How to describe a picture

By Miss Bozzato

How to describe a picture

Let's train!

How to describe a picture

Step 4 : Give your opinion

Step 3 : Analyse the picture

Step 2 : Describe the picture

Step 1 : Introduce the picture

- Useful vocabulary - The steps - Complete the text

- Match - Match with French - Write

- Match - Write

Picture description

Locate on a picture

Prepositions of place

Let's train!

Topic

Origin

Author

Title

Genre

Today's Dangers 11 December 2015

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Step 1 : Introduce the picture

an ad(vertisement)

a mural

a comic strip a book cover

a poster

a drawing

a painting

a photograph

cartoon

The document is a .

Genre

dangers"

"Today's

"Today's dangers"

The title is . The document is entitled .

11 December 2015

Title

Today's Dangers

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

It was painted by... The artist / the painter is....

It was taken by... The photographer is...

in Le temps

"Chappatte"

"Chappatte"

The cartoonist is . It was made by . drawn

11 December 2015

Author

Today's Dangers

by Chappatte,

It dates from... It was published in + year on + full date No date?

Date:

The document comes from a magazine. It is taken from a newspaper. It is an extract from a comic strip.

Source:

on .

in Le Temps

"Le temps"

11 December 2015

The document was published in

11 December 2015

Origin = source + date

Today's Dangers

by Chappatte,

In the 20th century...

In the future

In the past

Nowadays

the fifties

Judging from the woman's clothing and the type of cars, we can deduce the action takes place in .

No date? Guess!

It deals with... It shows... It represents...

climate change

The document is about .

11 December 2015

Topic / Theme

Today's Dangers

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Describe

Locate

Today's Dangers 11 December 2015

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Step 2 : Describe the picture

Locate on the picture

Prepositions of place

The bear is on the iceberg. The penguin's face is hidden behind the placard.

The penguins are in the foreground, in the bottom right-hand corner. The bear is in the middle. There is an iceberg in the background, in the top right-hand corner.

a thought bubble

a speech bubble

a caption

Useful vocabulary

- There are + plural noun

There is

- There is + an uncountable noun

You can use: - I can see ... " - There is + singular noun

water."

an iceberg."

I can see

a speech bubble. "

There is

three penguins."

There are

the water.

I can see lots pieces of ice floating on

one penguin is holding a placard.

the ice is melting because

It looks as if

a demonstration because

It looks like

is holding

are standing

The three penguins on ice. One penguin a placard.

Say what is happening using Be + Ving

Author's intentions

Deductions

Today's Dangers 11 December 2015

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Step 3 : Analyse the picture

wildlife that is threatened by climate

make people aware of climate change.

the author wants to

I think the polar bear

symbolizes

a "climate change" placard,

As there is

we can deduce

change.

Make dedcutions or hypothesis

climate change.

we don't pay enough attention to climate

The author wants to make people aware of

The cartoonist wants to show that

change and it's time to care for it.

The author's intentions

general.

we don't care enough for the environment in

I totally agree with the author,

I find the document quite thought-provoking.

Step 4 : Give your opinion