Describing someone who inspires you: a magazine article
Jake describes his 72-year-old grandmother, a marathon runner. Students study appearance and personality language and write about someone who inspires them.
B1Teens45 minArticle
About this lesson
A B1 writing lesson (article). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Article
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Describing people
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Word order, Table to fill in
- Key words
- slim, determined, patient, generous, encourage, give up, challenge, finish line
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand how an article describes a person's appearance and personality
- Support personality adjectives with examples
- Write a 130–150 word article describing a person who inspires you