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1E Zodiac personalityAims To recycle adjectives of personality from Lesson E and the unit. To encourage students to express their opinion.Time 15 minutesMaterials 1 handout for each student• Before distributing the handout, ask students if they think
personalities can be determined by date of birth and what they know about zodiac signs and personality.
• Give each student a copy of the handout and focus on the adjectives of personality in the right-hand column. Almost all of these appeared in Lesson E, earlier in the Student’s Book unit or in the photocopiable for Lesson A. The only new adjectives are fussy, conservative, cold and oversensitive.
• Students now complete task A by reading the adjectives and marking each one with + (positive) or – (negative).
ANSWER KEY
Zodiac Sign Positive meaning Negative meaning
Aries brave, confident selfish, impatient
Taurus patient, loyal greedy, lazy
Gemini outgoing, funny moody, lazy
Cancer kind, romantic moody, oversensitive
Leo generous, creative intolerant, arrogant
Virgo gentle, modest fussy, conservative
Libra easy-going, outgoing
indecisive, impatient
Scorpio passionate, patient stubborn, unkind
Sagittarius honest, generous impatient, immature
Capricorn ambitious, modest conservative, mean
Aquarius loyal, creative rebellious, cold
Pisces gentle, kind weak, oversensitive
• In task B, working in pairs, students discuss the personalities of the artists in the photos.
• For task C, students look at the photos again, determine the zodiac signs and look in the table for the list of adjectives which describe the signs. They should then discuss with a partner, or in a small group, to what extent they agree.
ANSWER KEYJustin Bieber Pisces Lady Gaga AriesKylie Minogue Gemini Beyoncé Knowles VirgoJustin Timberlake Aquarius Enrique Iglesias Taurus• Ask students how accurate they think the zodiac