
- 4. Step 5. Share with Peers (2) Step 6. Share with Peers (3) Step 7. Collaboration Task (1) Step 8. Collaboration Task (2) Step 9. Follow–up Homework: Personality Profile
- 5. Teaching Character Words by Using Zodiac Signs Mei-hsiu Lai Unit: Myself Topic: Personality Tralts Sub topic: Personality Characteristics Mattayomsuksa 1
- 10. Structure Personal Adjective Subject + verb to be + adjective
- 11. An adjective is a word which qualifies a noun, that is, shows or points out some distinguishing mark or feature of the noun. Glancing at the following list of personality adjectives clarifies the meaning and function of other Descriptive adjectives can be divided into different categories such as colors, sizes, sound, taste, touch, shapes, qualities, time, ages and also personality adjectives.
- 12. For example Subject adjective I am dependable. verb to be
- 13. Subject They are generous. adjective verb to be
- 14. Subject verb to be He is creative. adjective Subject She is curious. adjective verb to be
- 16. Character Words Step 1 Find out which sign of the zodiac you were born under. Q1. I was born on ___________ (birth date). Q2. I am a/an ______________ (sign).
- 17. Step 2 Do you agree or do you disagree with these personality description words? Q3. Which two traits do you think are true about you? List a reason for each. (1) I am __________. Reason:_____________________________________. (2) I am __________. Reason:_____________________________________. (Sample Answer: I am creative. I hate old and repeated stuff. I love everything presented in its unique and fresh style.) Q4. Which two traits about you do you think are false? List a reason for each. (1) I am not __________. Reason:__________________________________________. (2) I am not __________. Reason:__________________________________________. (Sample Answer: I am not tense. I always feel relaxed in my daily life.)
- 18. Step 3 Share with Peers - Work in pair. - Don’t pair up with the same signs. - Introduce the characteristics of your own sign to their partners.
- 19. Step 4 Collaboration Task - Make a group of 4 people. - Choose five character words to portray a teacher, a celebrity, or a person known by all classmates. - Tell the whole class why they choose these five words to describe the target person.
- 20. Step 5 Follow–up Homework: Personality Profile - Choose a member of your family. - Categorize character words to describe this family member.
- 21. The example of personal profile Personality Profile of My Sister How would you describe your sister in terms of: (a) ability: sharp and talented (b) attitudes toward study/work: devoted and reliable (c) attitudes toward life: optimistic and calm (d) attitudes toward people: sociable and patient