UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA “ DESCRIPTIONS OF PICTURES “

At the end of this unit, you will be able to:

- Describe physical appearance using adjectives related to clothes and appearance.

- Describe landscape using nouns and verbs related to the environment.

- Describe movement and actions using present simple and continuous.

- Understand English question words and respond appropriately.

- Relate aural cues to visual information.

SESSION 1:

TASK: Brainstorming (physical appearance). Group work.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Speaking, listening

1) How many parts of the body do you know?

2) Look at this picture:

Is he happy? Why is he happy? How many flowers are there? How many buttons are there? What

colour is his nose? How many boots has he got? What is he wearing in his hand? What colour is his

hair? What is he wearing?

3) Match the descriptions to the characters in the pictures.

Oral clues:

A is wearing a long-sleeved orange blouse, jeans and no shoes. A has got red hair.

B has got short hair and a small nose. B is wearing a dark T-shirt, shorts and a long necklace.

C is wearing shorts and a pink T-shirt. C is wearing dark socks and trainers, too.

D has got short hair and a moustache. D is wearing a black jacket and

E has got a moustache and some glasses. E is wearing a white and grey T-shirt and a pair of jeans.

F is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and jeans. F is also wearing trainers.

NOW YOU: What is G wearing?

TASK: Grammar review. Present simple. To Be. To have got.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Reading, writing. Individual work.

1) Make sentences in the present simple:

a. I / collect/ stamps

b. we / not play/ card games

c. he / read/ comics

d. Chris / sing/ in a band

e. we / have/ a hamster

f. she / not be/ nice

g. Andy and John / like/ cola/ ?

2) Answer the following questions:

1. What do you wear when it is cold?

I wear............................................

2. What do you wear when it is wet?

I...................................................

3. What do you wear at School?

....................................................

4. What do you wear for P.E.?

....................................................

5. What do you wear at weekends?

....................................................

6. Where do you wear shoes?

I wear shoes on my............................

7. Where do you wear gloves?

I wear............................................

8. Where do you wear a hat?

.....................................................

3) Take a look at the mirror. What do you see?

I am…..

I have got……

My ……. Is……

SESSION 2:

TASK: Grammar review. Present Continuous. Individual work.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Reading, writing

1) Complete the chart:

Affirmative Negative question

I I am running.

You You are jumping.

He

He is not laughing.

She

Is she wearing a hat?

It It is snowing.

We

Are we singing?

You

You are not standing.

They

Are they sitting?

TASK: Picture description. Group work/ pair work.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Listening, speaking

1) Make a card and write “THAT’S NOT RIGHT”. Now, listen to the description of this picture and

every time your teacher makes any mistake, hold up your “THAT’S NOT RIGHT” card

2) Draw a picture in the “My picture” box. Sit back-to-back with your partner. Describe the

persons and objects in your picture. Your partner will listen and draw your picture in the “My

partner’s picture” box. Compare your pictures.

MY PICTURE MY PARTNER’S PICTURE

SESSION 3:

TASK: Brainstorming. Describing Landscape. Group work.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Speaking, listening.

1) Describe these pictures. What do you see? There is……

TASK: Describing a picture. Individual work.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Writing

1) Write the names under each picture:

2) Compare the pictures. What picture do you prefer? Write a brief description. Read it to your

classmates. What picture is it?

Remember to say:

Where is it? What is there? How many people are there? What are they wearing? What are they

doing?, etc