How to describe a picture

How to describe a picture

By Miss Bozzato

How to describe a picture

Step 1 : Introduce the picture

Step 2 : Describe the picture

Step 3 : Analyse the picture

Step 4 : Give your opinion

Let's train!

Let's train!

Picture description

Locate on a picture

Prepositions of place

- Match - Match with French - Write

- Useful vocabulary - The steps - Complete the text

- Match - Write

Step 1 : Introduce the picture

Today's Dangers 11 December 2015

Genre

Title

Author

Origin

Topic

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Genre

cartoon

The document is a .

a painting

a drawing

a photograph

a poster

a mural

an ad(vertisement)

a comic strip a book cover

Title

Today's Dangers

11 December 2015

"Today's dangers"

The title is . The document is entitled .

"Today's

dangers"

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Author

Today's Dangers

11 December 2015

"Chappatte"

The cartoonist is . It was made by . drawn

"Chappatte"

by Chappatte,

in Le temps

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

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

Origin = source + date

Today's Dangers

11 December 2015

The document was published in

"Le temps"

on .

11 December 2015

Source:

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

Date:

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

in Le Temps

by Chappatte,

No date? Guess!

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

the fifties

In the future

Nowadays

In the past

In the 20th century...

Topic / Theme

Today's Dangers

11 December 2015

climate change

The document is about .

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

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Step 2 : Describe the picture

Today's Dangers 11 December 2015

Locate

Describe

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Prepositions of place

Locate on the picture

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.

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

an iceberg."

I can see

There is

a speech bubble. "

- There is + an uncountable noun

water."

There is

Useful vocabulary

- There are + plural noun

There are

three penguins."

a speech bubble

a caption

a thought bubble

Say what is happening using Be + Ving

The three penguins on ice. One penguin a placard.

are standing

is holding

It looks like

a demonstration because

one penguin is holding a placard.

It looks as if

the ice is melting because

I can see lots pieces of ice floating on

the water.

Step 3 : Analyse the picture

Today's Dangers 11 December 2015

Deductions

Author's intentions

by Chappatte, in Le Temps

Make dedcutions or hypothesis

the author wants to

a "climate change" placard,

we can deduce

As there is

make people aware of climate change.

I think the polar bear

wildlife that is threatened by climate

symbolizes

change.

The author's intentions

climate change.

The author wants to make people aware of

we don't pay enough attention to climate

The cartoonist wants to show that

change and it's time to care for it.

Step 4 : Give your opinion

I find the document quite thought-provoking.

we don't care enough for the environment in

I totally agree with the author,

general.