It can be modified in the following way:
- Comment on a picture using your active vocabulary.
- Guess what it is.
- Describe a picture by adding one word to the previous sentence.
Now, your task:
1) Describe a picture by adding one word to my sentence:"The cat is looking at the food."
2) comment on how this task can be used in your teaching situation (if at all)
If I can leave a comment))
ReplyDelete"Muum, you've forgotten to add some fish to my dinner. And you needn't grind the rest of the cheese - I don't really like it tooo much"
Vera, I think I haven't understood the task clearly. Should one student write a simple sentence and the next child add a word to it?
I like the cat))) For me his eyes tell: Haiti, Haiti, we haven't been at Haiti, I'm here fed like a prize turkey)))
ReplyDeleteOf course, we can make up a story, but I think that one word is not enough)))
I agree with Tatsiana partly but this story making may be fast and funny))) Perhaps not for active vocabulary only. And this is an oral activity, I think.
DeleteDear Oxana, of course you didn't understand the task correctly - it's because I forgot to give you a starting sentence! ((( Thanks for writing, I'll correct the blog post!
ReplyDeleteThe cat is looking at the food attentively.
ReplyDeleteThe cat is looking at the mice's food.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I'd prefer to comment on it: And now, the hard work done, let's wait for mice! or: Don't count your mice before they're caught.
QUITE USEFUL IN TEACHING THE CONSTRUCTION THERE IS/ARE IN THE 4TH FORM. TEACHING WORD ORDER, ENRICHING VOCABULARY.
ReplyDeleteThis cat is very brave or he isn't hungry!
ReplyDeleteWe can use this situation practicing Present Cont.
This cat is very sleepy!!! But it is very curios!It wants to sleep, but at the same time it wants to "cook".
ReplyDeleteThe ANGRY cat is looking at the food!
ReplyDeleteThis activity may help students to learn new vocabulary and have fun at the same time! They can be asked to add an adjective, an adverb, etc.