Describing and drawing a picture

 PICTURES  FROM THE PROVIDED POWER POINT

OLD TASK WITH NEW  ADDED PICTURES!!!
Materials:

• Students need a blank sheet.
• Students need to see the picture you/they  describe at the end of the task

 You can print the picture you describe, use one from the textbook or  use any of the options in this Power Point

Level:  Some of the pictures provided might be difficult to describe. Use or find pictures that cover vocabulary  seen in class. Whatever the level, students should know prepositions/expressions of location (to the left, underneath..)
Remember, click Power Point if you want to use the provided options.

Procedure:  
First STEP: Model the task 

• Pre teach necessary" location"  vocabulary (background, to the left, to the right, underneath …) and/or mime necessary vocabulary (wheelchair for first picture, for example) as you describe the pictures.

• Describe any of the pictures in the Power Point (or any other from the text book). Students should not see the picture until the end of the task.
•  Show the picture
• Students compare their pictures and decide if they missed something or misunderstood something

Next STEP: Depending on the level:

Option A) Students can  create a short text responding questions about the picture. Some possibilities are:
What are the characters thinking/saying?
Why are they there?
What are they going to do next?

Option B) Most students  sit with their back to the board  so that they don't see the projected picture.

• One or two students,  facing the board and watching the picture (from a print or the projector),  describe a picture to his/her/their  classmate(s) 
• Students compare their pictures and the projected picture.

Option B works better if the students explaining the picture have had time to prepare. I allow them to take a picture of the image to describe some days before so that they can prepare the presentation. 

REMEMBER: The teacher can use one of the pictures included in the power point, a picture from the textbook or bring his/her own picture.

By Maria Zabala