Fiestas y costumbres: photo description, read aloud
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can complete dictation and photo description tasks in the context of festivals and customs.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [ca] is pronounced as in 'casa', [co] is pronounced as in 'comer' and [cu] is pronounced as in 'cultura'.
- When describing a photo, it is important to use full sentences that include a verb.
- When describing a photo, it is important to convey a range of information about the image.
- PALM is a useful acronym for remembering the types of information to include in a photo description.
Keywords
PALM - acronym for photo description tasks (people and objects, action, location, mood)
Read aloud - task in which the student reads aloud a text in Spanish
Photo description - task in which the student describes a photo in speech or writing
Common misconception
It is possible to describe a photo without needing to use verbs.
It is necessary to use full sentences to successfully describe a photo. Sentences always include a verb.
Teacher tip
Teachers may wish to share their own experience of trying or making Spanish tortilla as this is a new vocabulary item that appears in the first part of the lesson.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not a cognate?
Q2.Which word does not refer to food?
Q3.Complete the multi-word phrases.
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
Q5.Order the words to say: 'the hairdresser does not work in June'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'we don't have a timetable'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the sounds with the Spanish words.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Order the phrases to correspond to the acronym PALM.
Q4.Which is the best sentence to describe a photo?
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'I can vote'.
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