1. Descriptive
Paragraph
How to describe a
person

2. DESCRIBING A PERSON
1.What you think of this person
2.Who the person is, what s/he does
3.What s/he is like [personality,
characteristics]
4.What s/he has done and how it makes
other people feel
5.How you feel about this person

3. The person whom I admire
greatly is Blair.
She is a businesswoman.
She runs her own online store.
Not only is she business-savvy,
she is also kind and generous.
In her free time, she volunteers
to help homeless people. They
are grateful to her.
When I grow up, I want to be
competent and generous like her.

4. GET ORGANIZED - TOPIC SENTENCE
✤ When writing about someone, you should
have a reason why you want to talk about
that person
✤ good Samaritan, philanthropist, selfless,
generous ...
✤ Then, you can begin your topic sentence
✤ Blair is the most dedicated and generous
person I have ever known.

5. GET ORGANIZED - SUPPORTING SENTENCES
✤ Mention the person’s background
✤ Who s/he is, what s/he does
✤ Describe what the person is like [NOT what
the person looks like]
✤ Generous, talented ...
✤ Support by actions [what the person has
done to be regarded as generous]

6. GET ORGANIZED - SUPPORTING SENTENCES +
CONCLUDING SENTENCE
✤ What do people think of that person?
✤ His fans respect him because he works very
hard.
✤ CONCLUDING
SENTENCE
✤ How do you feel about the person you
describe?
✤ I will work hard to become successful like
him.

7. CONCLUDING SENTENCE
✤ Restate the topic sentence in a different
word choice
✤ Summarize the main idea
✤ Make a prediction
✤ Give advice
✤ Be careful NOT to start a new idea

8. Casillas is arguably the most talented
goalkeeper nowadays.
He is Real Madrid and national team
captain.
Casillas is not only a talented player but
also a fantastic leader.
He helped the Spanish national team
win their first European Championship
in 44 years.
His fans respect him because he is a
very hard worker on the field and on the
training ground.
RM and Spain are lucky to have him in
the team.

9. LANGUAGE FOCUS: CAPITALIZATION
✤ Use a capital letter ✤ Language or
Nationality
✤ at the beginning
of a sentence ✤ Country, city
✤ Title
✤ Proper noun
✤ Day, month

10. LANGUAGE FOCUS: CAPITALIZATION
a. Iker, whose full name is Iker Casillas Fernandez, was born on May 20, 1981.
b. His father, who worked for the Ministry of Education, and his mother, a
hairdresser, both moved from the town of Avila to Madrid.
c. Iker is also known for his work with the children’s charity organization
known as Plan.
d. In 2009, Iker traveled with Plan to Mali, where he sponsors a child named
Bourama.
e. After the Spanish Team won the World Cup in 2010, children from Peru,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Senegal sent videos to Iker to say
“congratulations” and to demonstrate their soccer skills.
f. His sponsored child Bourama said, “Iker Casillas can each me how to play
when I grow up, and I’ll make wonders just like him.