Exercise 1:

Read the headings (a-c) with the class and have students predict the order of the topics in an essay.

Students work individually, reading the description and matching the headings and paragraphs.

Answers：

1 b 2 a 3 c

Exercise 2:

Students work in pairs, reading the text and answering the questions.

Check students' answers and have them read out the section of the text which gives the important information.

Answers：

1 She's has got short, grey hair and clear brown eyes. She is quite short and a bit thin. She seldom wears make-up.

2 She likes children and animals, especially dogs.

3 She's cheerful, generous and helpful.

Stage 1

Each student decides who to write about. Tell them it can be a person they know or someone famous.

Stage 2

Read through the notes with the whole class. Draw students' attention to the layout of the diagram and the sub-headings for each topic.

Refer students to Writing Help 1 for useful vocabulary for describing people.

Students work individually making notes of a person they are going to write about.

Stage 3

Refer students back to the text about Alice to remind them of the content of the three paragraphs.

Students write three paragraphs about their person, using the guidance on layout and linking in Writing Help 1.

Stage 4