Lesson 17 – Can you describe it?

Warm up 

1. Put a chair on a desk and ask Where’s the chair? to get the answer it’s on the desk. Change its position and ask again to get, e.g. Next to the door. Do a few more to elicit prepositions and nouns in the list of Key languages.
2. Then start asking What have I done? to get answers like You’ve moved the chair next to the table. 
3. Get students to move things and to ask the questions of other students.

Main Activity

1. Put them in groups of three, and tell the students to see the picture below.  Tell them to look at the picture together in sequence. They should find six differences between their pictures and the other two: that is 12 differences from their picture. They can look at their own picture but they must not look at each other’s. They should describe their pictures and ask questions to find the differences. 
2. Tell the students to identify all the evidence that shows the sequence. They should describe their picture to find differences
3. Cooperate and write the sentences describing the evidence.
   a. Find six differences between your picture and picture B and find six differences
   between your picture and picture C
   b. Find six differences between your picture and picture A and find six differences
   between your picture and picture C
   c. Find six differences between your picture and picture A and find six differences
   between your picture and picture B
4. Ask them how many differences they have found, and ask for a few examples. If any students have not found six, invite them to ask the class for help. Students must not look at each other’s pictures yet. 
5. Ask which of the pictures is first, second, and third. 
6. Tell them to look at each other’s pictures and check their ideas

Follow up 

• In their groups of three, students look at their pictures together in sequence. They identify all the evidence that shows the sequence. 
• They cooperate to write sentences describing the evidence, e.g. Someone has broken the cup. The things to focus on are:

• Flowers
• Table
• Paint
• Brush
• wall 
• Cup 

• Check their sentences and elicit corrections from the class if needed.