TEACHER

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DESCRIBE IT!
Objective: Give descriptions of objects.

Activities Covered

Guessing identity of objects from written descriptions

Writing descriptions
Group Work writing descriptions with given headings
Reading descriptions to the class
Listening to descriptions to identify mystery objects

Background Information
The teacher can explain to students how we could describe objects
by color, size, shape, texture, smell and taste, if appropriate. These
headings can be displayed in the classroom, and the students can
then use them in their writing when describing objects or places.

Before the Lesson

3.6. Teacher check.

For example:
Chocolate Cake
Size can be about the same size as a dinner plate
Shape usually round
Color brown
Smell delicious
Taste sweet
Texture soft, moist

Additional Activities
The class can play I Spy in groups, describing objects in the room;
others must guess what they are.

The class will be divided into groups.

Students can record their descriptions and listen to them, and then try
to improve on them.

The teacher can have examples of descriptions using the

aforementioned headings. (See the example for chocolate cake in
the Answers section.)

The teacher can bring feely bags to school. These can be dark
carrier bags or pillowcases that have different textured objects in them.
Students can describe these objects in their groups.

The Lesson (Pages 20 and 21)

Students read descriptions on their worksheet and guess the
objects.
Students write descriptions of given objects and share them orally
with the class.
Group Work Students describe objects that can be found in the
given places. Students must use the given headings.
Students orally give their descriptions to the class.
The class guesses what the objects are.

Answers
1. (a) coin
(b) slice of bread
(c) cat
(d) school
(e) train
2. (a) I have gills and scales and can only breathe underwater.
(b) I am a place where people live. I can be one story or
more.
(c) I am in charge of a classroom. (Most of the time!)
(d) I keep milk, cheese and yogurt cold.

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The teacher can display headings for future writing tasks; for example:
texture, smell, taste, size.
Seasons Great Things
Holiday shoppers,
running in and out of tinseled haunts,
clutching secret lists,
Wondering how the budget
will stretch that far.
People, once human, lost in the spirit
of reindeer and snowmen.
Cheery carols measuring the tempo
of their jingle-footed steps.
The rain beats down outside,
washing away guilt and sense.
But inside is warm,
and somewhere, well camouflaged
in the ribbons, bows and glitter,
lurks the real meaning of it all.
Only now they are oblivious,
and the crazed search continues,
every item checked and wrapped.
Until behold, on the morning,
each peace offering is presented,
accompanied with a smile and real warmth,
the mad dash forgotten and forgiven,
and, at last, a prayer whispered.

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It!
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Guess what these objects are.

I am cute and soft, yet some

people scream when they see me!

(a) I am round and hard to the touch.

Along the outer edge, I can have
ridges. I have a number, and I bet
youd like to have a lot of me!
I am a

(c) I have fur and whiskers. I purr when

I am happy.
I am a

(b) I am often square and sometimes

people cut me in half. I often have
delicious things on me like cheese,
ham and tomato. I can be brown or
white.
I am a
(d) I am a place where students come
five days a week. I am full of books.
I am a

(e) I take people from place to place. I have many wheels and my
doors slide open. I travel on a track.
I am a
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How would you describe these?

(a) A fish

(b) A house

(c) A teacher (be nice!)

(d) A fridge

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Read some of your descriptions to the class.

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c r i be
b e It!
It!
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Work as a group.
(a) Choose an object that can be found in your classroom.
Describe the object, using the headings below.

Remember!
Use the same
headings in your
descriptive writing!

Object youve chosen:

Size:
Shape:

Color:

Smell:
Taste:
Texture:
(b) Read your description to the class and see if they
can guess what it is. Dont make it too obvious!
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(c) Did the class guess correctly?

(a) Choose an object that can be found in your school. Describe the object using the
headings below.
Object youve chosen:
Size:
Shape:

Color:

Smell:
Taste:
Texture:
(b) Read your description to the class and see if they
can guess what it is. Dont make it too obvious!
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(c) Did the class guess correctly?

(a) Choose an object that might be found in a kitchen. Describe the object using the
headings below.
Object youve chosen:
Size:
Shape:

Color:

Smell:
Taste:
Texture:
(b) Read your description to the class and see if they
can guess what it is. Dont make it too obvious!
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(c) Did the class guess correctly?

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