Unit 11 - Describing Personal Qualities

Qualities associated with Animals:

MULE                         OWL

LION                           FOX

PEACOCK                  KOALA

TURKEY                     CHIHUAHUA

SLOTH                       BEAVER

Qualities associated with the Wizard of Oz characters:

TIN MAN

SCARECROW

COWARDLY LION

MUNCHKINS

WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST

GLENDA, THE GOOD WITCH

DOROTHY

TOTO

Contrast:

HARE                                  TORTOISE

DUMBO                               MOUSE

LADY        and the              TRAMP

BARON VON TRAPP           MARIA   (SOUND OF MUSIC)

POODLE                             COCKER SPANIEL

CAT                                     DOG

GENTLEMAN                      PUNK

LIZ TAYLOR                       JANE DOE

HOMELESS                        MILLIONAIRE

"OPPOSITES ATTRACT"

Goals :   Signers A/B take turns (memorize partner's info!)
           :   Contrast 2 family members (can be actual or fictional qualities)
           :   Possessive pronouns (HIS/HER)
             

Note:  Use the phrase NOT + (ADJECTIVE) for signs that do not have exact  opposites i.e. NOT+STUBBORN, NOT+SHY

MY     FATHER   INDEX  (adjective) ,       MY    MOTHER  INDEX (adjective)
           AUNT                                                              UNCLE
           SISTER                                                           BROTHER
           GRANDMOTHER                                            GRANDPA                         
        

1. Signer A repeats Signer B's information
  

2. Signer B corrects or confirms.
 

3. Signer B repeats Signer A's information.
 

4. Signer A corrects or confirms.

"THAT'S NOT WHO I AM!"

DIALOGUE FORMAT: (work in groups of 3 - 4) - take turns and practice
                        various personal qualities vocabulary, topicalization and
                        Yes-No facial grammar.

SIGNER A:   TELLS SIGNER B ABOUT SIGNER C

SIGNER B:   REPEATS STATEMENT TO C, ASKS IF TRUE

SIGNER C:   CONTRADICTS STATEMENT

EXAMPLE: 

SIGNER A:  IX "student C" RICH "wow"

SIGNER B:  IX "student A" TELL-me YOU RICH.   TRUE/REAL???

SIGNER C:  (TO A)   PEOPLE THINK ME RICH
                                           BUT TRUE/REAL ME POOR!