Describe What You See

1. 1 Take students outside or ask them to look carefully at their surroundings.
2. 2 Model a simple description of something you can see, such as a tree or the sky.
3. 3 Highlight useful describing words such as colours, size, and shape.
4. 4 Put students into pairs and ask them to describe one object to each other.
5. 5 Encourage the listening student to ask simple questions for more detail.
6. 6 After a few minutes, ask students to change roles.
7. 7 Invite a few students to describe something to the whole class.
8. 8 Finish by discussing which descriptions were the clearest and why.

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