1. How to Describe a Family Picture

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES
The students will have to make a description of 2 photographs and record them using VOICETHREAD.
1. To acomplish this task they will have to previusly DO all the pre-task activities.
2. They have to upload a picture of their family and record their description via VOICETHREAD.
3. Then they will choose a photograph (1,2 OR 3) and they have to send their recorded description via VOICETHREAD.
4. The written version of both descriptions has to be uploaded too.

3. 1. ORIENTATION Discuss with your partner:
How often do you take pictures?
What do you take pictures of?
Who do you show your picturers to?
What do you say when you show them?

4. 2. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE IN PICTURES

5. TO DO OUR TASK WE NEED TO KNOW:
HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE IN ENGLISH
HOW TO DESCRIBE A PHOTOGRAPH IN ENGLISH

6. 3. HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE

7. How to describe people Watch this video on how to describe people.
Take notes of the useful vocabulary.
Check your answers with the transcription.

8. VIDEO SCRIPT Introduction
Welcome to twominenglish.com. Teaching you English through two-minute lessons. In this extra learning lesson, we will learn in detail about the words and phrases you use while describing people.
Ramona: When you are describing people, you should describe how they look, color of their eyes, how tall or short they are or what kind of clothes they are wearing.
Brad: Yes, if you have to identify a person, you need to describe his/her physical features, but a person is more than how he/she looks. You must also learn to describe this person’s behavior, preferences, clothing, etc.
Ramona: At the very basic level you can describe how a person looks by using adjectives that describe the body type. For example: He is tall, he is thin, she is short, he is fat, she is obese, she is slim, he is of average build. These are some basic attributes for body types.
Brad : Do remember that some words are not considered polite, especially if you are describing what some may consider negative characteristics. For example, instead of saying ‘she is fat,’ you can say ‘she’s a little overweight’.
Ramona : You could also say ‘he’s on the heavy side’. Try to avoid discussing the weight of people before them because many people are conscious about their weight.
Brad : Apart from body type, the second most important thing that people describe is the face. You can describe the various features of the face like:
Brad : He has long ears. She has small eyes and big eyebrows. Her nose is very long. She has full lips and crooked teeth. He has blue eyes. Frankly describing the face is not easy and there are a number of things you can say about the face.
Ramona : Let’s start from the forehead. A forehead is often described as broad, narrow or prominent.
Brad : The eyebrows can be bushy or sparse. Sometimes they are also described as full, as in she has full eyebrows.
Ramona : The eyes are a very important part of the face. You can describe the eye color, like she has blue eyes or he has brown eyes. The shape of the eyes is also important. For example, he has large eyes, her eyes are small. She has doe-like eyes with full eyelashes.
Brad : The common words used to describe the nose are: narrow, wide, long, short, snub, big, small, upturned and hooked.
Ramona : The ears are usually described as small or big. The lips can be full or narrow and the mouth can be big, small, or wide.
Brad : Wow! Describing people is really hard work, but if you know all these words you can describe them to a fair degree.
Ramona : That’s right! Don’t forget to view our original lesson and to practice with it.

9. USEFUL VOCAB I Common Words Describing a Face Nose For Body Type
Forehead
Long
Tall
Wide
Short
Narrow
Big
Prominent
Small
Eyebrows
Snub
Fat
Hooked
Obese
Bushy
Hawkish
Lean
Sparse
Ears
Slim
Full
Thin
Eyes
Lanky
Blue, Brown, Green, Gray
Lips
Well-built
Muscular
Average-build
Large
Overweight
Tiny

10. USEFUL VOCAB II: Appearance
attractive, good-looking, beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty, cute, nice;
a pretty girl; a beautiful woman; a handsome man; a good-looking man (woman, girl, boy);
unattractive, ugly; an ugly fellow; a plain face;
a pretty (beautiful, ugly, intelligent, round, oval) face; regular features; delicate features;
well-dressed; nicely dressed; casually dressed; poorly dressed; elegant; fashionable;
neat, clean, tidy; untidy, dirty, filthy; a neat person; neat clothes.

11. HELPING ACTIVITY_1
CONTENT LANGUAGE: DESCRIPTIVE ADEJECTIVES: CHOOSE THE WORDS THAT BEST DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY: Happy, sad, angry, lonely, busy, fun, energetic, distracted, loud, quiet, strict, umpredictable, perfectionist, graceful, warm. Kind, inviting, immature, innovative, sweet, quirky, simple, violent, pessimistic, surviving, smart, creative, crazy, competent, trendy, fearful, shy, frustrated, dependable, stable, stubborn, comfortable, sick, wonderful, sensitive, healthy, polite, distant, anxious, spitirual, curious, loving, harg-working, giving, dutiful,, free-spirited, diligent, scheduled, peaceful, hungry, funny, social, vibrant, rule-oriented, optimistic, beat down.

