EFL Interdisciplinary Projects/Basic Reading and Writing

Who are we?
The following activities as exploration of a given list of adjectives to describe personality.

Physical description of the group members.
Create your picture factfile and post on the comments of the next link. Follow the model there for your text. Write a short description both physical and psychological. You can post them on the link below with other students and check what they did.

Activity: Picture with personal description.

Discussion about the qualities that best describe each person of the group.
Can you tell about a person’s personality just by a photo? Pick up some of your collegues Facebook pics and try to describe what the photo says about them.

Post your photo and comment on any other student's

What is attractive for you?
Question for discussion in Whatsapp or Facabook.

What characteristics are attractive in your opinion?

Write a poem comparing yourself with something you like
Pick you favorite color, fruit, food, animal and say why you like them. Then use those sentences to make poetry to describe yourself.

I am red.

It is energetic, lively and hot.

I am a cat.

It is careful, honest and friendly.

Look for metaphors to describe the personality of the group members.
Many songs use metaphors/similes, use this ideas to create metaphors for you.

Strong as a bull. Solid as a rock. Free as a bird. Easy like Sunday morning. Easy as the breeze. My heart is like an open highway. You lived your life like a candle in the wind Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone

Write your short biography
Make friends with other students in the school’s page, post your activities to Facebook.

Write your short biography talking about your likes and activities and about your family.

My short bio on Facebook

With a little help from my friends
Support material:

Casper The Friendly Ghost - There's Good Boos Tonight


 * What are the characteristics of a friend?

"adorable, animated, confindent, generous, happy, gentle, loyal, humane, responsible, sincere, good, trusting, honest, precious, intelligent, careful, conspicuous, sympathetic, smart, funny, thankful, gracious, friendly, heroic, cooperative, mature, original, sociable, observant, sense of humor, just. (Gustavo, Larissa, Tiago, Matheus)"


 * What are your characteristics?

Gustavo: happy, gentle, humane, intelling, funny, friendly, sense of humor, just.

Tiago: generous, funny, observant, sense of humor, just, good, humane.

Matheus:good, responsable, funny, sense of humor, friendly, humane, happy.

Larissa: sociable, cooperative, friendly, conspicuous, careful, honest, responsable, humane, confident.


 * Am I my best friend?

"For me to be my best friend is hard but not impossible."


 * Do you want to be your best friend?