Say, You will hear a conversation between Amy and her friend. Fill in the blank lines in their conversation.Then look at the picture and find the boy Amy is talking about. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen. Play the recording a second time. This time, students fill in the blanks in the speech bubbles. Say, Who are they talking about?

Correct the answers. 1 c This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.

Call attention to the various people in the picture.Say, One of these people is your friend.

Point out the sample conversation. Ask two students to read it to the class. Then ask the class to point to the girl in the picture who has long hair and a medium build. Say a dialogue with a student. Have the student ask you the question. You then answer it using a description of one of the people in the picture. Ask the student to point out the person you described.

Say, Now work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. Then have students work in pairs. As they talk,move around the room monitoring their work.Offer language or

pronunciation support as needed. 2a This activity provides guided listening practice using the target language.

Point to the list of nine phrases and ask a student to read them to the class.

Say, Now you will hear three conversations. The people are talking about friends. They are using these words to describe their friends. Some of these words go with "has" and some go with "is".

Point to the circle around the word "circle". Say, Circle the correct word, either is or has, when you hear it in the conversation.

Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.Point out that there are three different conversations about three different people.

Play the recording a second time. This time say, Circle "has" or "is". You may wish to play the recording a third time to allow slower students to complete their work and to let other students check their answers.

Correct the answers. 2b This activity provides listening and writing practice using the target language.

Point at the chart with space for two words used with is and two words used with has after each name