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Level: A2b Pre-Intermediate 1Teacher: Deyle Yurley Laguado Carreño 

Worldwide Missionary Movement.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Name:__________________________________________ Date: ______________________ #4

UNIT 2: I’m an excellent writer, I always tell the details… 

Competence: I am able to find and provide basic information in a brochure. 

Lesson Objective:  I am able to write and understand a descriptive paragraph.

READING: Novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. 

When we were children, Hassan and I used to climb the poplar trees in the driveway o  f 

the father’s house and annoy the neighbors by reflecting sunlight into their homes with a

shard of mirror. We would sit across from each other on a pair of high branches, our naked 

 feet dangling, our trouser pockets filled with dried mulberries and walnuts. We took turns

with the mirror as we ate mulberries, pelted each other with them, giggling, laughing. I can

still see Hassan up on that tree, sunlight flickering through the leaves on his almost 

 perfectly round face, a face like a Chinese doll chiseled from hardwood: his flat, broad nose

and slanting, narrow eyes like bamboo leaves, eyes that looked, depending on

the light, gold, green, even sapphire. I can still see his tiny low-set ears and that 

 pointed stub of a chin, a meaty appendage that looked like it was added as a

mere afterthought. And the cleft lip, just off mid-line, where the Chinese doll 

maker’s instrument may have slipped, or perhaps he had simply grown tired 

and careless. (Exercise adapted from Greig, N. 2005. Playwriting: A Practical Guide. Great Britain: Routledge.. 44.) 

Exercise: While you are reading, look for key words or expressions and write them down. For the

time being, do not focus too much on the characters or the story, simply write down the words and

expressions that catch your eye. It does not matter is certain words or expressions occur more than

once, make sure you write them down each time.

Words: Look for the meaning of each new word:

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Expressions:

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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Level: A2b Pre-Intermediate 1Teacher: Deyle Yurley Laguado Carreño 

Worldwide Missionary Movement.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

GRAMMAR: When writing a descriptive text Descriptive, you will see that is all about diction and

figures of speech. The writer strives not only to portray as vivid an image as language can conjure up,

but also create sensations in the reader using as many senses as possible, including the reader’s 

emotions. With this style of writing showing the reader is more important than in any other style and

the use vivid diction and figures of speech is key to doing this.

1. Classifying the Text:

i. What is the style of the text? Descriptive

ii. What is the purpose of the text? To entertain the reader by describing something.

iii. What are the tone and register of the text?

iv. Who is the intended audience of the text? The examiner.

v. What are the topic and theme of the text?

2. Structure of the Text:

i. What is the aim of the text? To introduce the event, place or state that you are describing.

ii. What are the topic sentences? A sentence introducing each new group in your word bank.

iii. How should the main points be organized into a logical argument?

iv. Does the argument satisfy the thesis statement?

3. Language of the Text:

i. In what tense will the text be written? Past/ Present 

ii. In what person will the text be written? 3rd Person / 1st Person

iii. What types of sentence structure will contribute best to the tone and register of the text?

New concept: Word Banks are places where students can keep a list of words they have learned so

that they can refer to them as needed. Word Banks can be kept in journals or placed on index cards tobe used as flash cards. The index cards can also be placed on rings for organizational

purposes. Students should be expected to use the words in their writing and their speaking. 

WRITING: Write down in a descriptive way, the concept you have got from the country you choose in

the previous class, for you to catch your readers attention, don’t forget to use the beginning of your

own word bank. Choose an aspect of the country, and invite your reader to visit it.

Country: __________________________________________________________________________ Topic:

 ___________________________________________________________________________ 

 __ Invitation:

 ________________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________ 

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Level: A2b Pre-Intermediate 1Teacher: Deyle Yurley Laguado Carreño 

Worldwide Missionary Movement.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

 ________________________________________________________________  ___________________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________ 

 ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________ 

LISTENING:  Watch the videos and evaluate your own presentation, remember to write down the new

vocabulary and the aspects you would like to take into account for you to improve your writing.

Descriptive Tex (Video 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_IID2i5lJg 

 ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________ 

 ________ 

Descriptive Tex (Video 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igXyo4OKvcM 

 ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________ 

 ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________ 

Creating a brochure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMSNfuiIK0Y 

 ___________________________________________________________________________  ________ 

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Level: A2b Pre-Intermediate 1Teacher: Deyle Yurley Laguado Carreño 

Worldwide Missionary Movement.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

 ________________________________________________________________  ___________________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________ 

 ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________  ___________________________________________________________________________  ________ 

VOCABULARY:ADJECTIVES

Polluted /pəˈluːted/  Clean /kliːn/  Noisy /ˈnɔɪzi/ Calm /kɑːm/  Quiet /ˈkwaɪət/

NOUNS 

Rock /rɑːk /  City / ˈsɪti/ Town /taʊn/ 

Village / ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ Traffic / ˈtræfɪk/ Building / ˈbɪldɪŋ/ 

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Level: A2b Pre-Intermediate 1Teacher: Deyle Yurley Laguado Carreño 

Worldwide Missionary Movement.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

VERBS Caught /bled/  Chosen /bləʊn/  Heard / ˈbrəʊkən/ 

Hidden /brɔːt/  Hit /bɪlt/ Hurt /bɜːrst /  Held /bɜːrnt / 

Countries and Nationalities

Country  Nationality Language Definition

Surinam /'sʊrɪnɑ:m/  Surinamer or Surinamese

Dutch

/dʌt ʃ / 

Definition: The capitalof 

Qatar is Doha 

Sentence: The capital of 

Qatar is Doha. 

Spain /speɪn/  Spanish / ˈspænɪʃ  

Spanish 

/ ˈspænɪʃ  

Definition: The capital f 

Qatar is Doha 

Sentence: The capital of Qatar is Doha. 

Sweden / ˈswiːdnʲ/ 

Sudanese / ˈsuːdnʲˈiːz / 

Swedish

/ ˈswiːdɪʃ / 

Definition: The capital

of 

Qatar is Doha 

Sentence: The capital of 

Catch Choose Hear

Hit Hold

Hide

Hurt

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Level: A2b Pre-Intermediate 1Teacher: Deyle Yurley Laguado Carreño 

Worldwide Missionary Movement.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Qatar is Doha. 

United States of America

(USA) – US /jʊ:es'eɪ/ 

American

/əˈmerəkən /

English

/ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ 

Definition: The capital

of 

Qatar is Doha 

Sentence: The capital of 

Qatar is Doha. 

EXERCISE: Write down the definition and sentence example you hear from the played audio files.

HOMEWORK:Check everything you have seen, be ready for Unit 2´s test, if you do not understand a topic, do not

hesitate to contact your teacher, or to ask for help, from one of your classmates, and remember to do

the extra-activities, for you to best understand the topics seen up to now.

EXTRA-ACTIVITES:1. If you are not sure about how to make your own word bank, then visit this website and you will find a good

example. http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2009/12/15/winter-word-bank-word-list/ 

2. For you to create your own word bank you could use this tutorial: 

http://www.eastsideliteracy.org/tutorsupport/RW/RW_WordBank.htm 

3.  Remember to check the pronunciation of the vocabulary studied so far in these links presented:http://www.spellingcity.com/Deyle/,  http://www.vocabulary.com/profiles/B1AJTOESQITIM1, 

http://quizlet.com/Deyle