1 In the foreground. 7 At the top.

2 In the middle distance. 8 At the bottom.

3 In the background. 9 At the top left-hand corner.

4 On the right (side). 10 At the top right-hand corner.

5 On the left (side). 11 At the bottom left-hand corner.

6 In the middle / In the centre. 12 At the bottom right-hand corner.

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HOW TO DESCRIBE HOW TO DESCRIBE HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE:A PICTURE:A PICTURE: 7

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PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT: complete with the words from the cloud 1.

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: observe the picture and complete with the words from the cloud 2.

1. The table is in the foreground, ______________________ the café. 2. So the café is __________________ the table, in the back-ground. 3. There is a parasol __________________ the table. 4. The three women are ______________ this parasol. 5. The door of the café is ________________ two large win-dows. 6. The woman on the ______________ has got long blond hair. 7. The woman on the ___________ is wearing sun glasses. 8. There is a menu on the ground, _____________the blond woman. 9. There is a sidewalk ______________ the café. 10. There is a street lamp _______________ the wall.

11. The young girl is sitting __________________ the two women. 12. The plates are __________ the table. 13. We cannot see what is _______________________ the café.

IDENTIFY THE DOCUMENT: ¤ a photograph = a photo. ¤ a painting: une peinture. ¤ a drawing: un dessin. ¤ a cartoon: un dessin humoristique. ¤ a strip cartoon / a comic strip: une BD. ¤ an ad = advert = advertisement : une publicité. ¤ a (film) poster : une affiche. ¤ a book cover: une couverture de livre. ¤ a map: une carte. ¤ a still from a film: une photo extraite d’un film. ¤ a chart: un tableau. ¤ a speech bubble: une bulle de discours.

PAINTINGS: ¤ watercolour (aquarelle) ¤ oil painting (peinture à l’huile) ¤ acrylic ¤ pastel ¤ ink (encre) ¤ fresco = mural painting (fresque) ¤ a landscape. (paysage) ¤ a seascape. (marine) ¤ portrait. ¤ Still life. (nature morte) ¤ figurative painting. (abstraite)

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DESCRIBE THE DOCUMENT: A. INTRODUCTION: 1. This document is a painting, a map... It's an advertisement for... (type de doc) It is addressed to …. It aims at + BVing (Il est adressé à…. Il a pour but de … pour les publicités) it was drawn / painted / taken / made by... (+ auteur) It dates from... (It was published in …. ) It represents ……. (thème) 2. The scene takes place in the street, at school.... (Where?) During the day, at night, in the evening, in the winter, after school … (When?) There are two main characters, a … (Who? / What ) B. DESCRIPTION + COMMENTS: explicit + implicit. 1. Place the elements within the picture: in the background, at the bottom, on the right... behind... in front of… + describe them ( age, look, feelings, jobs … if there are people) [ there is, there are, we can see... ] What are they doing? What’s happening? Why? Deduce the implicit: so, consequently….. What has just happened? What is about to happen?

C. CONCLUSION: To conclude / as a conclusion…. I think that... In my opinion, I (don't) like this picture because…

LET’S TRAIN: describe those pictures.

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