Telling the News with Pictures: Volcano in the Congo

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A WEEK IN PICTURES Learning How to Ask and Answer Questions Like a Reporter

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This was made for ESL students to practice their question forming, building story telling skills, and speculating about pictures in order to develop conversational skills. This PowerPoint only uses 3 slides with pictures, but has tasks on each slide for students to practice and teachers to monitor.

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A WEEK IN PICTURESLearning How to Ask and Answer Questions Like a Reporter

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Reporters always want to know what happened so they can tell the story. They link their questions so they can find clear details of any story.

Who is this person?Where is he?What country is this? When did the volcano start erupting?Why is he there?How many other soldiers are with him?Is the volcano near any towns?

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Now it is your turn.

Write as many reporter style questions in the next 7 minutes:

What

Why

Where

How

When

Who

Did

Were

Is

Are

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With a partner, you have 7 minutes to make up a story to go with this picture. Remember when we tell a story we must include the who, what, where, when, why and how. Each of you must speak for at least 30 seconds each (1 minute total).