A Useless Lesson

Super Kids 6, Unit 2: Lost in Hawaii
Peter is at the airport and can't find his sister. A man helping asks, "What is she wearing?" and "What does she look like?"


The goal of this lesson is to get the students to be able to ask and answer both of those questions, while also using objective and subjective pronouns (He is taller than her. She is shorter than him.)

The vocabulary: long blond hair, short brown hair, straight black hair, curly red hair.
(She has long blond hair and blue eyes.)

Easy enough, right? I had some great ideas for activities, like bring in some magazines and let the students go through and describe the people in the ads.

See the problem yet?

I stood there in 7-Eleven staring at the magazine rack after flipping through about 8 magazines, picturing how my activity was going to pan out... He has straight black hair and black eyes. She has straight black hair and black eyes. She has straight black hair and black eyes...

I'm just sayin...