This comprehensive lesson covers adjective sentence patterns and suffixes, participial adjectives, multiple adjective order and punctuation, and hyphens in multiple-word adjectives. Note that in its entirety, this lesson is suitable for low-intermediate to intermediate learners. If you teach beginners, you may want to limit this lesson to pages 2–3 of the Grammar Notes and exercises 1–4 on pages 9–12.

Adjectives

Students learn vocabulary associated with clothing and accessories. They practice describing clothing through various writing and speaking activities.

Clothing

Descriptive Adjectives

In this lesson, students review words and sentence structure used for describing people, including physical appearance and other personality and character traits. They also practice using and identifying adjectives and adverbs. 

Note: The digital version of this lesson has different assessment tasks: listening (with video) and speaking. You can create your own assessment tool by downloading the [Shared Criteria for Success] (https://esllibrary.com/resource_categories/104/resources/2352) and editing the fields as required.

Describing People

Students learn vocabulary associated with sickness and injuries through individual, pair, and group activities. They also practice the past tense through various writing and speaking exercises.

Health

Illness & Injury

The aim of this lesson is for students to learn how to express basic injuries using the simple past tense.  

What Happened?

Students learn common vocabulary and expressions doctors use when giving instructions at a doctor's office. Includes listening practice that can be used for assessment purposes.

Following the Doctor's Instructions

This mid-course assessment for Ellii Up L covers adjectives, clothing vocabulary, describing people, and illness and injuries.

Mid-Course Assessment 

The aim of this lesson is to introduce students to the simple past.

What Did You Do Last Night? (Regular Verbs)

In this lesson, students review words and sentence structure used for describing past experiences in small talk situations. They also practice using and identifying positive and negative adjectives. 

Describing Experiences

In this lesson, students read five travel stories that use the simple past in context. They answer comprehension questions and write two paragraphs of their own using the simple past.

/ɪ/

What does Jin put in her little tin? And what does _her twin_ want to put in? Students practice reading and reproducing words with the /ɪ/ (short i) sound.

Jin's Tin

In this lesson, students learn how to write a basic paragraph from a template. Students learn about the main components of a stand-alone paragraph and practice writing one of their own. 

How to Build a Paragraph

This final assessment for Ellii Up L covers the simple past tense, describing experiences, and the pronunciation of /ɪ/ and /i/.

Final Assessment 

High-beginner students expand their descriptive language skills in this course focused on people, experiences, and everyday life. Learners review the simple past and practice using adjectives to talk about health, clothing, and personal experiences.