Talking About Pictures

I often show photos from the BBC news in pictures website (week in pictures is good) in class. A lot of news websites do them.

Choose one and answer some of the questions:

1, What do you see and think?
2, Speculate and wonder.
3, Give an opinion. Criticise it.
4, Ask 'What would happen if...?'
5, Why is ___ actually...? (example: Why is the man actually protesting?)
6, How could I do this? (be part of or do what is in the picture)
7, Find a similarity with the picture and your life.
8, What might have happened before the picture was taken?
9, What might happen next if the picture became a video?

Name 4

Can you name 4...

1, verbs that are followed by ___ on
2, adjectives that end in ed
3, foods that are orange
4, household tasks
5, words that end in y
6, words that start with z
7, adjectives that collocate with problem
8, words that end in less
9, things you normally keep in the freezer

Also known as name 3, name 5, list 5, say 4, think of 3, list 4...

Situations

Imagine you are in a fast-food restaurant.

What language would you use for each of these situations in a fast-food restaurant? Write sentences.

1) Ask for information
2) Refuse to do something

3) Justify your opinion

4) Make a suggestion

5) Persuade somebody

6) Complain about something
7) Instruct somebody
8) Apologise to somebody
9) Fake / feign something

Example:

5) Go on, have some nuggets then we can share them.

Drawings by Aimar & Sofía

Keep 3

You can only keep 3

1, Instagram
2, Cake
3, Pizza
4, Dogs
5, Netflix
6, Books
7, Cats
8, Chocolate
9, Chips

Which three would you keep? and why?
What are some of your reasons for not choosing the others?

Drawing by Ariadna

Utensils

Knife, fork, spoon.

Which is the most useful?

Which is the most useful in childhood?

What are some advantages / disadvantages of each?

Which is the most dangerous?
If you make them bigger, what could they become? (e.g knife – sword)

The Wind

Inspiration: The Wind
Challenge: Starting with one word, write an extra word each line until you have 7 words. No rules. See what you come up with.

Some examples from my class:

It
was strong
very very strong
I lost something important
The wind DESTROYED our house
The wind was very very dangerous
You can't hit the wind. It's invisible


wind
it's annoying
very annoying
It is very annoying
It is cold and annoying
It is cold and very annoying
It is very cold and very annoying
wind

Variations

Using this sentence:

'My dad overcooks and burns the sausages at lunchtime every Saturday.'

Rewrite it using an idea from below

1) Next Saturday

2) Start the sentence with the word IF 
3) Use 'must' in the sentence
4) Make a prediction starting with 'I think'
5) Put the sentence into reported speech
6) Rewrite the sentence without using the letter A 
7) Write the opposite of the sentence (nouns and verbs only)
8) Start with 'In this picture...'
9) Rewrite in the passive

(Example: 3, it must be Saturday lunchtime as dad is overcooking and burning the sausages.)

Harder...

1) Start with the word Seldom
2) Rewrite so that each word Starts with the same letter
3) Use Some similes
4) Use Anadiplosis
5) Start with No sooner
6) Use Personification
7) Rewrite using the word Foregone in the sentence
8) Use Deduction
9) Rewrite without using the letter A

Drawing by Dario

Instructions for a Heatwave