12. 4. HOW TO DESCRIBE A PHOTOGRAPH

13. HOW TO DESCRIBE A PHOTO. HELPING ACTIVITY_2
Observe the picture above and match A & B
A B
In the middle there is a a police officer
In the bottom-right of the picture a man
there is
In my picture there are a reporter
In the top-right there is people

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15. USEFUL VOCAB III

16. USEFUL VOCABULARY IV TO TALK ABOUT A PICTURE
The picture shows /depicts ...
The photo was taken in ...
In this picture I can see…
It seems to be… / It seems to me that…
I think it must be ... / It might be …
The man is ...ing / The people are ...ing

17. . HELPING ACTIVITY_3 Check your prepositions before your TASK.
1. _____ the top of the picture.
2. _____ the middle of the picture.
3. _____ the left of the picture
4. _____ the bottom of the picture.
5. _____ the picture I can see…
6. _____ the foreground
7. _____ in the background
8. _____ the bottom right-hand corner .

18. 5. MODEL (My family)

19. MODEL FOR A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY
Listen to this Voicethread Audio.
Watch the picture while you listen to it.

20. Megan’s transcript
This photo was taken at my grandparents house, in England, in their garden. In the photo there are two men and two children. The men are my granda and my dad. The children are me and my little brother.
The focus of the photo is the family; they are in the center of the photo. My granda is in the very center of the photo and I am sat on his shoulders. The man to the right of the center is my dad; he has his arms around my brother who is in the foreground. My brother is sat in a pink scooter, which is in the right hand bottom corner of the photo.
In the background there is an old brick garage where my grandparents park their car. The photo was taken on a spring day, you can see this because there are lots of flowers.
On the left there are yellow flowers and in the middle there are purple, pink and blue flowers. I was about 5 years old in the picture and was very excited to see my family, my dad and brother live in Scotland so I see them one or two times a year. My little brother is wearing brown clothes and he was only 2 at the time of the photo. Everyone is happy in the photograph because we all love to spend time together and play in the garden.

22. 6. YOUR TURN. TASK 1 Task 1 Choose a photograph of your family.
Scan it and Record yourself describing it using VOICETHREAD.
Upload your picture, your written description and record your self in VOICETHREAD.
REMEMBER TO TICK TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOUR TEACHER.
Record your description in Voicethread.
Upload your written description too.
Remember to tick the option (ALLOW ANYONE TO SEE) to receive your teacher’s feedback and your classmates comments.
Remember to send it: COPY LINK AND SHARE.
If you need help with voicethread you can watch this tutorial.

23. 7. MODEL HOW TO DESCRIBE ANY FAMILY PICTURE

24. 7. MODEL for any picture.

25. READ THIS DESCRIPTION.
This photograph was taken in a family home, in the dining room, and shows two adults and a little boy sitting at a dining table.
The main focus of the photograph is the man on the left hand side. He is working and the little boy on the right hand side is eating. In the background, on the far side of the table, there is a lady talking on the telephone. It seems like the two adults are the child’s parents. The room is clean and bright, with white walls, a window and a bookcase with lots of books in it against the far wall. There is a tall, cream lamp on the right, next to the bookcase.
The father is wearing a white shirt and black glass. He is working from home today; he appears to be very busy as he is looking down at his notepad and has a pen in his hand. He is not smiling so maybe he just wants to get on with his work.
I think the little boy looks about two years old and has light brown, wavy hair. He is sitting in a high chair and is wearing a white and blue stripy jumper, with a white and red bib around his neck. In front of him, there is a baby’s drinking cup, full of juice and a plate. It looks like he has finished the food on his plate and is pushing it away. He has turned away from the table so I think he is now bored and wants to go and play.
The mother is wearing a blue blouse. She is talking to someone on the phone. She could also be working from home, and is having her lunch because I can see a plate in front of her.
Everyone looks busy in the picture, but at the same time they seem very well organised. Maybe they are working hard now so they can enjoy some free time together later.

26. Helping activity_4 Does the writer know the people in the picture?
Which words are used to express what the writer is not really sure, or doen’t really know?
Oberve the words in bold. They are useful words to describe a picture. Can you guess their meaning? Translate them.
Find words and expressions in the text which show opinion.
What type of words are those in pink? Which tenses? Which verb tense describes something permanent? Which verb refers to an action happening at this moment in the photo?

27. USE HESITATION WORDS In my opinion As I see it If you ask me
I suppose/ believe/ guess
I would say that
Personally
Well…, Er…., Let me see… ; Mmmm…, Then…, I mean…..,
It is not very clear but they could be…
I can’t quite make it out but perhaps…
Maybe/ perhaps they are…
It might be a scene of….
I don’t know what you call it, but it is used for opening / to open
It is what you do when you…..

28. 8. YOUR TURN. TASK 2 TASK 2 Choose a picture from above.
Record your description in Voicethread.
Upload your written description too.
Remember to tick the option (ALLOW ANYONE TO SEE) to receive your teacher’s feedback and your classmates comments.
Remember to send it: COPY LINK AND SHARE.
If you need help with voicethread you can watch this tutorial.

29. PICTURE NUMBER ONE

30. PICTURE NUMBER TWO

31. PICTURE NUMBER THREE

32. 9. DOUBLE CHECK I used useful vocab. I used descriptive ADJECTIVES.
I used present continuous to describe what is happening at this moment in the photo.
I used present continuous to describe what they are wearing at this moment in the photo.
I used hesitate words to express what I THINK or I guessed but I am not certain or I don’t really know.

33. 10. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
While assessing your recording, the teacher will take into account:
clarity of description
accuracy of description
fluency
pronunciation
intonation
use of language (grammar)