Introduction to the picture card task (GCSE Edexcel)

Lesson aimed at a mixed ability group of Year 10s (mainly middle and higher attainers with some low attainers). It covers a writing frame and strategies to describe a picture, looks at the markscheme (original + simplified version) and ends on a peer assessed speaking activity.

Based on a past paper.

Included is a pack to print and give out to students with the writing frame and useful vocab.

A three to four hour lesson (heavily based on modeling and “I do, we do, you do” model).

Lesson 1:
Introduction of the picture description with a description to correct (using the vocab from the pack).
Based on the study of this model, students write their own description of another picture.

Lesson 2:
Study of the bullet points (translation + match the sentence that would answer each bullet points - with odd ones out).
Study of the original markscheme and introduction of a simplified one for the students to use.

Lesson 3:
Marking of the answers from the previous activity based on the simplified mark scheme.
Modeling (you can write your own using the thinking aloud technique then reveal the answers written already or go straight to the answers already written). Once the model for each question has been studied / discussed, only the sentence starters remain on the board.
Students write their own answer.
5 to 7 minutes to learn them in silence (could be done in a new lesson or as homework).

** Lesson 4:**
Students re write their answers on a new piece of paper (with or without sentence starters). They are allowed two questions per student, materialised by joker cards on their worksheet (you cross the card once they have asked you their question).
Presentation of the peer assessed activity (looking at a teacher picture card task and prompting).
Peer assessment using the simplified mark scheme.