Oportunidades: photo description and conversation practice
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can develop spoken responses when describing photos and answering conversation questions about work and education.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The PALM acronym is a useful tool to include a range of information when describing photos.
- When describing photos in Spanish, it is important to plan extended answers to talk for a prolonged period of time.
- When responding to conversation questions in Spanish, it is important to develop answers with 2-3 clauses.
Keywords
PALM - acronym for photo description (people, action, location, mood)
Clause - a whole or part of a sentence that includes a subject and verb
Common misconception
When responding to conversation questions, it will suffice to give one-word answers.
Conversation answers should be consistently developed with 2-3 clauses. One-word answers are not enough.
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 1 contains Higher-tier vocabulary. If students need more practice before saying their answers aloud in Task C2, they could practise writing their clauses beforehand on mini whiteboards.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'towards'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
cultural
unknown
of children, children's
numerous
soft, gentle, mild
fair, just
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
oil
food
discrimination
faith
justice
selection
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the law will have a big impact'.
Q5.'A mis abuelos __________ encanta la música'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q6.Write in English: '¿Cuál es tu objetivo?'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Conversation answers should be __________ long.
Q2.Order the phrases according to the acronym PALM.
Q3.Which responses include two clauses?
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'in the photo there are two people'.
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