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are dressed). What are all of them doing? (eating). What are the differences in the way they eat? (in the first picture they are using chopsticks; in the second, the boy is eating with a tortilla; in the third, they are sitting in the floor; in the fourth, they are having a barbecue outdoors). Where are they? (all of them are inside a house, but in the fourth picture they seem to be in a garden). What are they eating? (most of them are eating traditional food from their country). What time is it? (in the first three pictures, it seems to be daytime; the fourth picture seems to be at night). Encourage all students to participate. Differentiated Instruction For this activity you can use the Individual Respond Card Strategy to help shy students participate without the fear of being heard. Ask students to take out a sheet of paper and write on the board: color, forms, people, objects . Tell them to observe the details in the pictures and write at least one similarity and one difference for each category. 2. Draw how you and your family usually eat. Then, work in pairs to describe your pictures to each other. You could draw instructions aloud and give students some time to draw while you monitor walking around to check they are including enough details concerning people, places, objects, time of day, food, etc. Once everybody has finished, organize the class into pairs and have them describe their pictures to each other so they may establish connections with personal experiences. Encourage students to speak in English all the time.
What Do I Know About Customs Around the World?
Look at the pictures and find, with your class, similarities and differences.
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Social Practice of the Language To explain customs based on pictures Achievements • Explore and select pictures about customs in di erent cultures. • Describe and contrast details. • Explain customs based on pictures. Product: Comparison of Customs Based on Pictures Recreational and Literary Environment
2 Draw how you and your family usually eat.Then, work in pairs to describe your pictures to each other.
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Achievement
Explore and select pictures about customs in different cultures.
Teaching Guidelines
• Observe characteristics of elements used in pictures. • Establish connections with personal experiences.
Development What words are used to describe?
Ask the question aloud: What words are used to describe? Encourage students to use their previous knowledge to answer. 1. Look at the pictures and find, with your class, similarities and differences. You may draw students’ attention to the four pictures in this activity and have them observe characteristics of elements used in these images to have them find similarities and differences. You may ask the following questions: What do people shown in the pictures have in common? (all of them are families, there are kids and adults in all the pictures). What are the differences between them? (their cultures, their physical traits like skin color or facial features, the way in which they
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