Transcription of Reading and Writing Module 2 Describing
1 DescribingPictures andPeopleReading and Writing Module 2 Curriculum ProjectMay 2009RW 2 - page 1 Welcome to Reading and Writing Module 2: Describing Pictures and this Module , you will focus on: Describing Pictures1. Introduction22. Sentences33. Structures to describe pictures: there is/are44. Structures to describe pictures: countable and uncountable nouns65. Structures to describe pictures: quantifiers86. Structures to describe pictures: prepositions117. Using your imagination128. Writing assignment139.
2 Checking your Writing : subject/verb agreement14 Describing People10. Describing People: Appearance1611. Describing People: Character2312. Describing People: Putting it Together2813. Check your Writing : Parts of Speech31 Reading and Writing Module 2: Describing Pictures and PeopleContentsstructures- parts of a sentence- there is and there are- countable and uncountable nouns- quantifiers; some, any, much, many, a lot of- prepositions- parts of the body- state and manner adjectives- comparative adjectives- topic sentences- like as preposition- parts of speechskills- Describing pictures.
3 Photographs and scenes- making mind maps- inferring- using your imagination- recognising subject/verb agreement mistakes- checking your own work- Describing appearance and character- comparing people- identifying main ideas- ordering ideas- identifying irrelevant sentences- interviewingRW 2 - page 2- What can you see in the picture?- What is he doing?- Do you think he is happy?- How old do you think he is?- Where do you think he should be at his age and WHY?Think of a TITLE for this IntroductionA.
4 Look at the picture, and discuss in groups: Look at the following sentences to describe this picture:There is a boy in the has a is In groups, make more sentences about this In your groups, think of ideas to complete the can you see in the picture?What can you imagine about what you see in the picture?DISCUSSIONBRAINSTORMEXERCISED. Here is a description of this picture. What is wrong with this description? List the s a boy in this picture. He is about 20 years old.
5 Helooks happy. He isn t smiling. He has a small gun. He s wearinga school uniform and a watch. There are some trees behind theboy. There s an elephant beside the 2 - page 32. SentencesA. What is in a sentence? Think of some things that you find in a Some of the following lines are sentences, some are not. Tick the sentences. If it is not a sentence, why not?1. Law Meh worked in a hospital for six My friend in Mae Ma Ma studies English after He s Teaches mathematics to high school students in Shan My father s old blue I There are two A beautiful house beside the Salween It s read the information about sentences in the box.
6 In pairs, discuss your of the SentenceA sentence has a subject and a can have only a subject and a verb,but usually sentences have other words, come before the verb. They oftencome at the beginning of a can be one word, or many first letter of the first word of asentence is a capital sentence ends with a full stop, questionmark or exclamation sometimes cooks special cakes for likes eating his uncle, my sister and my friends like ate many cakes last you want some cake?
7 I d love some!verbverbverbsubjectsubjectsubjectsu bjectRW 2 - page 4 EXERCISEC. These sentences all have one mistake. Correct the I think the boy s name Maung Maung he was born in a village near Pa-an, in Karen Didn t go to His mother and sisters are very poor, and his father is dead5. There a cinema in his Likes Maung Maung Soe going to the One night, some soldiers to the Took Maung Maung Soe to the army Work in pairs. Write some sentences that have one mistake:- no verbor- no subjector- wrong subject/verb orderor- wrong punctuation Give these sentences to another pair.
8 Can they find and correct the mistake?3. Structures to describe pictures: there is/areA. Look around you, at your classroom. Are these sentences true or false?1. There s a There are twelve There s a There are two There are some pictures on the There s some water in a There are more male students than female There s a lot of money on the There are a lot of chickens There are many intelligent, hardworking students!B. Fill in the gaps in the box with these grammar noun singular plural countable negativeACTIVITYEXERCISET here is/are There is + singular , _____There is a shop near my house.
9 There is + _____There is some sugar in the bag. There are + _____ are students in the the _____, use isn t and aren t with there. There isn t a teashop any with _____ andThere aren t any teashops nearby _____ isn t any water in the s = There isEXERCISERW 2 - page true sentences. Fill the gaps with there is/are/isn t/aren some food in the any gold under the a lot of dust outside the a good football team in this any tigers near a piano in my some soldiers at the at this picture for one minute.
10 Then close your book. You have three minutes to write as many sentences as you can about this with there is/areFor questions, put there after there a toilet nearby?Use any with plural and uncountable there any shops in this village?Is there any water in the bucket?EXERCISEF. Make questions using there is/there are .Example:elephants/in the jungle? Are there any elephants in thejungle? /at your house? / in the kitchen? / in the classroom? In pairs, ask and answer these / at the school?
